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Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 or MSI R9 290x Lightning?

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G1 Gaming.

 

(I've got one, its an absolute beast)

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290x In my opinion. 

 

This is not to do with the VRAM 970 issue as 1080p won't come close to the limitation of 3.5GB.

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need the best of them for 1080P Gaming 

Thanks :)

 

1080p: 970

4K/ 144Hz 1440: 290x Lightning

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290x Lightning, actually better hen the 970. About 5 more fps then reference 290x

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290x Lightning, actually better hen the 970. About 5 more fps then reference 290x

 

 

About 5 FPS faster than the 970 @ 1440p based on the benchmarks I did as well.

 

I had a G1 & 290x Lightning, overclocked the G1 to 1600/7600 and the 290x to 1200/6400, Lightning won in almost every benchmark I did, except Dirt 3.

It does use about ~100w more, and is slightly louder though.

 

 

I would of gotten 2 Lightnings instead of 2 G1's, but two G1's made more sense for my PC.

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need the best of them for 1080P Gaming 

Thanks :)

At 1080p the 970 will be better. If you plan to upgrade to 1440p/4K or add a second card in the future, 290X will be better

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About 5 FPS faster than the 970 @ 1440p based on the benchmarks I did as well.

 

 

I had a G1 & 290x Lightning, overclocked the G1 to 1600/7600 and the 290x to 1200/6400, Lightning won in almost every benchmark I did, except Dirt 3.

Did you make a thread for this comparison? Cause that'd be a nice thread to have around here.

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970, way lower TDP

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so the GTx 970 will be better if i am on 1080P Display and the R9 290x will be better if i am on 2k/4k display right? 

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so the GTx 970 will be better if i am on 1080P Display and the R9 290x will be better if i am on 2k/4k display right?

No and yes. The 290x will be better at anywhere above 1080p, but some games like titanfall still take 3.5+ gigs of VRAM with insane graphics. Which games do u play

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In my opinion it will be 970 if you play 1080.

290X lightning if you go over 1080.

 

Beside VRAMGATE 970 is the best card that you can get for the money.

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970, way lower TDP

Few people care about TDP though tbh

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Few people care about TDP though tbh

Yeah but the r9 290x has double the TDP, kinda interessted how much money per year that is, also higher tdp means higher temps so still pretty important for me at least

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Yeah but the r9 290x has double the TDP, kinda interessted how much money per year that is, also higher tdp means higher temps so still pretty important for me at least

Fair point

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Yeah but the r9 290x has double the TDP, kinda interessted how much money per year that is, also higher tdp means higher temps so still pretty important for me at least

No it really doesnt. The g1 has a 250w BIOS on it by default, basically any over clocking and it'll already be in the 200s.

The lightning doesn't really run much hotter,the cooler on it is amazing.

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No it really doesnt. The g1 has a 250w BIOS on it by default, basically any over clocking and it'll already be in the 200s.

Yeah I used the reference design, both cards use more ofc when OCed

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Yeah I used the reference design, both cards use more ofc when OCed

We aren't talking about reference though, we're talking about two power hungry binned GPUs :P

@Aniallation its in my buildlog somewhere, I won't bother making a thread because people will just bitch and moan about amd vs nvidia

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@Aniallation its in my buildlog somewhere, I won't bother making a thread because people will just bitch and moan about amd vs nvidia

eeh, let them

 

it'll be a more useful thread then not useful

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Few people care about TDP though tbh

you should the higher it is the harder it is to overclock, the more likely it is to over heat ot also means a higher power draw 

 

 

In my opinion it will be 970 if you play 1080.

290X lightning if you go over 1080.

 

Beside VRAMGATE 970 is the best card that you can get for the money.

hi I own a 970 and let me tell you that at 1080p it is a total over kill for most games it runs most games VERY fluidly at 1440p it is also a killer in terms of overclocking I have been able to push the base clock to +200 MHZ withougt having to  increase voltage.

 

OP either card is really good dont listen to people saying it can onmly play at 1080p thats a flat out lie

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R9 290X.

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My 290X lightnings is a sweet card but is a dog overclocker

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