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i7 4790k w/ R9 290 vs. i5 4690K w/ GTX 970

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Which would be better for gaming? I currently have a 1080p monitor but i'm planning to get a 1440p monitor.

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Win/Win?  I don't think there is much difference to be honest (for games).

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for strictly gaming, i5 and 970.

for productivity, or streaming, i7 and 290

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4790k +290X all the way then.

or 4690k + GTX980.

 

i will not gonne start about GTX970 vram gate for 1440p again.

But yeah.... it will be an potentional issue in some hightexture games. :P

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4690k + 970

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1080p-1440p Gaming+Light Productivity:

4690k+290x

4690k+980

 

1080p-1440p Gaming+Heavy Productivity:

4790k+290x

4790k+980

 

1080p-1440p Gaming+Extreme Productivity:

5820k+290x

5820k+980

 

1080p-1440p Gaming+Insane Productivity:

5960x+290x

5960x+980

 

Note:

GTX-970 is a good option over the 290x, but the right 290x will outperform any 970 for around the same cost. It's preferential in the end.

GTX-980 will perform better than the 290x at 1440p, but both cards do the job very well.

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4690k & GTX 970 for graphically intensive applications (games mostly)

4790k & r9 290 for applications that rely heavily on the CPU (video editing, rendering, etc.)

Live streaming can meet somewhere in the middle depending on your encoder, but the CPU is almost always more important for that.

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i5 4690K + GTX 970.

I have this combo (gigabyte g1 gaming gtx 970), absolutely amazing.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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1080p-1440p Gaming+Light Productivity:

4690k+290x

4690k+980

 

1080p-1440p Gaming+Heavy Productivity:

4790k+290x

4790k+980

 

1080p-1440p Gaming+Extreme Productivity:

5820k+290x

5820k+980

 

1080p-1440p Gaming+Insane Productivity:

5960x+290x

5960x+980

 

Note:

GTX-970 is a good option over the 290x, but the right 290x will outperform any 970 for around the same cost. It's preferential in the end.

GTX-980 will perform better than the 290x at 1440p, but both cards do the job very well.

290, not 290x

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