GTX 980 or R9 290X

[Evolution90]

GTX 980 cost: 235 GBP

R9 290X cost: 170 GBP

 

R9 is reference cooler.

[Atmos]

980, so long as the extra money isnt going to put you on the street or anything.

Performs better, and will run far... FAR quieter on pretty much any cooler than the 290x reference card. 

Reference design coolers across the board are just awful. But if reference designs weren't blower style, then there'd be practically no blower cards on the market at all and anyone running an extra-small form factor pc would be put out. Its also cheaper :3

[Evolution90]

Just now, Atmos said:

980, so long as the extra money isnt going to put you on the street or anything.

Performs better, and will run far... FAR quieter on pretty much any cooler than the 290x reference card. 

Reference design coolers across the board are just awful. But if reference designs weren't blower style, then there'd be practically no blower cards on the market at all and anyone running an extra-small form factor pc would be put out. Its also cheaper :3

I can spend up to 250 GBP, the 290x is a good deal cheaper but it's gonna cost me to upgrade the cooling on it as i can't live with Michael Bay's private Jet plane in my room.

[Jumper118]

Both very overpriced 290x was £100 and 980 was £180. 

[Evolution90]

Just now, Jumper118 said:

Both very overpriced 290x was £100 and 980 was £180. 

But i need graphics

 

Fucking miners go die in a fire ya bunch a CUNTS lol.

 

[Evolution90]

Why is a 1060 6GB new cheaper than it is second hand??

[Jumper118]

1 minute ago, Evolution90 said:

But i need graphics

 

Fucking miners go die in a fire ya bunch a CUNTS lol.

 

Hey I am Mining on 3 rx480.

[Morgan MLGman]

22 minutes ago, Evolution90 said:

R9 is reference cooler.

While they're similar in performance, this one makes the 290X a bad choice. Reference coolers were garbage, for a 290X you need a decent aftermarket version (even some aftermarket ones were crap because the card puts out a lot of heat, I know what I'm talking about, I had a 290X myself)

6 minutes ago, Evolution90 said:

I can spend up to 250 GBP, the 290x is a good deal cheaper but it's gonna cost me to upgrade the cooling on it as i can't live with Michael Bay's private Jet plane in my room.

I would look for other cards available. The 980 performs bad in DX12/Vulkan and has 4GB of VRAM (the 290X too, but with higher bandwidth which makes it perform better in higher resolutions). How much are cards like RX 480 / R9 Fury in your area?

[Jumper118]

1 minute ago, Morgan MLGman said:

While they're similar in performance, this one makes the 290X a bad choice. Reference coolers were garbage, for a 290X you need a decent aftermarket version (even some aftermarket ones were crap because the card puts out a lot of heat, I know what I'm talking about, I had a 290X myself)

I would look for other cards available. The 980 performs bad in DX12/Vulkan and has 4GB of VRAM (the 290X too, but with higher bandwidth which makes it perform better in higher resolutions). How much are cards like RX 480 / R9 Fury in your area?

I see a fury for sale now for £230

[Evolution90]

1 minute ago, Morgan MLGman said:

While they're similar in performance, this one makes the 290X a bad choice. Reference coolers were garbage, for a 290X you need a decent aftermarket version (even some aftermarket ones were crap because the card puts out a lot of heat, I know what I'm talking about, I had a 290X myself)

I would look for other cards available. The 980 performs bad in DX12/Vulkan and has 4GB of VRAM (the 290X too, but with higher bandwidth which makes it perform better in higher resolutions). How much are cards like RX 480 / R9 Fury in your area?

Fury 300 - 1k

 

230 minimum for a 4GB gimp edition or 300+ for 8GB (RX 480)

[Evolution90]

Just now, Jumper118 said:

I see a fury for sale now for £230

??????????????

 

 

need

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

now

 

 

 

 

 

PLEASE

[lsstefan]

I'm buying a new GTX 1060 6gb for 277 euro now.

Tbh for 250 pounds you can find a 980ti, hopefully soon. Seems that some realized they are asking for way too much for their old nonmining cards.

[Morgan MLGman]

1 minute ago, Jumper118 said:

I see a fury for sale now for £230

 

1 minute ago, Evolution90 said:

??????????????

need

now

PLEASE

This is a great deal if legit, I also had an R9 Fury (Sapphire Nitro one) and it was a great card. Once overclocked, it reached stock 1070/980Ti scores in Firestrike It ran cool and was quiet, the Nitro cooler was amazing. It's a long card due to the radiator so keep that in mind whether it fits into your case

[Evolution90]

Found a Fury.

 

Can only buy it tonight when money drops in bank.

 

Fingers crossed.

[lsstefan]

6 minutes ago, Evolution90 said:

Found a Fury.

 

Can only buy it tonight when money drops in bank.

 

Fingers crossed.

Mate why don't you buy a cheaper entry level card like R9 280x and when the prices go back to normal sell it for little loss and buy a better and newer one?

[Evolution90]

Just now, lsstefan said:

Mate why don't you buy a cheaper entry level card like R9 280x and when the prices go back to normal sell it for little loss and buy a better and newer one?

Because i'm a stubborn bitch.

 

 

[lsstefan]

Just now, Evolution90 said:

Because i'm a stubborn bitch.

 

 

:)) well if the Fury can handle your needs then go for it. But I'd be wary of used GPUs, especially AMDs. I have an R9 280x which sucks major ass for mining, yet there is a guy here selling 2 rigs of 5 280x each for quite the cash. All GPUs can be used to some degree.

[Jumper118]

11 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

 

This is a great deal if legit, I also had an R9 Fury (Sapphire Nitro one) and it was a great card. Once overclocked, it reached stock 1070/980Ti scores in Firestrike It ran cool and was quiet, the Nitro cooler was amazing. It's a long card due to the radiator so keep that in mind whether it fits into your case

It is an xfx. I had 2 nitro myself but I only have 1 now cos I sold my other for £300 while the prices were high. Only paid £200 for it as well

[Evolution90]

Just now, Jumper118 said:

It is an xfx. I had 2 nitro myself but I only have 1 now cos I sold my other for £300 while the prices were high. Only paid £200 for it as well

This one is  aNitro it's 250 + 10 shipping.

 

980Ti is 320 minimum.

[Jumper118]

1 minute ago, Evolution90 said:

This one is  aNitro it's 250 + 10 shipping.

 

980Ti is 320 minimum.

Cool is it the oc or oc+ model? 

[Evolution90]

1 minute ago, Jumper118 said:

Cool is it the oc or oc+ model? 

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapphire-radeon-fury-nitro-4096mb-hbm-pci-express-graphics-card-with-backplate-11247-03-40g-gx-377-sp.html

[Jumper118]

2 minutes ago, Evolution90 said:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapphire-radeon-fury-nitro-4096mb-hbm-pci-express-graphics-card-with-backplate-11247-03-40g-gx-377-sp.html

OK. If you want I can send you a bios pack with all the bios's that unlock the cores. 

 

The nitro oc+ OC'd better but don't unlock as well. Neither of my cards unlocked but yours might. 

[Evolution90]

Just now, Jumper118 said:

OK. If you want I can send you a bios pack with all the bios's that unlock the cores. 

 

The nitro oc+ OC'd better but don't unlock as well. Neither of my cards unlocked but yours might. 

Will see if i have a Fury tonight when the money goes in.

[Evolution90]

Anyone bought an item with the 4 month credit option on paypal?

 

How does it work?

 

 

Eh fuck that just wait till tonight.

[Morgan MLGman]

13 minutes ago, Jumper118 said:

It is an xfx. I had 2 nitro myself but I only have 1 now cos I sold my other for £300 while the prices were high. Only paid £200 for it as well

I paid 400$ for mine brand-new in the store and sold it for 510$ used for 8 months Bought a top-end 980Ti variant with that money and it was worth it (Yeah, the prices are high but here in Poland those are actually normal prices)

6 minutes ago, Jumper118 said:

OK. If you want I can send you a bios pack with all the bios's that unlock the cores. 

 

The nitro oc+ OC'd better but don't unlock as well. Neither of my cards unlocked but yours might. 

Mine didn't unlock at all but it got 1160MHz core / 550MHz memory stable which gave me 17300 GPU points in FireStrike

5 minutes ago, Evolution90 said:

Will see if i have a Fury tonight when the money goes in.

It's definitely faster than both 980 & 290X and is more futureproof, performing great in DX12 titles (BF1 runs awesome on it) while consuming less power than a 290X and around the 980 level if you undervolt it, yeah, it has 4GB of VRAM but it's HBM and even if you surpass 4GB it doesn't result in performance loss unless you surpass 5GB