non reference 780 vs 290

[linus7]

what would you pick and why?

[Suika]

GTX 780 Lightning

 

Reason; G-Sync, no price inflation.

[KyonCoraeL]

R9 290

 

Reason: Litecoin mining 

[Mo5]

Depending where you live the prices vary. I'd buy whatever is cheaper, but I'm leaning towards the 290

[Willson94]

I assume you mean both cards non-reference and not non-reference 780 vs reference 290
non-reference 780 would be my choice was a big fan of the 79xx cards but just wasn't impressed by the 290 and 290x 

[wng_kingsley7]

@Suika G-Sync is soo expensive and to get that awesome experience you gotta be making some serious money at least to have a good enough experience when using it. The rated MSRP for the ASUS ROG G-Sync monitor which has a resolution of 2560*1440p is $799 dollars. It's a compelling value for the monitor since it has a high resolution panel refresh rate of 144hz and the viewing angles and pretty perfect too. You'd be spending at least $1000-1500 dollars + just for a monitor and graphics card.

 

Now my opinion on this isn't so very subtle but when nvidia launch the 780 Ti with the underway project G-Sync nothing AMD had actually proved anything worth for me to buy a graphics card other than for the raw fps performance using a single high end graphics on single screen up to surround.

Since AMD recently displayed a event explaining mantle would be improving the new R9/R7 series of cards by 45% percent would actually hold up more value to actually maybe even finally call the R9 290/290X the titan killer.

 

Any triple fan cooler looks not the part right now. I'd go with either that has the ASUS DCU2 cooler with the larger heat pipes, they probably should've integrated the second fan like the msi gaming but it'd cause turbulence. Or something with a waterblock I guess. 

[Skylark]

I would say whatever is cheaper.

[Suika]

@Suika G-Sync is soo expensive and to get that awesome experience you gotta be making some serious money at least to have a good enough experience when using it. The rated MSRP for the ASUS ROG G-Sync monitor which has a resolution of 2560*1440p is $799 dollars. It's a compelling value for the monitor since it has a high resolution panel refresh rate of 144hz and the viewing angles and pretty perfect too. You'd be spending at least $1000-1500 dollars + just for a monitor and graphics card.

If you're buying a $500 GPU, but can't get a good monitor to match the build, you're, in my opinion at least, building a rig incorrectly. I strongly believe that if you buy something like a GTX 780 Ti or R9 290X, you shouldn't play on just 1080p. You need something special about it, like G-Sync or an Eyefinity rig. 1440p or 4K even. I don't see much of a point in buying a super powerful card to play on lower resolutions than it could handle, because you may as well game on a console if you only like 1080p 60Hz.

 

It's also only mad expensive for now, shouldn't it lower in Q2 when it's made more available? Supply and demand should dictate so, hopefully.

[wng_kingsley7]

 

If you're buying a $500 GPU, but can't get a good monitor to match the build, you're, in my opinion at least, building a rig incorrectly. I strongly believe that if you buy something like a GTX 780 Ti or R9 290X, you shouldn't play on just 1080p. You need something special about it, like G-Sync or an Eyefinity rig. 1440p or 4K even. I don't see much of a point in buying a super powerful card to play on lower resolutions than it could handle, because you may as well game on a console if you only like 1080p 60Hz.

 

It's also only mad expensive for now, shouldn't it lower in Q2 when it's made more available? Supply and demand should dictate so, hopefully.

 

Whether something is in demand or not is controlled by two majorities, the first is the consumer grade market who it's aimed at 'gamer';using their ROG line/phrase "no compromise" second of all they can dictate whether a product should be priced accordingly or delay it to reduce or further increase the products price. I'm agreeing to disagree with you only because human beings aren't made of cash. Whether if your buying a expensive graphics card to play on future 4K & AAA titles isn't the case of saying you should buy a 4K monitor.

 

Tell me this what is the estimated percentage that those who've bought a single or dual high end graphics card in the last quarter of a year will jump from their monitor right now to add another secondary/tertiary or bump up to a 4K display? Whether you can gestimate or not isn't the point of the answer

[Skanic]

290

 

 

Mante, FreeSync, True audio,eyefinity.

[Nineshadow]

290 for the Doge!

780 for green!

[cnapier39428]

I bought a 290 right before they went up and wish I would have bought a 780 instead...or at least I wish I would have gotten a good overclocking 290..I can only hit 1101mhz...

[Brandonsr]

I returned my R9 290. The card itself is had great performance, but mine suffered from black screens. The place I bought from doesnt have any left in stock, so I will most likely switch to the 780.

[Psychatog]

I bought a 290 right before they went up and wish I would have bought a 780 instead...or at least I wish I would have gotten a good overclocking 290..I can only hit 1101mhz...

But dat heat!

[cnapier39428]

Its under water via ek

[cnapier39428]

But dat heat!

Ek waterblock

[Andrew0472]

780 performs nearly the same, runs cooler, quieter and oc's better (keep in mind the silicon lottery though you might get a bad oc'er). The 290 is a good card but with the price inflation (depending on where you live) makes the 780 a better choice

[Suika]

Whether something is in demand or not is controlled by two majorities, the first is the consumer grade market who it's aimed at 'gamer';using their ROG line/phrase "no compromise" second of all they can dictate whether a product should be priced accordingly or delay it to reduce or further increase the products price. I'm agreeing to disagree with you only because human beings aren't made of cash. Whether if your buying a expensive graphics card to play on future 4K & AAA titles isn't the case of saying you should buy a 4K monitor.

 

Tell me this what is the estimated percentage that those who've bought a single or dual high end graphics card in the last quarter of a year will jump from their monitor right now to add another secondary/tertiary or bump up to a 4K display? Whether you can gestimate or not isn't the point of the answer

I have no clue what you started talking about.

 

If you put $500 into a video card, you need a good monitor, or you're wasting the performance gain essentially. You don't need an $800 ROG monitor, when there's a cheaper G-Sync alternative available, with more to come in Q2. There's still 1440p which costs as low as $300 last I checked, maybe lower now!

 

Also, if you're not made of money, you don't need to be buying an R9 290. If you really want to argue over a case like that, then I'd recommend you start talking about an R8 270X or GTX 760. That's all I have to say about that.

[paulsterio]

Get a 290, mine when you don't game, make back the price of the card, you get a free 290!

[SoySauciE]

I would say a R9 290 ONLY if you can get at a reasonable price otherwise go 780.Depending on where you live if the 290 is cheaper then get the 290 if they are both at the same price go 780.

[tek inpektor]

GTX 780

 

Shadowplay, G-Sync, non-reference.

[HakunaMatata]

R9 290

Reason: Dogecoin mining

FFTY

[HakunaMatata]

FTFY

[tbriggs]

I bought a 290 right before they went up and wish I would have bought a 780 instead...or at least I wish I would have gotten a good overclocking 290..I can only hit 1101mhz...

You should sell your 290 on ebay before the price drops and buy a 780!

[cnapier39428]

You should sell your 290 on ebay before the price drops and buy a 780!

I should indeed