Need Help With Chosing A Graphics Card

[Recon-UK]

Someone needs twatting with a wet salmon...

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

Someone needs twatting with a wet salmon...

Please talk some en

[Recon-UK]

Fanboying is so 2001

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

Fanboying is so 2001

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-290X-vs-GeForce-GTX-770

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

Fanboying is so 2001

and it coasts half the Price

[Recon-UK]

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-290X-vs-GeForce-GTX-770

So you link a site with no performance numbers...

The 290 none X is faster than the 770 and costs almost the same here in the UK, i guess you forgot there is a world.

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

So you link a site with no performance numbers...

The 290 none X is faster than the 770 and costs almost the same here in the UK, i guess you forgot there is a world.

what ? it's like 0.1% Faster ,and there are some other facts ,the sloppy cooler on the 290,the extreme power consumption ,the extreme noise if you want to have a slight 5 C° drop and still it keeps running at 80 C° at idle ,dude considering all of this for only a 2% tops Performance increase in BCS ,and ,the guy who posted this doesn't is not in the UK so still 700$ Vs 390$ for a 1% Improvement ,hh only an idiot wont see this

[Recon-UK]

what ? it's like 0.1% Faster ,and there are some other facts ,the sloppy cooler on the 290,the extreme power consumption ,the extreme noise if you want to have a slight 5 C° drop and still it keeps running at 80 C° at idle ,dude considering all of this for only a 2% tops Performance increase in

BCS ,and ,the guy who posted this doesn't is not in the UK so still 700$ Vs

390$ for a 1% Improvement ,hh only an idiot wont see this

I guess you ridiculed fermi this much?

You are also extremely ignorant, aftermaeket 290's are out.

2% my arse hole.

http://youtu.be/ZBNJIMihePg

[Nickolas47]

Hey there guys!

So a friend of mine has a custom pc and he wants to upgrade his gpu and he has a budget of 400 dollars so because i don't know a lot about graphics card's i really want your help so his specs are : CPU:i5-3470 MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z77M and his current gpu is gigabyte's geforce gtx650 just pointed the specs out if you need them for anything 

Thank you for reading this and sorry for being bad at english   by the way i told him to get i5-3470 and ga-z77 because i think they are the best cpu and the best mobo at their price range

σου προτεινω την r9 280x

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

I guess you ridiculed fermi this much?

You are also extremely ignorant, aftermaeket 290's are out.

2% my arse hole.

http://youtu.be/ZBNJIMihePg

now i know you don't understand a shit in GPUs ,GTX 770 is Kepler ,Fermi was in last gen GTX 500 series ,hhhhh this conversation is over

[Recon-UK]

No, more like you keep hyping your beloved 770, still, quoting power consumption and heat is ignorant and biased, the OP has no qualms with these things.

Secondly R9 290's now have aftermarket solutions from AIB's.

So since you love living in the past, i guess you were this ignorant when Fermi arrived?

I owned 480's before my 290 BTW.

[GamerDude]

LOL what side of the windmill did you fall off?

Just ignore that guy, he's a certified nVidia headcase. I've had my fill arguing with him....the R9 290 has more VRAM, wider memory bus, and is faster overall....he has a habit of ignoring 3rd party cooled R9 290's and insists on harping about the infamous reference heat issue.

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

No, more like you keep hyping your beloved 770, still, quoting power consumption and heat is ignorant and biased, the OP has no qualms with these things.

Secondly R9 290's now have aftermarket solutions from AIB's.

So since you love living in the past, i guess you were this ignorant when Fermi arrived?

I owned 480's before my 290 BTW.

your still bluffing dude ,

-1 if OP is doesn't Know that this kind of facts matter when shopping for a graphics card ,you gonna leave him in at that ,for me no i take thous things in consideration even if he don't qualms with em ,because later on he will find out the hard way when his GPU overheats and die or he aims to lower the temps and he wakes every body by the noise of that thing

-2 say a lightning 290 do have a way better cooler then stock but it's almost 900$ ,a lightning GTX770 again ,performs about as good ,TF4 Cooler and still coasts 1/2

-3 again GTX 770 Is Kepler Not fermi ,but you don't know shit so ...

-480 VS 290 ,doesn't seem the most fair comparison to me

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

Just ignore that guy, he's a certified nVidia headcase. I've had my fill arguing with him....the R9 290 has more VRAM, wider memory bus, and is faster overall....he has a habit of ignoring 3rd party cooled R9 290's and insists on harping about the infamous reference heat issue.

what uuuuuuuuuuuup GAMER DUDE ,mist me

[Recon-UK]

Well we have gone from 700 dollars to 900 now, i'm on my iphone, so i have not checked prices, but it seems someone is unsure.

25% and more is not close, it's not even ball park.

[Recon-UK]

Not very good at playing the choire it seems.

http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=14-131-569

[GamerDude]

Well we have gone from 700 dollars to 900 now, i'm on my iphone, so i have not checked prices, but it seems someone is unsure.

25% and more is not close, it's not even ball park.

Actually, only the MSI R9 290X Lightning is the only 'Lightning' model available, the R9 290 doesn't come in Lightning flavor, and yes, the MSI R9 290X Lightning weighs in at 700USD. The R9 290 from the various makers is priced at about 400USD (after rebate) for a PowerColor TurboDuo R9 290/HIS R9 290 to PowerColor PCS+ R9 290/Gigabyte WF3 R9 290 at 500USD. The R9 290 outclass the GTX770, in fact, the R9 290 approaches the GTX780 in performance with the R9 290 being generally cheaper than the GTX780.

 

BTW, thanks for NOT quoting THAT guy, I think you know who I mean, it's much appreciated.

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

Actually, only the MSI R9 290X Lightning is the only 'Lightning' model available, the R9 290 doesn't come in Lightning flavor, and yes, the MSI R9 290X Lightning weighs in at 700USD. The R9 290 from the various makers is priced at about 400USD (after rebate) for a PowerColor TurboDuo R9 290/HIS R9 290 to PowerColor PCS+ R9 290/Gigabyte WF3 R9 290 at 500USD. The R9 290 outclass the GTX770, in fact, the R9 290 approaches the GTX780 in performance with the R9 290 being generally cheaper than the GTX780.

 

BTW, thanks for NOT quoting THAT guy, I think you know who I mean, it's much appreciated.

Damn Nice job Dude ,an other member in your litle 290 Gang , i just Hope he gets a 290 ,then after a wile ,he comes back in hear asking for help about the silly temps it runs at and the fact that his ear drums blow up when he ramped up the fan RPM ,and you'll tell him to sell it and get a real Graphics card , fouling them around with your Love to 290s ,whats wrong with you

[WAR MAN]

Just ignore that guy, he's a certified nVidia headcase. I've had my fill arguing with him....the R9 290 has more VRAM, wider memory bus, and is faster overall....he has a habit of ignoring 3rd party cooled R9 290's and insists on harping about the infamous reference heat issue.

well if you think about it ,i have one and i'm not that happy with it ,very strong yes ,but ,the heat keeps on worrying me ,and i'm not even exploiting the hole wider memory bus and extra VRam at 1080P ,so any advice on an alternative Card Men ?

[Humbug]

@LawrenceBarnes2013

I don't know if you're doing this for fun or whether you really believe what your posting but you need to stop spreading blatant misinformation. Those of us on this forum can see that you're posting nonsense because we know the subject, but somebody just goggling for video cards may come across this page and be badly misled.

 

(1) The R9 290 does not run hot. Only the reference cards at launch last year ran hot because of a bad cooler, and that problem was sorted with the partner cards. Nobody buys the reference now except for water cooling.

http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/sapphire-r9-280x-vapor-x-oc-and-r9-290-vapor-x-oc-review/27/

 

(2) The geforce 770 does not compete with the R9 290. There is a big performance gap between the two

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1068?vs=1037

Nvidia's performance equivalent to the R9 290 is the geforce 780. The 770 competes with the 280x

 

(3)  You don't need to spend $900 to get an R9 290

 

(4) THere is no such card as lightning R9 290.

[Recon-UK]

well if you think about it ,i have one and i'm not that happy with it ,very strong yes ,but ,the heat keeps on worrying me ,and i'm not even exploiting the hole wider memory bus and extra VRam at 1080P ,so any advice on an alternative Card Men ?

You bought the reference version, you should have known what you were getting into?

Besides, you only need a cooler change.

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

@LawrenceBarnes2013

I don't know if you're doing this for fun or whether you really believe what your posting but you need to stop spreading blatant misinformation. Those of us on this forum can see that you're posting nonsense because we know the subject, but somebody just goggling for video cards may come across this page and be badly misled.

 

(1) The R9 290 does not run hot. Only the reference cards at launch last year ran hot because of a bad cooler, and that problem was sorted with the partner cards. Nobody buys the reference now except for water cooling.

http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/sapphire-r9-280x-vapor-x-oc-and-r9-290-vapor-x-oc-review/27/

 

(2) The geforce 770 does not compete with the R9 290. There is a big performance gap between the two

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1068?vs=1037

Nvidia's performance equivalent to the R9 290 is the geforce 780. The 770 competes with the 280x

 

(3)  You don't need to spend $900 to get an R9 290

 

(4) THere is no such card as lightning R9 290.

-1 yes it does and i wouldn't be saying it does if i didn't have one and saw it run hot in front of my eyes

-2 i wasn't saying the 770 competes with the  290 ,it's just that for the OP's 1080P Gaming setup ,a 770 would be enough and fits in his budget well ,and wont exploit the additional performance the 290 offers at 1080p on a non Multi monito setup

-3 yes i mistaked the price its only a 600~700$ for a top of the line Lightning

-4 it's the 290X that i meant for the lightning edition ,but what can i do with AMD's confusing Naming

-5 not every body is qualified to change a Graphics card cooler

    thnx for the Lightning correction anyway

[Recon-UK]

Qualified to change a GPU cooler?

I guess you have a stock CPU heatsink then o.0

[Humbug]

-1 yes it does and i wouldn't be saying it does if i didn't have one and saw it run hot in front of my eyes

OP is intelligent enough to not buy the reference cooler. Nobody is recommending that.

-2 i wasn't saying the 770 competes with the 290 ,it's just that for the OP's 1080P Gaming setup ,a 770 would be enough and fits in his budget well ,and wont exploit the additional performance the 290 offers at 1080p on a non Multi monito setup

That's not what you said, you said the difference between a 770 and a 290 is 2% tops

-4 it's the 290X that i meant for the lightning edition ,but what can i do with AMD's confusing Naming

so you've owned these cards but you're still confused about the naming scheme, I rest my case

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

Qualified to change a GPU cooler?

I guess you have a stock CPU heatsink then o.0

can u read ,because , every body can see in my setup ,a Dark Rock CPU cooler