MSI R9 290 or MSI GTX 780?

[BatJoke]

The title says it.

Which has better performance and cooling?

Should i go with the R9 290 and get a 27" Monitor?

Or should i go with the GTX 780 and get a 23" Monitor?

 

Note:I can only buy the MSI in the GTX 780 bec of the money

and in the R9 290 i could go with the tri-x but i would like to save some money and i've heard that its Sapphire>MSI>Gigabyte n so on.

and i won't go for Gigabyte as it has a High temp in the 290 same for the asus i would trust them in any card but the 290.

[PokémonTrainerFour]

What resolution are you playing at?
Is the heat being kicked out into your room a factor?

Is power consumption a factor?

[BatJoke]

What resolution are you playing at?

Is the heat being kicked out into your room a factor?

Is power consumption a factor?

1080p.

No i don't care about the heat being kicked into my room i care more about the card and about it being above 80degrees.

No i just want what is best i don't care about the power consumption.

[Thebman712]

its not size of monitor its resulution 

[BatJoke]

its not size of monitor its resulution 

What?

[PokémonTrainerFour]

AMD Option - More VRAM, better for higher than 1080p, Price, better surround experience

Nvidia Option - Raw power, Lower heat output/power usage, drivers/stability, fluff like Hair Works and (advanced) PhysX.

 

The 23" monitor is going to look (a bit) better from the same distance if you go with either option.

[BatJoke]

AMD Option - More VRAM, better for higher than 1080p, Price, better surround experience

Nvidia Option - Raw power, Lower heat output/power usage, drivers/stability, fluff like Hair Works and (advanced) PhysX.

 

The 23" monitor is going to look (a bit) better from the same distance if you go with either option.

You kinda still didn't answer the whole question.

I know both very well but i can't choose one and is the MSI R9 290 good will it pass 80Degrees temperature?

I need the 27" as am not gonna game from a near distance and i like to watch lots of movies so i like the bigger screen.

and lastly i just need a card that will last 1 to 4 Years running games smoothly from High to Ultra and i would like to save money not spend.

[i_build_nanosuits]

save yourself some bucks and get the 290 they perform about the same and the tri x is an awesome cooler no heat issues.

[dragoon20005]

You kinda still didn't answer the whole question.

I know both very well but i can't choose one and is the MSI R9 290 good will it pass 80Degrees temperature?

I need the 27" as am not gonna game from a near distance and i like to watch lots of movies so i like the bigger screen.

and lastly i just need a card that will last 1 to 4 Years running games smoothly from High to Ultra and i would like to save money not spend.

I will say my votes goes to R9 290

 

4GB VRAM will let you game at High to Ultra 1440P

 

if you want more fps get another 290 for CrossFire

[PokémonTrainerFour]

Just get the 290, it should last you longer and it basically performs similar to a 780.

[TechFan@ic]

As far as performance goes the 290 has a slight edge over the 780 at 1080p & a more significant performance advantage at 2560x1440. The higher the resolution the wider the performance delta.
You get 4GB of VRAM & more memory bandwidth the 290 so it's going to have a longer life span before the memory starts to become an issue.
If you intend to play the next Mass Effect or the upcoming Dragon Age Inquisition you should also know that those titles will support Mantle so the performance delta is going to be even larger with those titles.
All upcoming Frostbite powered games from EA will support Mantle, I believe there are about 7 or 8 games planned in the next 12-16 months.

As far as features go there is pretty much feature parity between both Nvidia & AMD at the moment.
GeForce Experience & G-Sync are balanced out by Raptr Gaming Evolved APP & Free-Sync.
Nvidia has PhysX & GameWorks which runs faster on their cards, AMD has Mantle & TressFX.
AMD also maintain exclusivity on TrueAudio.

In terms of raw compute power AMD's GCN architecture is significantly ahead of Nvidia's at the moment & the difference is clearly seen in OpenCL.

From left to right, best performing to least performing. Performance as in: temperatures, noise & overclockablity.

Sapphire Vapor-X > Sapphire Tri-X/PowerColor PCS+ > Gigabyte Windforce > Asus DCUII > XFX DD/MSI Gaming/HIS IceQ

[BatJoke]

MSI or Gigabyte 290?

[dragoon20005]

Gigabyte Windforce 290

[BatJoke]

As far as performance goes the 290 has a slight edge over the 780 at 1080p & a more significant performance advantage at 2560x1440. The higher the resolution the wider the performance delta.

You get 4GB of VRAM & more memory bandwidth the 290 so it's going to have a longer life span before the memory starts to become an issue.

If you intend to play the next Mass Effect or the upcoming Dragon Age Inquisition you should also know that those titles will support Mantle so the performance delta is going to be even larger with those titles.

All upcoming Frostbite powered games from EA will support Mantle, I believe there are about 7 or 8 games planned in the next 12-16 months.

As far as features go there is pretty much feature parity between both Nvidia & AMD at the moment.

GeForce Experience & G-Sync are balanced out by Raptr Gaming Evolved APP & Free-Sync.

Nvidia has PhysX & GameWorks which runs faster on their cards, AMD has Mantle & TressFX.

AMD also maintain exclusivity on TrueAudio.

In terms of raw compute power AMD's GCN architecture is significantly ahead of Nvidia's at the moment & the difference is clearly seen in OpenCL.

From left to right, best performing to least performing. Performance as in: temperatures, noise & overclockablity.

Sapphire Vapor-X > Sapphire Tri-X/PowerColor PCS+ > Gigabyte Windforce > Asus DCUII > XFX DD/MSI Gaming/HIS IceQ

I disagree with you putting XFX and MSI last They both have the Lowest temps on an 290 while Gigabyte and asus have higher temps then them.

[i_build_nanosuits]

MSI or Gigabyte 290?

msi twin fans? id pick that, the 3 small fans cooler are loud as fack...

[i_build_nanosuits]

Gigabyte Windforce 290

this is actualy the worst idea unless you dont mind jet engine sounds...

[pbenologa]

MSI or Gigabyte 290?

Mine runs at max of 81c when playing Crysis 3 on ultra. But when playing regular games max is 71c.

[dragoon20005]

this is actualy the worst idea unless you dont mind jet engine sounds...

maybe i am wrong here

 

how about Tri-X?

[BatJoke]

Mine runs at max of 81c when playing Crysis 3 on ultra. But when playing regular games max is 71c.

Which one do you have?

am going with the MSI as the Gigabyte Runs sometimes at 84C-85C also am not a big fan of gigabyte as their products has lots of problems.

[pbenologa]

Which one do you have?

am going with the MSI as the Gigabyte Runs sometimes at 84C-85C also am not a big fan of gigabyte as their products has lots of problems.

MSI R9 290. Considering my usual ambient temp is around 30-32c.

[i_build_nanosuits]

maybe i am wrong here

 

how about Tri-X?

the tri-x is better, but if possible i'd go with the twin frozr or any other dual fans design (direct CUII, Dual-X..), the bigger fans move more air and are generally quieter.

The twin frozr i think as the biggest fans available.

[Firearm2112]

The title says it.

Which has better performance and cooling?

Should i go with the R9 290 and get a 27" Monitor?

Or should i go with the GTX 780 and get a 23" Monitor?

 

Note:I can only buy the MSI in the GTX 780 bec of the money

and in the R9 290 i could go with the tri-x but i would like to save some money and i've heard that its Sapphire>MSI>Gigabyte n so on.

and i won't go for Gigabyte as it has a High temp in the 290 same for the asus i would trust them in any card but the 290.

 

It really depends on what your doing. First off, monitor size wont matter whether you choice either of these cards.

 

Second of all, are thoes 1080p monitors, or are you going for 4k? If for 4K the 290 gives you a little more bang for your buck.

 

The 780 is quite and more power efficient.

 

Bottom line, Go with the 780 for 1080p gaming, and the 290 for 4K

[BatJoke]

It really depends on what your doing. First off, monitor size wont matter whether you choice either of these cards.

 

Second of all, are thoes 1080p monitors, or are you going for 4k? If for 4K the 290 gives you a little more bang for your buck.

 

The 780 is quite and more power efficient.

 

Bottom line, Go with the 780 for 1080p gaming, and the 290 for 4K

The 290 performs sometimes better than the 780 for 1080p gaming and is cheaper.

As also the MSI R9 290 is as quite as a 780 and i don't care about the Power effcient

[Firearm2112]

The 290 performs sometimes better than the 780 for 1080p gaming and is cheaper.

As also the MSI R9 290 is as quite as a 780 and i don't care about the Power effcient

Well then get the 290

 

EDIT: I forgot to ask, what kinda of games will you be playing?

 

For example, AMD cards will do better on games such as Battlefield 4 thanks to mantle technology.

 

But GeForce cards will do better on games like Watch_Dogs because of Nvidia gameworks

[BatJoke]

Well then get the 290

 

EDIT: I forgot to ask, what kinda of games will you be playing?

 

For example, AMD cards will do better on games such as Battlefield 4 thanks to mantle technology.

 

But GeForce cards will do better on games like Watch_Dogs because of Nvidia gameworks

Am gunna play everygame available from 2012 till now my current pc couldn't handle minecraft everything on low so am not gunna leave a game without playing.

as watchdogs the 290 i think with the new amd driver could handle it with more than 60 FPS

as also for me the 290 is 483$ and the 780 is 560$ so i think i am going with the 290 no matter what