R9 290 with SSD or single Gtx 970?

[xMishax]

Hello. Recently Ive got the deal in my local shop after AMD cut those prices.  So I can buy R9 290 tri - x bundled with 32GB adata SSD or I can go for gtx 970 without any bundle that is even 30euros/45dollars more expensive. Which way should I go guys? Which card will serve me longer and gonna play 1080p at its best for its price?

[Phoenix70]

IF you are gaming at 1080p, 970... 1440p+ r9 290

[the jolly roger]

with the recent price drops, i gotta recommend AMD, r9 280x = 230$    R9 290 (non x) 300$

 

for 1080p, r9 280x is where its at, and if you ever want to do triple 1080p surround setup, just slap another one in there (290 will perform better in surround)

[79wjd]

IF you are gaming at 1080p, 970... 1440p+ r9 290

Ummm, why would the 290 be better for 1440p but the 970 be better for 1080p

[mooseducks86]

32 gig ssd? that's not exactly useful. I would go with the 970 personally. I find anything less than 120gb pretty much useless. If youre using speedboost or whatever, just use a decent thumbdrive. I have my OS and applications on a 1TB SSHD and my working files on a 120 gig SSD. I will get a 512GB SSD for my OS and apps when they're closer to $200.

[Aniallation]

Hello. Recently Ive got the deal in my local shop after AMD cut those prices.  So I can buy R9 290 tri - x bundled with 32GB adata SSD or I can go for gtx 970 without any bundle that is even 30euros/45dollars more expensive. Which way should I go guys? Which card will serve me longer and gonna play 1080p at its best for its price?

32GB SSD is really pointless.... most phones nowadays have more storage. The 290 and 970 will be just as good for gaming at both 1080p and 1440p, but it just isn't worth it to get a 32GB SSD

[Oshino Shinobu]

I'd go for the 970. 32GB SSD is fairly useless. 

[BarisERY]

Get the single 970 

 

-Better performance

-More potential (it OC like a boss and Maxwell is a new architecture so the upcoming drivers will boost performance alot)

-More power Effecient

-G-Sync,ShadowPlay,Pshy-X...etc

-Easy to work with drivers (i had alot of problems with AMD Drivers but that might be just badluck)

[moonedunk]

970. I dont see how useful having a 32gb ssd would be :#

[Guest]

The 970 is slightly faster, and also runs cooler/uses less power (the tri x cooler is quite good though, so that 290 shouldn't run too hot). If you think the cheaper price is worth it for the 290 then go for it, but the 32 gig ssd is rather pointless, way too small. Otherwise go for the 970.

[xMishax]

Thank you guys for all the opinions gonna go for gtx 970 !!!

[PuNkPoEtS]

it all depends on the rest of your system. if the power supply you have is sufficient enough to handle both cards then that helps but does your local store offer the never settle bundle and is there any game on there that you want as well. as everyone has said that 32gb ssd is pretty useless unless you use it as a cache drive for your mechanical drives. it also all depends on if you need cuda cores or not. with the whole driver issues on the AMD side i can not complaion about them as i have always had nvidia due to ATI/AMD drivers being so terrible but now they are great and my dads system (GTX590) has more issues with his drivers this year then i have since i got my rig. 

[Gulrok]

Well.

 

A 32 GB SSD is fine if you want to have your OS only on it, and maybe 1 game.

 

Besides that it is worth it to go with the better card.

 

A better card and purchase a better SSD later on.