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MSI gtx 970 vs Gigabyte R9 290x

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Hey guys, I know this might be a bit of a heated topic, but specs,sound (Fan noise) , preformance, software and crossfire/Sli, what is a better gpu? Also, I am going to be upgrading from an Nvidia card, so if i got an amd card would it be plug and play, or would I have to uninstall nvidia drivers then install amd drivers?


 


R9 290x: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HS866AK/?tag=pcpapi-20 


 


Gtx 970: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NN0GIA0/?tag=pcpapi-20 


 

 

Also, If you like one more than the other, do you recommend one more than the one I am looking at? 

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You will have to uninstall the NVIDIA drivers and out of those two I'd personally be going with the GTX 970.

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IMO 1440P or lower 970. over 1440p the 290x is still solid. unless your gaming at 4k or running surround monitors the only real advantage for the 290x is that it is in stock and slightly higher performing in some games. 

yes if you swap to AMD you will need to remove your nvidia drivers.

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Both are great cards but i would suggest the 970 as it consumes less power and runs cooler and seems to perform better

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Yes, you would have to reinstall drivers. The performance between the two is very similar. I would personally go with the 970 because it performs around the same and has all the benefits of Nvidia like GeForce Experience and more reliable drivers. AMD's strong point is usually price/performance, but Nvidia has matched AMD with the 970. 

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I would go with the 970 so you dont have to uninstall drivers, less power needed, more stable drivers, overclocking potential and it wont be as noisy as the 290x.

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1080p and below gaming and up to 4k video watching the 970 will be the better choice
1440p and 2160p aka 4k the 290x will preform better but will need you to uninstall the nvidia driver and install an amd driver for it.

advtage to the 970 is less noise from not haveing to run the fan as fast and less heat from using less power
disadvtage is that the 970 has a smaller memory bus so it struggles more with anything above 1200p

advtage to the 290x it can handle and give around 50 to 75 fps in 1440p games and around 45 to 60 fps in 4k in morden games
disadtage to it is that it generates a ton of heat and if you do not have a good cooling system it will throttle itself back to prevent melting the silicon it also ussualy has the fans running at max if you are playing a game at max or even high on some games and that might be to much noise for you but if you have a liquid cooled one then this is not going to be an issue.

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 970 is the better card and has some really nice features like MFAA, great overclock ability and low power consumption.

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