970 vs 290x

[gods_hammer]

I saw Gigabyte 290x for the price of Gigabyte 970. Just asking what is the more powerfull here, and wich one uses more power ??

[Smooth Bunz]

The 290x uses more power but they are pretty close to dead even just depends on the game you want to play 

[Profquast]

290x will be more powerfull but uses 1.5 to 2 times as much power.

[Guest]

Tough call, especially if you game at 1080p. If you're looking at higher resolutions (1440p and especially 2160p) then the 290x wins easily. For 1080p I'd just stick with whatever has the more attractive features for you. Mantle, True Audio, freesync, etc. for the 290x, or PhysX, shield streaming, G-sync, etc. for the 970. The 970 will also consume less power, if that is a factor for you.

Alternatively you could see if you find an R9 290 for a lower price. It's usually the best price/performance card at the high-end segment and is very close to the 970 (or even beats it) in terms of performance.

[gods_hammer]

It seems nowdays that 970 is the best buy for High end GPUs.

[Doughnutnator]

For 1080p the 970, it's efficient, consuming way less power than the 290x, also it has a lot of OC headroom, so you can get extra performance without setting your house on fire (it's a joke, I know there's good aftermarket 290x's, don't kill me AMD guys)

If you game at higher resolutions the 290x is a great deal.