A 4k dilemma!

[FartNationGG]

Hi guys, 

today I have a simple question.

I`m soon will get a 4k gaming PC.

And I face the dilemma of which GPU config. to buy.

Here are my options: 3 way r9 290X Crossfire ; 3 way GTX 970 SLI ; 2 way GTX 980 SLI

Need help!

 

Ty in advance!

 

[Katsu-K1L]

3 970's

[Pugs501]

I would say IMHO 970 3-Way Sli

[FartNationGG]

3 970's

Why???Are the 980`s slower? 

[Arty]

Why???Are the 980`s slower? 

price to performace is better on 970

[Swndlr]

3 970s or 2 980s

[CoolaxGaming]

Well, in Linus's Higher then 4K, he used 3 R9 290X's. So you dont even need that many maybe two will be good ebough

[niofalpha]

3 970's...
 

But you WILL need some sort of LGa 2011 FOR 3 WAY SLI...

[i_build_nanosuits]

3 way R9 290X is likely to give the best performance at 4K despite what others are saying the wider memory bus and faster onboard memory of the R9 290X makes it a perfect card for ultra HD and 4K rendering.

 

There you go to prove my point you have the R9 295X2 (which is what i would recommend you buy BTW) which is basicaly dual R9 290X GPU's on a single PCB outperform a GTX 970 SLI at 4K handily:

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_970_sli_review,21.html

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/geforce-gtx-970-sli-review,22.html

 

with 3 way the gap will only grow even bigger.

[Speed6408]

2 980. 3 way sli doesn't scale well and most game won't benefit from the 3rd gpu (quite the opposite actually, you might get less fps).

[i_build_nanosuits]

3 970's

 

I would say IMHO 970 3-Way Sli

 

3 970s or 2 980s

 

3 970's...

 

But you WILL need some sort of LGa 2011 FOR 3 WAY SLI...

 

2 980. 3 way sli doesn't scale well and most game won't benefit from the 3rd gpu (quite the opposite actually, you might get less fps).

google is your friend guys, you all got ZERO this time.

[johngo90]

If I were you I would honestly just wait for the next generation cards to be released. 4K is still somewhat of a struggle even with those setups. Wait for the new stuff.

[Swndlr]

 

 

 

 

google is your friend guys, you all got ZERO this time.

lol have fun dealing with the heat and noise of 3 290x's along with their stupid high power consumption...

[Bosco]

3 way R9 290X is likely to give the best performance at 4K despite what others are saying the wider memory bus and faster onboard memory of the R9 290X makes it a perfect card for ultra HD and 4K rendering.

 

There you go to prove my point you have the R9 295X2 (which is what i would recommend you buy BTW) which is basicaly dual R9 290X GPU's on a single PCB outperform a GTX 970 SLI at 4K handily:

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_970_sli_review,21.html

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/geforce-gtx-970-sli-review,22.html

 

with 3 way the gap will only grow even bigger.

There is no 980 sli in those figures but dual 980s out performs dual 780tis so compare those to the 295x2 and its a much closer race. If you throw a third card in it will favor amd but that power consumption and heat is pretty intense.

[Cheddle]

3 way R9 290X is likely to give the best performance at 4K despite what others are saying the wider memory bus and faster onboard memory of the R9 290X makes it a perfect card for ultra HD and 4K rendering.

 

There you go to prove my point you have the R9 295X2 (which is what i would recommend you buy BTW) which is basicaly dual R9 290X GPU's on a single PCB outperform a GTX 970 SLI at 4K handily:

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_970_sli_review,21.html

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/geforce-gtx-970-sli-review,22.html

 

with 3 way the gap will only grow even bigger.

 

Agree on this

 

However Q1 2015 will see HBM memory used on AMDs cards - this should provide a huge improvement for 4k setups so be wary of heavily investing in a platform at this moment in time.

[connorpiper]

2x 980s. Only because you loose a crap ton of performance on the third card with three-way SLI. 

 

Did everyone forget about scaling? 

[Najuno]

Actually a GTX980 2way SLI beats a R9 295x2. But in terms of price to performance I´d go on a budget probably towards the R9 290X 3way solution.

A GTX980 3way SLI will be the fastest buy most expensive solution for each card is about 600 USD. But you´ll get away with a 1000W PSU (at least Bronze rated with 1 single 12V rail). In terms of a 3way R9 290X I´d go for a 1300+ Watts PSU just to have enough juice to power these cards.

 

My GTX980 2way SLI with my i7 5930K (140W TDP CPU) needs OCed balls to the wall in synthetic benchmarks a peak of 641W oow.

[i_build_nanosuits]

There is no 980 sli in those figures but dual 980s out performs dual 780tis so compare those to the 295x2 and its a much closer race. If you throw a third card in it will favor amd but that power consumption and heat is pretty intense.

 

 

Actually a GTX980 2way SLI beats a R9 295x2. But in terms of price to performance I´d go on a budget probably towards the R9 290X 3way solution.

A GTX980 3way SLI will be the fastest buy most expensive solution for each card is about 600 USD. But you´ll get away with a 1000W PSU (at least Bronze rated with 1 single 12V rail). In terms of a 3way R9 290X I´d go for a 1300+ Watts PSU just to have enough juice to power these cards.

 

My GTX980 2way SLI with my i7 5930K (140W TDP CPU) needs OCed balls to the wall in synthetic benchmarks a peak of 641W oow.

again if you check 4k benchmarks you would realise that the 780ti performs better than the 980 at such high resolution again due to wider memory bus and faster onboard memory, and still the 290x perform better than both nvidia gpus at 4k.

[i_build_nanosuits]

lol have fun dealing with the heat and noise of 3 290x's along with their stupid high power consumption...

you have a point there son...an r9 295X2 is my recommendation for price to performance.

[Swndlr]

you have a point there son...an r9 295X2 is my recommendation for price to performance.

yeh, theyve gone far down in price as well, but why that over 2 980s?

[dragoon20005]

yeh, theyve gone far down in price as well, but why that over 2 980s?

wider memory bus of 512bit on the 295x2 will be faster than the 256bit memory bus on the 980s

[i_build_nanosuits]

wider memory bus of 512bit on the 295x2 will be faster than the 256bit memory bus on the 980s

yes as you crank up the resolution this become an important factor and in this regard the amd cards are better geared for 4k.

[maizenblue]

If you aren't in a hurry, it might be worth it to wait for the r9 390x if you are set on 4k since it is rumored to be substantially more powerful than the 980 while consuming roughly the same amount of power. The problem with that is theres no firm release date yet. I initially heard February to march of 2015 but who knows.

[Fate]

If you aren't in a hurry, it might be worth it to wait for the r9 390x if you are set on 4k since it is rumored to be substantially more powerful than the 980 while consuming roughly the same amount of power. The problem with that is theres no firm release date yet. I initially heard February to march of 2015 but who knows.

I agree with this, you should really wait for the 390x. 

I'm willing to bet it'll destroy the 980 at 4k, and you'll likely be able to run a single one of these and max out just about every game if the rumors are true.

 

Also, you'll probably be able to get an affordable 4k IPS display by that time since the prices on 4k monitors are dropping like crazy every month.

[SurvivorNVL]

Dual 980's.  Why?  Three 970's is your -max-.  Two 980's and when you get more money, you can add more 980's.  You may have lower frames to start, but you can upgrade in the future to more 980's.