Need Help With GPU!

[FriLoc123]

I need help choosing which GPU would be better for my system either the msi 970 gaming or the msi r9 290x lightning im not overclocking anything im just leaving it all stock im going to be playing games like BF4,FarCry 4 and other games some youtube watching streamer watching and movies.

 

Here is PC.http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rQ3fRB

[Epic_Nex]

970 is going to perform better

[Faceman]

I need help choosing which GPU would be better for my system either the msi 970 gaming or the msi r9 290x lightning im not overclocking anything im just leaving it all stock im going to be playing games like BF4,FarCry 4 and other games some youtube watching streamer watching and movies.

 

Here is PC.http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rQ3fRB

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Looking at your build, we need to re-work everything.  The FX8 is not a good CPU for gaming, it will bottleneck that high end of a GPU.  Also, that motherboard you selected will throttle it down hard, so its just not a good match.  Let me rework this for you:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cr6cVn

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cr6cVn/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($55.97 @ OutletPC)

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($67.29 @ Newegg)

Storage: Crucial M550 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($55.98 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.88 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($53.97 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $893.05

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-08 21:35 EST-0500

 

This will perform better than anything FX has to offer.  Its probably not color coordinated, I just focused on getting the best price to performance.

 

Here is a more color-coordinated build:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2J8RMp

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2J8RMp/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($176.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($71.95 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($67.29 @ Newegg)

Storage: Crucial M550 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($55.98 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.88 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($53.97 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Corsair SPEC-03 White ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $921.03

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-08 21:38 EST-0500

[D2ultima]

970 is going to perform better

What? A R9 290X is better than a 970. It's comparable to the 980. In games that dislike AMD... that's a different story. But those are but a few, and usually coming from ubisoft.