AMD Card.

[Nosfy]

Hey.

 

So I know nothing about AMD cards but I decided at some point in the near future I am going to do an AMD build. 

What would be the equivalent AMD card to the 980? Also I know not the right thread but the equivalent of a X99 motherboard?

[Enderman]

there is no equivalent AMD card to a 980

and there is no equivalent AMD motherboard or CPU to the x99 platform

[Guest]

Hey.

 

So I know nothing about AMD cards but I decided at some point in the near future I am going to do an AMD build. 

What would be the equivalent AMD card to the 980? Also I know not the right thread but the equivalent of a X99 motherboard?

Equivalent to a 980, no. There may be something released in the R9 3xx series that can compete with a 980 but it is doubtful.

[Nosfy]

there is no equivalent AMD card to a 980

and there is no equivalent AMD motherboard or CPU to the x99 platform

 

Surely there is a same generation AMD equivalent.

[Altecice]

currently there is no X99 competitor. The FX line is the latest and even that is many years old so the boards that run them are also years old. There is no DDR4 AMD capable CPU/Motherboard at the moment.

 

As for a 980 competitor. The 290x is neck and neck when its on 4K but at 1080p the 290x looses to the 980. But I guess you can wait for the R9-300 series to see how that goes.

[Redjo]

You will get alot of hate because of this post go get 

 

i7 4790k  or  i5 4690k  

for GPU wait 3xx series from radeon 

 

 

Like AMD on CPU'S just will not exist for me anymore on my feature builds .... 

[minibois]

Hey.

 

So I know nothing about AMD cards but I decided at some point in the near future I am going to do an AMD build. 

What would be the equivalent AMD card to the 980? Also I know not the right thread but the equivalent of a X99 motherboard?

AMD's highest single GPU card is the 290X (8GB version is not worth it IMO). Otherwise you have the R9 295X2, but that is 2 290X GPU's designed into 1 card.

I believe the AMD equivalent to X99 is 990X, but I think Intel is better at such budget. (For gaming and editing)

 

EDIT: these are no equivalents, but they come the closest.

The Nvidia or Intel 'counterparts' are better

[Nosfy]

currently there is no X99 competitor. The FX line is the latest and even that is many years old so the boards that run them are also years old. There is no DDR4 AMD capable CPU/Motherboard at the moment.

 

As for a 980 competitor. The 290x is neck and neck when its on 4K but at 1080p the 290x looses to the 980. But I guess you can wait for the R9-300 series to see how that goes.

 

Thanks dude. that is what I was after. So AMD boards are still on DDR3?

[The_Warbird]

Well the 390 maybe but as far as cpu goes, yeah AMD is quite a bit behind but they've got something cooking i'm sure.

[Glenwing]

Surely there is a same generation AMD equivalent.

 

No, because AMD has not released a same generation yet. The best AMD cards came out a year before the 980.

[Altecice]

Thanks dude. that is what I was after. So AMD boards are still on DDR3?

 

Yup. the best chipset is 990FX and its /meh tbh... I moved from my 8350 @ 5ghz to an I7-4790K and never looked back. But I guess its not an issue for you.

[WereCat]

Equivalent to GTX 980 is yet to be relased soon and that may be R9 390(x) hopefully it will be R9 380(x).

There is no AMD equivalent to Intel Z97 and nothing near X99.

[pomaranc]

Surely there is a same generation AMD equivalent.

Nope, you will have to wait for R9 300 series, GTX900 series beats r9 200 at high end. And intel CPUs are MUCH better than AMD, MUCH MUCH BETTER.

[Nosfy]

You will get alot of hate because of this post go get 

 

i7 4790k  or  i5 4690k 

 

Why? As I said I am just looking to build an AMD system as I have always built Nvdia based stuff. I already have an I7 5930K so just want to do something different.

[Sauron]

There is no "equivalent", but for the price of a 980 you can buy a 295x2 that destroys it.

[typographie]

Surely there is a same generation AMD equivalent.

 

AMD doesn't have a "same generation" yet. The fastest single-GPU card they have is still last generation's R9 290X, which is about equal to a GTX 970. They have only responded to the 900 series so far with price cuts.

[spartaman64]

go with an intel cpu and get a 390x in june

[ShadowCaptain]

Why?

 

Because its not as good?

[pomaranc]

Why? As I said I am just looking to build an AMD system as I have always built Nvdia based stuff. I already have an I7 5930K so just want to do something different.

Well AMD CPUs suck, especially for gaming, even their best CPU is worse than cheapest haswell i5

[Nosfy]

Because its not as good?

 

I meant why would I get hate?

[ShadowCaptain]

I meant why would I get hate?

 

Because everyone on the forum is pretty much against anybody buying AMD CPUs. because for most people they are the wrong choice compared to Intel (especially for gaming!!)

 

besides you already have a decent PC, so its hard to understand why you randomly want to build some second AMD rig.. it doesnt work or do anything differently to your current PC other than cost you money and perform worse

[Nosfy]

Because everyone on the forum is pretty much against anybody buying AMD CPUs. because for most people they are the wrong choice compared to Intel (especially for gaming!!)

Lol fair enough.

 

Was just looking at prices expecting them to be cheap but they aren't really.

[Enderman]

Surely there is a same generation AMD equivalent.

no, all of AMD's chipsets are years old, and X99 is extremely recent

also there is no AMD motherboard with the features of X99 and there is no AMD CPU that even comes close to the performance of the CPUs on x99

 

and for GPUs there is no AMD equavalent to the 980 because the 300 series has not been released yet

their best GPU is the 290x which is basically the same performance of a 780ti, the last generation of nvidia GPUs

the 295x2 is just a dual 290x, similar to the titan Z (because there is no dual 780ti, the titan black is the next closest, and the titan z is two titan blacks)

 

this is why AMD is losing so much money and falling behind

their products are old and perform like last gen

[ShadowCaptain]

Lol fair enough.

 

Was just looking at prices expecting them to be cheap but they aren't really.

 

no they are not much cheaper, just a tiny bit, their GPUs remain mostly competitive, but their CPUs are really falling behind

[typographie]

Lol fair enough.

 

Was just looking at prices expecting them to be cheap but they aren't really.

 

Compared to Intel processors that actually perform similarly, no, AMD CPUs aren't particularly cheap. It's the persistent fallacy that an FX-8350 is comparable to a Core i5 that is the source of the "AMD is cheaper" theory.

 

They are providing a fairly attractive discount on their video cards these days, though.