Which is better? Only 970 or R9 290X CrossfireX?

[mbahadirsavas]

Hello everyone. I want to buy MSI Z97 Gaming 3 and GTX 970. But i am going to upgrade it a year later. If i buy GTX 970 i cant do SLI but If i buy R9 290x i can do CrossfireX. I cant decided to what can i do. Which is bring me better FPS on games?

I want to use my pc about 2 years and i want to play games higher FPS.

Please help me.

I am sorry about my english because i am Turkish.

[SeanAngelo]

290x CF for sure.

 

What's your power supply?

[VerticalDiscussions]

A 970 should yeld better results overhaul and consumes much less power, takes lesser space and will still work great with DX12. I would go for one 970.

[blueballs]

290x cf

[mbahadirsavas]

290x CF for sure.

What's your power supply?

I havent buy it yet. I will buy ot about 2 weeks later.

[GzeroD]

A 970 should yeld better results overhaul and consumes much less power, takes lesser space and will still work great with DX12. I would go for one 970.

Yield better results?  are you crazy. A single 290x is on par with a 970 (of coarse it (the 290(x) )does used more power) and scaling on R9 290(x) is excellent for games that support Multi GPU

 

Also the 290x still supports DX12

[mbahadirsavas]

A 970 should yeld better results overhaul and consumes much less power, takes lesser space and will still work great with DX12. I would go for one 970.

I said i want use it about 2 years. I think DX12 unnecessary for new games.

[TheKDub]

Hello everyone. I want to buy MSI Z97 Gaming 3 and GTX 970. But i am going to upgrade it a year later. If i buy GTX 970 i cant do SLI but If i buy R9 290x i can do CrossfireX. I cant decided to what can i do. Which is bring me better FPS on games?

I want to use my pc about 2 years and i want to play games higher FPS.

Please help me.

I am sorry about my english because i am Turkish.

 

290x crossfire is better.

[salecar3]

290x is better for hier resolution but at 1080p 970is better bicuse more games are better optimized for nvidia 

[VerticalDiscussions]

Yield better results?  are you crazy. A single 290x is on par with a 970 (of coarse it (the 290(x) )does used more power) and scaling on R9 290(x) is excellent for games that support Multi GPU

 

Also the 290x still supports DX12

I said it should yeld better results "Overhaul". The difference could be great and couldnt aswell depending on the amount of future games that will scale well with Crossfire in the first place. Its still a better option in the longterm for single usage.

[Suika]

The 290X crossfire would blow the 970 out of water, at the cost of much higher power consumption. I would go for the crossfire.

[Hunter259]

Or could spend more on a better mobo and have the capability for SLI... Not to mention he will spend more getting those two 290xs. Almost a perfect 2x.

[ebobde]

wait for r9 3xx?

[mbahadirsavas]

Thanks everyone. I decided to buy r9 290x. Next year i will buy a new one and do CrossfireX.

And how is my english? Is it good?

[Johannes_Lazor]

A 970 should yeld better results overhaul and consumes much less power, takes lesser space and will still work great with DX12. I would go for one 970.

The R9 290x will support Dx12 in Win10.

[Johannes_Lazor]

And how is my english? Is it good?

Fairly good, There is room for improvement but it will come with time.

[mbahadirsavas]

Which psu should i use for CrossfireX?

[VerticalDiscussions]

The R9 290x will support Dx12 in Win10.

Well i didnt say they wouldnt but then again its up for personal choices and smart path to take for those who already own the 200 series gpu's to get another one.

[GzeroD]

I'm running 2 r9 290's  (non x) on a 850w thermaltake PSU. A quality 750w PSU should be able to handle crossfire 290x's that use a reference PCB with an modern Intel CPu but if you grab something like  MSI lightning cards I would aim closer too 900+ Watts from a quality manufacturer

[mbahadirsavas]

Its too much bills for electricity.

[mbahadirsavas]

Can i use gtx 970 for 2 years? I want to play games higher settings and get better fps.

[GzeroD]

a single 970 wont run at as high fps like 2 290x's will in newer games at the same settings but it will run at a significant power savings and should be able to play any game released in the next 2 years at at least medium settings.. 

 

Also what country are you in? Prices vary so much it is hard to recommend anything without that information. 

[s3ns3]

i would not use 290x in CF.even one heats the entire case like an oven

go with the elegant single gpu solution

[GzeroD]

i would not use 290x in CF.even one heats the entire case like an oven

go with the elegant single gpu solution

Case airflow. If your case is like an oven you need it.

[Nena Trinity]

Depends on your games and if you play in 1080p or 4k...