R9 390 or GTX 970?

[Chiobe]

Did you watch his vid? The max overclock his turd of a 970 could manage was 1440MHz. Mine boosts to 1300 without any overclock at all. You have to be very unlucky to get a 970 that will not OC to at least 1500 MHz.

Even if we accept that 1500MHz is the norm, how many % of the buyers overclocks there cards?

[RyGuy99]

I had 2 MSI 970 water cooled, they could not reach 1500.

So 1450 is probally more commen then 1500+.

And as said earlier, just because it can overclock, dont mean you should use that as a selling point for choosing one over the other, as not everyone overclocks.

I've heard of aircooled MSI Gaming 970s reaching 1500 mhz from another thread where were talking about this.

[othertomperson]

Even if we accept that 1500MHz is the norm, how many % of the buyers overclocks there cards?

 

Everyone should, especially since Maxwell's stock clock speeds are inexplicably low for what I can only assume are the heat and power usage statistics bragging rights, but I point you to my first post in this thread:

 

 

If you are going to overclock the 970 is better. If you're going to be relying on stock speeds, the 390 has a better factory overclock.