What to buy?

[LosthawkX]

I want to know if it's better to buy an R9 Fury X or Gtx 980 ti

[ProdigyzMined]

inb4 the flame wars begin.

 

I'd get a Fury X.

[PineappleHolidays]

980ti unless you can get the fury for a lot cheaper ( as it could be gotten for a few days ago here )

[Atmos]

It depends on what resolution you game at, and what games you play.

 

At 1080p, the fury X performs about as well as a 980. So, don't get it for 1080p, please.

 

At 1440p, it performs better, somewhere inbetween a 980 and 980ti in most cases.

 

At 4k, it performs roughly 50/50 with the 980ti. Dependent entirely on what games you play, makes one better than the other.

[Bob Jim]

inb4 the flame wars begin.

 

I'd get a Fury X.

Why would you recommend Fury X??

 

Get the 980Ti. It has better performance out of the box, comes with all of Nvidia's features and better-optimized games, and overclocks better. I am not an Nvidia fanboy, heck I am currently saving up for an R9 380, but the GTX 980Ti is simply better.

[LosthawkX]

It depends on what resolution you game at, and what games you play.

At 1080p, the fury X performs about as well as a 980. So, don't get it for 1080p, please.

At 1440p, it performs better, somewhere inbetween a 980 and 980ti in most cases.

At 4k, it performs roughly 50/50 with the 980ti. Dependent entirely on what games you play, makes one better than the other.

Ok I am buying to play at 1080p for now then I'm gunna buy 3 1080p monitors so would the 980 ti still be better. The games I play at the moment is GTA V, CS: GO and battle field

[ProdigyzMined]

Why would you recommend Fury X??

 

Get the 980Ti. It has better performance out of the box, comes with all of Nvidia's features and better-optimized games, and overclocks better. I am not an Nvidia fanboy, heck I am currently saving up for an R9 380, but the GTX 980Ti is simply better.

Not necessarily recommending it, but it's what I would buy.

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[WolfysTech]

Can be depending on what you like to play, Some games perform better than others, Go with what your heart wants, Getting a Fury X Means you must be able  to have somewhere to store the cooler, or if you want a 980ti, you should be okay anyway, IMO I'd have the 980ti

[WolfysTech]

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[Guest]

980ti 

[colinreay]

Ok I am buying to play at 1080p for now then I'm gunna buy 3 1080p monitors so would the 980 ti still be better

Probably... The 980ti is a beast at 1080p, so it should run triple 1080p well. You get Nvidia surround with it, so set up in most games should quite easy!

[LosthawkX]

Can be depending on what you like to play, Some games perform better than others, Go with what your heart wants, Getting a Fury X Means you must be able to have somewhere to store the cooler, or if you want a 980ti, you should be okay anyway, IMO I'd have the 980ti

I have the space for the cooler I just care about raw performance and I want the card to last so I want to know what's better

[Guest Strangerbob]

None of them will make your gaming any more enjoyable... your 290 is 20% slower, max. Maybe next gen it will be a point to upgrade the video card for you.

 

What WILL however make your gaming lightyears more enjoyable than what you get now - is a working freesync loop on a big IPS monitor: like this 75hz IPS freesync one:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Acer-XR341CK-bmijpphz-34-inch-UltraWide/dp/B0111MRT90/?tag=electronicsmini-20

 

 

Ye, with a 290 on that resolution, you`ll gona have to play the 10 most demanding games on medium/high, and everything below on max. But it will be artifact free.

And the thing is - that with a fury or 980ti - you still wont be able to max those games out with good fps, you need to wait for 14nm card either way.

[paps511]

Do you have somewhere to put the Rad for the Fury?

[LosthawkX]

None of them will make your gaming any more enjoyable... your 290 is 20% slower, max. Maybe next gen it will be a point to upgrade the video card for you.

What WILL however make your gaming lightyears more enjoyable than what you get now - is a working freesync loop on a big IPS monitor: like this 75hz IPS freesync one:

http://www.amazon.com/Acer-XR341CK-bmijpphz-34-inch-UltraWide/dp/B0111MRT90/?tag=electronicsmini-20

Yeah I forgot to change that I sold my r9 290 as it was really load haha

[LosthawkX]

Do you have somewhere to put the Rad for the Fury?

Yes I do my case is the enthoo lux

[byalexandr]

Fury X is cooler (see what I did there).

[PineappleHolidays]

Ok I am buying to play at 1080p for now then I'm gunna buy 3 1080p monitors so would the 980 ti still be better. The games I play at the moment is GTA V, CS: GO and battle field

Have you already bought 1080p ? if not a ultrawide / 1440p might be better,

if you want triple 1080p, then a 980ti would still be the way to go ( for me )

but it all depends on pricing, so you need to tell us what the prices are for the cards you're considering

[LosthawkX]

Have you already bought 1080p ? if not a ultrawide / 1440p might be better,

if you want triple 1080p, then a 980ti would still be the way to go ( for me )

but it all depends on pricing, so you need to tell us what the prices are for the cards you're considering

£509 fury x (ref)

£540 980 ti (ref) planning to water cool the 980 ti around Christmas time

And at the moment using 40 inch 1080p TV while I deside on the moniters to get in a few months

[Prysin]

Why would you recommend Fury X??

 

Get the 980Ti. It has better performance out of the box, comes with all of Nvidia's features and better-optimized games, and overclocks better. I am not an Nvidia fanboy, heck I am currently saving up for an R9 380, but the GTX 980Ti is simply better.

well... people bitch about "AMD going bankrupt, id love to see them make profits yadda yadda yadda"... yet when a question arises on what to buy /fanboy activates and they tout Nvidia miles and miles away, even if Nvidia is underperforming, they still find ONE aspect that has nothing to do with performance, then use that aspect to make sure Nvidia sounds just as good.

End result. Less sales for AMD. Less money.

 

at OP

Buy R9 Fury X. If nothing else, you will have a GPU that almost nobody in these forums will ever have. Nor your friends.

[LosthawkX]

well... people bitch about "AMD going bankrupt, id love to see them make profits yadda yadda yadda"... yet when a question arises on what to buy /fanboy activates and they tout Nvidia miles and miles away, even if Nvidia is underperforming, they still find ONE aspect that has nothing to do with performance, then use that aspect to make sure Nvidia sounds just as good.

End result. Less sales for AMD. Less money.

at OP

Buy R9 Fury X. If nothing else, you will have a GPU that almost nobody in these forums will ever have. Nor your friends.

but the performance isn't as good as the 980 ti however could a driver improve performance? So it could be better than the gtx 980 ti

[Prysin]

but the performance isn't as good as the 980 ti however could a driver improve performance? So it could be better than the gtx 980 ti

nah, but it is quieter under load. Looks neat (in my opinion), and for the "price" of taking a performance hit of 10%, you are supporting a company that needs it....

 

Honestly

Buying a Fury X is charity. It makes no sense from a performance to price standpoint since the 980Ti costs the same, but performs 10-15% better in almost all tests bar 4k... So yeah, thats it.

But, if you want to support Nvidia and drive the industry further into monopoly and shitty products that are way overpriced - go ahead.

 

 

Either way, personally, i am just waiting for the Fury X2 (dual Fury X card). Because just like my current 295x2 (dual R9 290X card). It will be the fastest card in the world, period.

Hell, no 980Ti has been shown to beat a 295x2 yet, even with the 980Ti OCd and the 295x2 at stock....

[LosthawkX]

nah, but it is quieter under load. Looks neat (in my opinion), and for the "price" of taking a performance hit of 10%, you are supporting a company that needs it....

Honestly

Buying a Fury X is charity. It makes no sense from a performance to price standpoint since the 980Ti costs the same, but performs 10-15% better in almost all tests bar 4k... So yeah, thats it.

But, if you want to support Nvidia and drive the industry further into monopoly and shitty products that are way overpriced - go ahead.

Either way, personally, i am just waiting for the Fury X2 (dual Fury X card). Because just like my current 295x2 (dual R9 290X card). It will be the fastest card in the world, period.

Hell, no 980Ti has been shown to beat a 295x2 yet, even with the 980Ti OCd and the 295x2 at stock....

see I do like amd as I did have r9 290 however I have saved the money up for a while and This card has to last, I do like the looks but the proformance on 980 ti is better than the fury and if I water cool the 980 ti the frame rates will be so much better don't you think

[Prysin]

see I do like amd as I did have r9 290 however I have saved the money up for a while and This card has to last, I do like the looks but the proformance on 980 ti is better than the fury and if I water cool the 980 ti the frame rates will be so much better don't you think

Watercooled 980Ti (EVGA Hybrid) or custom loop cooling will add another 100 to 200 USD ontop of the price of the card... Which means that the 10-15% difference will cost you a lot more. Sure it can overclock really well, or maybe it cant. You never know. It probably will though,

 

You are better off with a G1 Gaming then watercooling it, seeing as the price for a pre watercooled card or using custom loop, will cost more then makes sense while the G1 Gaming is around