Buy GTX 980 or keep R9 290

[wako7654]

Hi LTT,

 

I currently have a R9 290  which is not really a good clocker(had to underclock it at times just to stabilize it on some games), I've had it for 1year and 5 months now. I have money for gtx 980 now but mostly i just play WoW and record. The R9 290 seems to have a bit of performance hit when recording and i can't seem to max out my 144 Hz monitor @ 1080p at times. Is it worth an upgrade or? (thinking of xfire but it does not seem to scale well. Mostly im leaning on 980 because NVidia seems to be better at wow and low power consumption

 

Also how does XFire consume power on idle? Its like 1 card idle x 2 or something right?

 

 

 

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What CPU do you have?

[STRMfrmXMN]

Hi LTT,

 

I currently have a R9 290  which is not really a good clocker(had to underclock it at times just to stabilize it on some games), I've had it for 1year and 5 months now. I have money for gtx 980 now but mostly i just play WoW and record. The R9 290 seems to have a bit of performance hit when recording and i can't seem to max out my 144 Hz monitor @ 1080p at times. Is it worth an upgrade or? (thinking of xfire but it does not seem to scale well. Mostly im leaning on 980 because NVidia seems to be better at wow and low power consumption

 

Also how does XFire consume power on idle? Its like 1 card idle x 2 or something right?

I would go 980. And Crossfire on idle isn't anything absurd but you're using a fair bit more power using dual 290s rather than one 980 which will likely be a better overclocked than your darn 290

[Gofspar]

two 290's will obliterate a 980, crossfire gets my vote. 

[wako7654]

What CPU do you have?

 

An i7-4770k, Is it a CPU issue?

[xAcid9]

Go CFX or GTX 980 Ti.

[wako7654]

I would go 980. And Crossfire on idle isn't anything absurd but you're using a fair bit more power using dual 290s rather than one 980 which will likely be a better overclocked than your darn 290

 

Yeah had it shipped overseas and they didnt accept returns as it runs fine on other games.

[wako7654]

Go CFX or GTX 980 Ti.

 

I get like 30fps increase vs 60~ish on 980, should i still go xfire or? How about power?

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/R9_290X_CrossFire/20.html

 

Edit: Oh wait thats a 290, But i guess its a bit relative?

[Agazed]

The 980 TI has much more price/performance.

 

 

I recommend you sell your 290 and use that money towards getting a 980 TI. 

[wako7654]

Also,

 

Im currently residing in tokyo.

 

These are the current market prices

 

800$ = 980Ti

 

600$ = 980

 

300$=  R9 290

 

Thanks for the replies

[Lolucoca]

Get a 980(ti), you'll get way better performance and less power consumption.

[chamath]

I think second card turn off in idle state of crossfire

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2243348/290x-fire-gpu-idle-state.html

[xAcid9]

I get like 30fps increase vs 60~ish on 980, should i still go xfire or? How about power?

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/R9_290X_CrossFire/20.html

 

Edit: Oh wait thats a 290, But i guess its a bit relative?

 

Since you mostly play WoW and need ShadowPlay, grab a 970 instead. It's is much cheaper than 980 (at least in my country), and only slightly slower. Multi-GPU scaling usually crap in MMO games because of the CPU bottleneck so probably best to avoid that.

[alphaman]

980ti if possible,if not,just keep the card