What one for gaming!

[Croum]

So, I managed to get my choice down to two last competitors, It will either be the;

 

AMD Radeon R9 390 (275W)

 

OR:

 

Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 SSC (145W)

 

I will be using my computer for heavy gaming and video editing (for YouTube),

I also plan to use three monitors, as it will boost productiveness in both categories.

One thing I see that might pose a problem is that the R9 390 is a hungry horse in comparison to the 970

IDK though, my budget is around £800 (around $1200)

If you want my full specs to make a choice, just let me know! 

[don_svetlio]

R9 390


EDIT: Those numbers you have are not power consumption - that's TDP - not remotely connected

[scobie56]

i would go for the 970 because of cuda if your doing things like video editing

970

less power 

less heat output 

physx 

has that 3.5gb ram thing 

390

more vram 

uses more power 

higher heat output

open gl for editing 

[don_svetlio]

i would go for the 970 because of cuda if your doing things like video editing

970

less power 

less heat output 

has that 3.5gb ram thing 

390

more vram 

uses more power 

higher heat output

OpenCL - also perfectly usable for editing - Sony Vegas actually does A LOT better on AMD

[scobie56]

OpenCL - also perfectly usable for editing - Sony Vegas actually does A LOT better on AMD

oh ile add that in 

[don_svetlio]

oh ile add that in 

OpenCL - not OpenGL

[don_svetlio]

[fehllyy]

the R9 390 is a pinch better at 1080p, but as soon as you start to play at higher resolutions, the 512 bit memory bandwidth, along side that 8 gig of V-RAM, the 390 really whips the 970's arse.