390 or 390X?

[Electronix]

Hey Linus Tech Tips,

 

I'm probably going to get a 390 or a 390X GPU for my rig since my 270X is lagging behind in terms of the performance I want. I've contemplated shelling out the extra cash to get the 390X so I can overclock and tinker around with other stuff on it however I'm not sure whether it's really worth it or not. What do you guys think? 

[Aytex]

980 for 1080p?

390x for 1440p+?

390 is a pretty solid for 1080p but slower than 980

[Electronix]

disregard  

[Swndlr]

980 for 1080p?

390x for 1440p+?

Fanboy much?

[Aytex]

Fanboy much?

Not finish posting much? lol

[Litargirio]

390 overclocks a better and the performance difference with the 390X is very tiny.

[App4that]

I'd go 390 unless you really want those few extra frames. The 390 is a beast.

[TheRandomness]

Green team pls 

Wait, why green team? I'd like to know your reason c:

[Litargirio]

-snip- 

[Swndlr]

Not finish posting much? lol

Why would you post an unfinished post...?

[App4that]

Way more AMD fanboys on this forum than Nvidia fanboys. If you want to see that start a topic asking which 960 to buy.

[Aytex]

 

[Electronix]

390 overclocks a better and the performance difference with the 390X is very tiny.

Can you even overclock a 390? I'm not super knowledgeable about the intricate technical details of GPUs and CPUs. From what I thought it was the 390X that you would be able to overclock. 

[anthonyc813]

What resolution do you play on?

[Litargirio]

Can you even overclock a 390? I'm not super knowledgeable about the intricate technical details of GPUs and CPUs. From what I thought it was the 390X that you would be able to overclock. 

 

Why wouldn't you be able to? All modern gaming graphics cards can be overclocked.

[App4that]

Can you even overclock a 390? I'm not super knowledgeable about the intricate technical details of GPUs and CPUs. From what I thought it was the 390X that you would be able to overclock. 

Yes, I have mine at 1100MHz without a voltage increase. Runs at 70c while playing Witcher 3.

[DoubleUx2]

In NL the 390X costs €100 more and delivers 10% (Often lower) better performance than the 390. (Base clock, so non OC) for both

It depends if you think if the €100 extra is worth the 10% performance boost.

1080P: 

1440P: 

 

EDIT:

In my opinion it is not, Im gonna pick the 390 for my build in a month. (3440x1440 monitor)

EDIT2: The reason why I didnt mention the 980 and the 980ti is because they are in a different price segment.

[Electronix]

Why wouldn't you be able to? All modern gaming graphics cards can be overclocked.

I wasn't aware of this. What is the difference between the base 390 and the 390X exactly? 

[Electronix]

Thank you all for the tips

[Litargirio]

-snip-

 

Nothing I didn't read through the posts properly. As usual.

[DoubleUx2]

But if your budget is €700 you could go for a 980Ti but I would still recommend the 390 and upgrade next year when the Nvidia Pascal series release (And if they are good obv)

The youtube channel I linked in the post above are quite good in creating benchmarks so if you want to compare other graphics cards I would defineltley recommend them

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

I wasn't aware of this. What is the difference between the base 390 and the 390X exactly?

The 390x has more shader cores than the 390. Which is like a 10% increase in performance.

[App4that]

 

(shots fired)

[CapricaBuccaneers]

Taken from a Kitguru review (Nov. 5th '15):

[CierroMierdo]

Taken from a Kitguru review (Nov. 5th '15):

Titan Z owners must be really, really, REALLY pissed.