R9 390 vs GTX 970

[MrTacticool]

For 1080p 60fps max out games, and futureproofing

[GalacticRuler]

Definitely R9 390.

[Godlygamer23]

R9 390.

[Epiceleon]

390 less expensive for same performance

[Atmos]

390, Here's 3 quick reasons why.

1. Costs the same
2. Performs better across the board
3. More than double the usable vram, removing any possibility of a vram bottleneck from now until its death

[Geospan1]

R9 390!I want one of those too actually...

[PlayStation 2]

well you got @Godlygamer23 saying R9 390

 

well unless your playing fallout 4.. actually you might want to go for the 970 if your buying it to play games now, alot of them are poorly optimized for AMD

That's not AMD's fault that developers are incompetent.

[Godlygamer23]

well unless your playing fallout 4.. actually you might want to go for the 970 if your buying it to play games now, alot of them are poorly optimized for AMD

It depends on the game. If it heavily depends on GameWorks to get the goodies, yeah you may get sub-par performance.

[BallisticPeanut]

Both are very similar, I would choose depending on whether or not you want Nvidia or AMD software, or if one is significantly cheaper than the other.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

well unless your playing fallout 4.. actually you might want to go for the 970 if your buying it to play games now, alot of them are poorly optimized for AMD

AMD got a driver update about a week ago. The problems radeon cards have now will be about the same as what geforce cards have.

[App4that]

well unless your playing fallout 4.. actually you might want to go for the 970 if your buying it to play games now, alot of them are poorly optimized for AMD

 

 

And it's A LOT.

[EChondo]

AMD got a driver update about a week ago. The problems radeon cards have now will be about the same as what geforce cards have.

Yeah I've been reading all over Reddit that people with Nvidia cards are having the same issues as AMD has been having. Some of us are thinking it's drawcall issues, but whatever it really is it's on Bethesda's end.

[SaladFingers]

Both cards will perform perfectly fine for 1080p. The 390 might outperform the 970 in some cases especially now with dx12, but draws a bit more power. You can't go wrong with either for 1080p though. Your call.

[Hemanse]

I know everyone says 390 over 970 these days, but imo it all depends what kinda card you are looking for, i first got a MSI 390 and i just could not stand the noise the card made, i got a bit unlucky with coil whine, but the fan noise was also just too much for my taste. I just traded in my 390 for a MSI GTX 970 today and i gotta admit that i am happy with the trade, it runs cooler even in my airflow restricted case, 70 degrees overclocked to 1518 on the core, my 390 hit 85 while just running stock. I also cant hear the fans of the 970 before the card hits like 80% while the 390 sounded like a jet taking off next to me at 70% of even 60%.

 

You can never really be future proof, the 390 comes with 8Gigs of VRAM vs the 970s 4(3.5), games do use more and more as times go on, but at 1080p you are not gonna be needing more than the 4G, i would say where the 390 shines with its 8Gigs is if you CF it to run highter resolutions.

 

As others also point out, it all depends on price, where i live the 970 is cheaper than the 390, if you live in a place where the 390 is cheaper then that might just be the better option, go for something like Sapphire or MSI if you do go for the 390.

[Nena Trinity]

390! Unless you have a dual-core then you should grab the Nvidia card...

[don_svetlio]

R9 390 by Sapphire