Nvidia or amd for gaming, recording, and editing

[Fulgrim]

I'm hoping for a 600ish budget. More likely 300ish. Freedom units of course :3

For 300, you could get a PowerColor R9 390.

[afyeung]

 

780ti is just a gimped Titan. Look how well that turned out lol

[afyeung]

I'm hoping for a 600ish budget. More likely 300ish. Freedom units of course :3

If you weren't happy with the 290x then you won't be happy with the 390. They require just as much cooling and are equally as loud. Except the temps on the 390 are 5-7 degrees lower than a decent aftermarket 290x at the same voltage. Not really much of a difference if you were having cooling issues

[Tasuma]

If you weren't happy with the 290x then you won't be happy with the 390. They require just as much cooling and are equally as loud. Except the temps on the 390 are 5-7 degrees lower than a decent aftermarket 290x at the same voltage. Not really much of a difference if you were having cooling issues

 

It could have been the airflow in my case at the time, where my case was, etc. But it hit, with twin frozr, 85c average. Maybe I had a bad card or something, but since then I have swapped to define s case with 3 140mm fans in the front.

[afyeung]

It could have been the airflow in my case at the time, where my case was, etc. But it hit, with twin frozr, 85c average. Maybe I had a bad card or something, but since then I have swapped to define s case with 3 140mm fans in the front.

The 390 should be around 73 degrees at stock with that case. Overclocked 5-10 degrees higher 

[afyeung]

True, but the 980ti actually competes with the Titan X.    The 780ti and the original Titan actually didn't as much, iirc.

The 780ti and Titan competed for gaming, while the Titan exceeded at scientific calculations with double precision. The 980ti won't be as much as a flop as the 780ti was once Pascal comes out because the 980ti is actually priced reasonably in comparison to other cards($650 USD) while the 780ti was $700 and much more for aftermarket. 

[Tasuma]

The 390 should be around 73 degrees at stock with that case. Overclocked 5-10 degrees higher 

 

Which is much cooler than my r9 290x ran at. I mean my r9 380 runs at 70c Oc'd 1140/1600 at full load.

[afyeung]

Which is much cooler than my r9 290x ran at. I mean my r9 380 runs at 70c Oc'd 1140/1600 at full load.

By design Hawaii/Grenada runs hot. 2560+ stream processors and 6.2billion transistors. Much more powerful than anything else AMD offers below them. Hot, but not unreasonably hot. 

[Tasuma]

By design Hawaii/Grenada runs hot. 2560+ stream processors and 6.2billion transistors. Much more powerful than anything else AMD offers below them. Hot, but not unreasonably hot. 

 

I've seen 980ti get 73c easily. So I wouldn't call that hot. Now 83c+ is a bit hot for me! 

[Tasuma]

I start to worry around 75-80 depending on what I'm doing.

Interesting, I thought the gap was bigger between the 780ti and the titan.

 

I don't. I know they can get much hotter and be ok. Also, Florida. My room gets pretty freaking toasty. If I get 85c+ then I cry.

[afyeung]

I've seen 980ti get 73c easily. So I wouldn't call that hot. Now 83c+ is a bit hot for me! 

 

I start to worry around 75-80 depending on what I'm doing.

Interesting, I thought the gap was bigger between the 780ti and the titan.

Yeah. 70-80c isn't too hot for a relatively high end GPU. 780ti and Titan were basically the same story as the 980ti vs Titan X except the Titan og had non gaming benefits 

[Sakkura]

True, but the 980ti actually competes with the Titan X.    The 780ti and the original Titan actually didn't as much, iirc.

 

Yeah, the 980 Ti is a slightly cut-down Titan X. The original Titan is more like a cut-down 780 Ti (apart from VRAM and double precision).