390x2 vs. 980ti

[RichieXtheXboss]

what would be the better deal

they are both around 600usd and i was wondering what would give better preformance 

also could you watercool a 390x2 

[Knaj]

Wait are you saying two 390x's or two 390's?

[The_Stig]

Wait are you saying two 390x's or two 390's?

He means the Powercolor 390x2 e.i two 390s and the same PCB

[The Official Czex]

1. 390X2 (if the games you play support CrossFire)

 

2. No.

[Shimejii]

Wait are you saying two 390x's or two 390's?

its a single gpu with dual gpus on the same board if its the one i think hes refering too

[thekeemo]

Wait are you saying two 390x's or two 390's?

nope 390 X2

 

[Mug]

of course 390x2 but are you into storage heaters and incredible power bills?

[The Official Czex]

Wait are you saying two 390x's or two 390's?

 

[Mug]

nope 390 X2

 

Loving the MS Paint work that you did

 

<3

[thekeemo]

Loving the MS Paint work that you did

 

<3

its actually google search work

someone did the paint for me

[LeapFrogMasterRace]

 

 

What is the tdp of that 1.21 gigawatts?

[thekeemo]

What is the tdp of that 1.21 gigawatts?

eh 600w

[Mug]

its actually google search work

someone did the paint for me

Gah! Ah well. Love you anyways <3

[thekeemo]

Gah! Ah well. Love you anyways <3

you forgot no homo..

in which case if you love me that much consider fixing my profile picture.

[daniellearmouth]

A single card - whilst not necessarily the best performing - will ultimately provide better compatibility with most games, simply down to the fact that SLI and CrossFire scaling is very seldom 100%.

 

The only game that gets as near as dammit perfect scaling is Tomb Raider.

 

Now, you're probably thinking "but the 390x2 is a single card!"

Not quite. It houses two of AMD's 390x GPUs, running them in CrossFire. And referring back to my point that scaling is seldom perfect, it's generally not ideal. Also I hope you have the money for the electric bill with the 390x2 if you decide to get that. That thing eats up your electric like it's going out of style.

 

Frankly, a 980 Ti is a safer bet. It may not quite perform as well as the 390x2 on its own, but it's one greatly powerful card versus two pretty powerful cards, and it doesn't consume quite so much power in the long run.

[DarkBlade2117]

Depends? 4k, 390x2 1440p depends

[Godlygamer23]

1. 390X2 (if the games you play support SLI)

Crossfire.

[The Official Czex]

Crossfire.

 

To be edited.

EDIT: Edited. I have NVIDIA on the brain.

[Mug]

you forgot no homo..

in which case if you love me that much consider fixing my profile picture.

I'd only replace the gravestone for a mug. It wouldn't be significant.

 

Send me the original if you want it doing. I must warn you though, I have the coordination of a dispraxic cat following the alcohol I've had tinight.

 

Homo intended. "Love thy neighbor as you'd love yourself" ~20AD

[thekeemo]

I'd only replace the gravestone for a mug. It wouldn't be significant.

 

Send me the original if you want it doing. I must warn you though, I have the coordination of a dispraxic cat following the alcohol I've had tinight.

 

Homo intended. "Love thy neighbor as you'd love yourself" ~20AD

I have someone more local (only one border and no oceans) that can do it

but shipping is $30 there and back and then the parts are probably around $20 and then it is still not guaranteed.

[Mug]

I have someone more local (only one border and no oceans) that can do it

but shipping is $30 there and back and then the parts are probably around $20 and then it is still not guaranteed.

Ah well. Myediting skilles and I hope to be of use to you eventually.

[Atmos]

If you are fine with massive power draw, heat output, and having the balls to buy a massive powersupply, then go for that. In games with even basic cfx support it will destroy a single 980ti, however in the few games w/o crossfire support it will be significantly slower.

[leadeater]

Massive power draw is really not true, obviously much more than a single card. Ignore the synthetic benchmark power draw tests as these show nothing close to what real world gaming power draw actually is. My dual 290X/i7-4930k system idles at 90W-110W and depending on how demanding the game is, and it varies during game play, will draw between 300W-800W. Vsync or a FPS cap will limit the upper end power draw if that is of much concern.

 

Also note unless something has changed when running crossfire zero core technology does not work which is why the idle is much more than reviews of single cards show.

[VagabondWraith]

They should've painted Chernobyl on there.