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Best GTX 970 (or 390) under £280

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Hi all,

 

I RMA'd my GTX 970 Windforce (not the G1) due to the card being bent. I've been given a refund of £260 as I want to reconsider my choices. I can put a bit more into it if needs be, but I would rather go cheaper for the same performance and put some money towards a new SSD as mine is showing some rather worrying signs of imminent failure. The 390 bandwagon is welcome here as I have seriously been considering it but am worried about driver performance. I play a wide range of games, but do play a lot of BF4, FO4 and CSGO amongst others, and did use NVENC for streaming. Will NVENC work on a 390 as i only have a 4690k and it hasn't got that good of streaming performance.

 

Thanks in advance guys.

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390 for the 8GB VRAM

 

Not sure about NVENC

 

'only have the 4690k' wow I wish I was you haha

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PowerColor 390 used to be 260$

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Get a 390 and use Quick Sync for streaming as you have an intel CPU.

 

A cheap R9 390 for £239 : http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/amdradeongraphicscards/amdr9390series/r9-390p-8dj6.html

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The 390 and the 970 perform the same. 970 has NVENC, AMD has VCE. Both do essentially the same thing.

I don't know much about UK pricing, but get whichever is cheaper.

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Will VCE pop up as an option in Xsplit if I have a AMD card in? At the moment it only shows H264 and nvenc. And I say only a 4690k as its a new build lol.

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Cooler: Corsair H110i GT             Case: NZXT H440 Black Windowed          1TB WDD Blue, NZXT Hue+, MSI Z97S SLI Krait, Asus VX347H x2

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Will VCE pop up as an option in Xsplit if I have a AMD card in? At the moment it only shows H264 and nvenc. And I say only a 4690k as its a new build lol.

Cause you don't have an AMD card atm :D

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