390 vs 960

[zulQUET]

 im looking to built my first gaming pc, and i was wondering if i should get the r9 390, or gtx 960.

the 960 is much cheaper, but i dont know if it can handle all new games in 1080p, max settings(mainly gta v)

and if i should go with the 390, should i get the msi 390, or sapphire nitro 390?

(ik im noob:D)

[Mo5]

(Sapphire) 390 will destroy the 960

[tbroadwater2010]

 im looking to built my first gaming pc, and i was wondering if i should get the r9 390, or gtx 960.

the 960 is much cheaper, but i dont know if it can handle all new games in 1080p, max settings(mainly gta v)

and if i should go with the 390, should i get the msi 390, or sapphire nitro 390?

(ik im noob:D)

Remember to follow your own posts

 

Go with the 390! And I heard the MSI ones are pretty sweet. Basically get one that matches your build color. Thats all that really matters right?!

[Savir]

Get the R9 390 sapphire and you can max out games at 1080p for a while.

[Joegeddon]

The R9 390 is more in the league of the GTX 970 than the 960.

[gonnog]

AMDs equivalent of gtx 960 is r9 380. 390 is a lot faster. 

[SteveGrabowski0]

You're probably looking at 980 Ti if you want to turn all the settings to the right in GTA V. The GTX 970 is better than the R9 390 for GTA V at 1080p. I can play at a mixture of very high and ultra with 2xMSAA on and get an almost locked 60 fps with a Xeon E3-1231v3 for the cpu (basically a rebranded i7-4770) and with 16GB DDR3-2400 (with DDR3-1600 I'd get drops into the low 50s fps, while with DDR3-2400 my lowest drops are in the high 50s and much less noticeable while also being much rarer).

[i_build_nanosuits]

GTX 970 and R9 390 are the cards to go if you want to run latest 1080p games at higher than medium settings and still get 60FPS+

For GTA5, just do not crank the settings under the ''advanced graphics'' tab too much...this simply kill the performance and it won't change anything visually...also grass should be set to high...anything above that will yet again kill your performance and will not change anything visually.

[Overkilled]

You're probably looking at 980 Ti if you want to turn all the settings to the right in GTA V. The GTX 970 is better than the R9 390 for GTA V at 1080p. I can play at a mixture of very high and ultra with 2xMSAA on and get an almost locked 60 fps with a Xeon E3-1231v3 for the cpu (basically a rebranded i7-4770) and with 16GB DDR3-2400 (with DDR3-1600 I'd get drops into the low 50s fps, while with DDR3-2400 my lowest drops are in the high 50s and much less noticeable while also being much rarer).

Huh I can have most settings on very high and ultra with my 970 at 1440p with 60-65fps but I'm using fxaa

[suchamoneypit]

the 390 would give you what you want as far as performance, the 960 is an entire tier down and more on par with a 380 and might have trouble delivering 1080p 60 FPS in certain demanding games.

[Guest]

You're probably looking at 980 Ti if you want to turn all the settings to the right in GTA V. The GTX 970 is better than the R9 390 for GTA V at 1080p. I can play at a mixture of very high and ultra with 2xMSAA on and get an almost locked 60 fps with a Xeon E3-1231v3 for the cpu (basically a rebranded i7-4770) and with 16GB DDR3-2400 (with DDR3-1600 I'd get drops into the low 50s fps, while with DDR3-2400 my lowest drops are in the high 50s and much less noticeable while also being much rarer).

GTX 970 and R9 390 are the cards to go if you want to run latest 1080p games at higher than medium settings and still get 60FPS+

For GTA5, just do not crank the settings under the ''advanced graphics'' tab too much...this simply kill the performance and it won't change anything visually...also grass should be set to high...anything above that will yet again kill your performance and will not change anything visually.

I suspect you guys do not know the amount of optimization in the amd drivers for it and from gta v itself, I can max out everything, except frame scaling which nobody changes anyway, and get smooth 60 fps everywhere. And look at my setup in my sig.

[Samppa221]

You should be comparing the 390 vs GTX 970...

[FilipSebik]

Go with r9 390, mostly Sapphire

[H4X3R]

390 = 970 i recommend a sapphire nitro card

 

[SteveGrabowski0]

Huh I can have most settings on very high and ultra with my 970 at 1440p with 60-65fps but I'm using fxaa

 

Are you running an overclocked i5 or i7? Most of my dips below 80 fps or so are cpu related, as I use a locked cpu (Xeon E3-1231v3 at 3.6 GHz). Also, are you running grass at very high or ultra? That's one of the biggest performance killers in the game. And are you running a 1500 MHz 970? My 970 sucks at overclocking, 1418 MHz after GPU Boost 2.0 is the absolute limit of mine, and the driver will still crash every once in a while in-game.

[catzambia]

Doods 390>970

[i_build_nanosuits]

Doods 390>970

dood, that's not even the point of the discussion...

[LokiFire]

Outside of GTA V the 390 will hand it to the 970 here and there, both cards are rather close to each other, the 390 has a full fat 8GB buffer whilst the 970 has a chop job of 3.5GB with 512MB of DDR2.

[i_build_nanosuits]

Outside of GTA V the 390 will hand it to the 970 here and there, both cards are rather close to each other, the 390 has a full fat 8GB buffer whilst the 970 has a chop job of 3.5GB with 512MB of DDR2.

The 970 overclock a lot better though, and support a shitload of cool technologies such as shadowplay, gamestream, physX, cuda, gameworks...and it consume noticeably less power which means the cards run cooler and quieter.

 

Nvidia drivers are better as well, with gameready drivers on day 1 for each new title launch etc.

Pick your poison i guess.

[LokiFire]

The 970 overclock a lot better though, and support a shitload of cool technologies such as shadowplay, gamestream, physX, cuda, gameworks...and it consume noticeably less power which means the cards run cooler and quieter.

 

Nvidia drivers are better as well, with gameready drivers on day 1 for each new title launch etc.

Pick your poison i guess.

From my experience, the driver BS is pulled from peoples anuses more than from any real proof.

[Overkilled]

Are you running an overclocked i5 or i7? Most of my dips below 80 fps or so are cpu related, as I use a locked cpu (Xeon E3-1231v3 at 3.6 GHz). Also, are you running grass at very high or ultra? That's one of the biggest performance killers in the game. And are you running a 1500 MHz 970? My 970 sucks at overclocking, 1418 MHz after GPU Boost 2.0 is the absolute limit of mine, and the driver will still crash every once in a while in-game.

Yeah ive got a overclocked 4690k grass is one of the few things I do have to turn down a lot its on medium because it can really kill the performance in some parts of the game. With my card at completely stock it boosts to 1418mhz

[X99stattrak]

I have everything maxed out on a 1503 OC on my 980ti and I struggle for 60 at 1080p

[Coaxialgamer]

380 is already more powerful than a 960 and 390 is slightly more powerful than the 970.

 

 im looking to built my first gaming pc, and i was wondering if i should get the r9 390, or gtx 960.

the 960 is much cheaper, but i dont know if it can handle all new games in 1080p, max settings(mainly gta v)

and if i should go with the 390, should i get the msi 390, or sapphire nitro 390?

(ik im noob:D)

[i_build_nanosuits]

I have everything maxed out on a 1503 OC on my 980ti and I struggle for 60 at 1080p

absolutely, but you can see the settings i use in the beginning of this video...with those you get all the visual fidelity but it run way better (note that it says ultra on the tumbnail but it's really not ultra i don,t know why i picked that thumbnail honestly...but the OSD is there in big red lettering and everything) :

 

 

A GTX 970 or an R9 390 should have no problem running those exact settings, but at 1080p...and get similar FPS maybe more around 80FPS i would assume.

I would pick an R9 390 myself if they would be the same price BTW, it seem to be faster in more games once AMD figure out the drivers a few months down the road...and AMD need support.

[ToniBamboni]

No comparison, 390