r9 390 or gtx 970 Which Graphics card?

[Jason_Tan_]

I am building a computer and am not sure which graphics card I should use. I was originally going to get the gigabyte gtx 970, however recently found out about both the 3.5 gigs problem with the 970, and the amd radeon r9 390 outperforming the 970. Which one should I go with?

 

My computer components:

• Asus Z170- Deluxe
• Intel core i7 6700k
• Cryorig H5
• RM Series RM650
• WD Blue 1tb
• Kingston 120 gb ssdnow

and either:

 

gtx 970 or r9 390

[HKZeroFive]

Here we go again...

 

Just get the cheapest one. But avoid the ASUS and GIGABYTE R9 390 models.

[ZetZet]

970 and 390 is basically the same, buy the cheapest one that's respectable or fits your colour scheme. 

 

 

970 also comes with tomb raider so if you want tomb raider that's pretty good i guess

[SeanAngelo]

7 minutes ago, Jason_Tan_ said:

I am building a computer and am not sure which graphics card I should use. I was originally going to get the gigabyte gtx 970, however recently found out about both the 3.5 gigs problem with the 970, and the amd radeon r9 390 outperforming the 970. Which one should I go with?

 

My computer components:

• Asus Z170- Deluxe
• Intel core i7 6700k
• Cryorig H5
• RM Series RM650
• WD Blue 1tb
• Kingston 120 gb ssdnow

and either:

 

gtx 970 or r9 390

r9 390

[experiencednoob]

390

[Jason_Tan_]

Will the 8 gigs of vram help with future proofing? And if I do go with the r9 390, which brand has the best version? Is the 3.5g + 0.5g such a big problem?

[sushisharkjl]

1 minute ago, Jason_Tan_ said:

Will the 8 gigs of vram help with future proofing? And if I do go with the r9 390, which brand has the best version? Is the 3.5g + 0.5g such a big problem?

Sapphire for the R9 390. The 8gigs will be great in case you ever need to go 4k.

 

As for the 970 vram bollucks, that's not going to matter much but it does show once again that nVidia is getting really sketchy nowadays.

[experiencednoob]

The 8 gigs will help but the 390 cant use all of it....and if you go buy a 390 get a sapphire. 

[ZetZet]

 

3 minutes ago, Jason_Tan_ said:

Is the 3.5g + 0.5g such a big problem?

There is no problem, it doesn't exist

[experiencednoob]

1 minute ago, ZetZet said:

 

There is no problem, it doesn't exist

It exists... Its basically fast 3.5gb + 500mb slow memory.... 

[Guest]

The circumstance where 3.5 isn't enough are few and far between, currently. 

 

Not really what you should base your decision off of unless it directly applies to something you intend to use it for - ie. fallout modding, etc. 

[experiencednoob]

1 minute ago, Alexokan said:

The circumstance where 3.5 isn't enough are few and far between, currently. 

 

Not really what you should base your decision off of unless it directly applies to something you intend to use it for - ie. fallout modding, etc. 

Yup. 

[Jason_Tan_]

I am not sure if this will help but I am aiming for a black and white color schemed build, will this make any difference? In terms of brands and of which card?

[ZetZet]

18 minutes ago, experiencednoob said:

It exists... Its basically fast 3.5gb + 500mb slow memory.... 

yes, but it's not an issue since it has no impact on performance

[Jason_Tan_]

So, I will be building my computer for an everyday use computer, but also for gaming. If the 3.5 + 0.5 isnt a problem is the 970 better?

[Citadelen]

52 minutes ago, Jason_Tan_ said:

So, I will be building my computer for an everyday use computer, but also for gaming. If the 3.5 + 0.5 isnt a problem is the 970 better?

Most of the time the 390 will perform better, some games will perform better on the 970.

Skip to 8:20 for benchmarks.

 

 

[Jason_Tan_]

2 hours ago, HKZeroFive said:

But avoid the ASUS and GIGABYTE R9 390 models.

Why is this?

[Citadelen]

11 minutes ago, Jason_Tan_ said:

Why is this?

They both run very hot, the best brand for a 390 is Sapphire.

[BrisoX]

They both run very hot, the best brand for a 390 is Sapphire.

Not the gigabyte g1 series right?

[Citadelen]

1 hour ago, BrisoX said:

Not the gigabyte g1 series right?

I've seen it run at 80-85C°, while not hot for the core, it is in comparison to the 70-75C° of the Sapphire variant of the card.

[TinyCoil]

If you willing to leave gpu at stock frequencies: 390 r9

If you like to oc get 970 

 

Avoid asus or gigabyte radeon's

Imo best sapphire

[BrisoX]

If you willing to leave gpu at stock frequencies: 390 r9

If you like to oc get 970 

 

Avoid asus or gigabyte radeon's

Imo best sapphire

I will oc for sure. And i have gigabyte g1 gaming version in shop. And linus said all good with that series

[HKZeroFive]

39 minutes ago, BrisoX said:

I will oc for sure. And i have gigabyte g1 gaming version in shop. And linus said all good with that series

The Gigabyte R9 390s are voltage locked and have sub-par coolers.

 

So either grab a different model or a Gigabyte GTX 970 instead if you want to overclock.

[ybriK]

Gigabyte and ASUS became lazy asses for the AMD Rx 300 series and used their new coolers for Nvidia cards thinking it would be able to dissipate the heat efficiently and perform silent operations when it didn't, both companies should've stuck to their Rx 200 series coolers as those were very effective in dissipating heat not to mention the lower fan noise. Get either MSI, XFX or Sapphire.

[BrisoX]

The Gigabyte R9 390s are voltage locked and have sub-par coolers.

 

So either grab a different model or a Gigabyte GTX 970 instead if you want to overclock.

Yea thought about gtx 970 g1version. Great oc potential