Which sacrifice?

[s3ns3]

36 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

There's a 40W difference between the 970 and 390. It's fine.

its more towards 80W. you also have to factor in that it puts a lot more heat in the case and its louder

 

yes get the i5 6400 with a 970

[TheRandomness]

5 minutes ago, s3ns3 said:

its more towards 80W. you also have to factor in that it puts a lot more heat in the case and its louder

 

yes get the i5 6400 with a 970

... It's about the same level of loudness and will never go above 80 deg C if you don't get Asus or Gigabrick. Also, it's more towards 40W.

[BrisoX]

6 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

... It's about the same level of loudness and will never go above 80 deg C if you don't get Asus or Gigabrick. Also, it's more towards 40W.

seen the reviews. it's just super quiet and low temperatures and just an amazing over clocker

[App4that]

6 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

... It's about the same level of loudness and will never go above 80 deg C if you don't get Asus or Gigabrick. Also, it's more towards 40W.

[BrisoX]

Just now, App4that said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rm6yvK

 

maybe 450W enough? haha

[App4that]

3 minutes ago, BrisoX said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rm6yvK

 

maybe 450W enough? haha

Yep, I crossfired with a 290 and 390 with a 750w PSU.

 

[BrisoX]

1 minute ago, App4that said:

Yep, I crossfired with a 290 and 390 with a 750w PSU.

 

looks awesome mate!

 

btw, what do you think of motherboard. just fine right? it makes me concerned

[TheRandomness]

8 minutes ago, BrisoX said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rm6yvK

 

maybe 450W enough? haha

The reason I like pushing the 390 all over people instead of the 970 is because of (mainly) the price difference and the VRAM. $330 for the 970, $294 ($274 with rebate) for 390 (http://pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-axr93908gbd5ppdhe). Also, when you have two cards that perform essentially the same would you pay more for one just to get 40-70W less power consumption?

[BrisoX]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

The reason I like pushing the 390 all over people instead of the 970 is because of (mainly) the price difference. $330 for the 970, $294 ($274 with rebate) for 390 (http://pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-axr93908gbd5ppdhe)

in my country, prices are same for 390 and 960 unfortunately

[TheRandomness]

Just now, BrisoX said:

in my country, prices are same for 390 and 960 unfortunately

970*? Even if they're the same I'd still get the 390 because 8GB VRAM is nice to have.

[App4that]

Just now, BrisoX said:

looks awesome mate!

 

btw, what do you think of motherboard. just fine right? it makes me concerned

It's a great motherboard, customer service sucks though. I only have surround sound through the optical out. Gigabyte refuses to fix it.

[BrisoX]

Just now, App4that said:

It's a great motherboard, customer service sucks though. I only have surround sound through the optical out. Gigabyte refuses to fix it.

oh okay, 'cus that only 1 PCIe slot concerned me a lot hahah thought it's a bad MB.. i won't be needing more slots 'cus wont be doing SLI or crossfire

[App4that]

1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

970*? Even if they're the same I'd still get the 390 because 8GB VRAM is nice to have.

You know that's why AMD duct taped that VRAM on there, right? So you'd ignore the shortcomings.

[BrisoX]

1 minute ago, App4that said:

You know that's why AMD duct taped that VRAM on there, right? So you'd ignore the shortcomings.

as i've said only 1080p and maybe planning to upgrade on 2k later in future with better gpu

[App4that]

Just now, BrisoX said:

as i've said only 1080p and maybe planning to upgrade on 2k later in future with better gpu

Both the 970 and 390 have shortcomings. At 1080p I'd take the 970. Nvidia drivers have less overhead so will help your i5 perform better and you won't hit the 3.5g of usable VRAM wall at that resolution. Which it's very hard to do that anyway as games use the VRAM available, not a set amount.

 

BUT, the 970 MUST be overclocked to see it's true power. If you don't want to overclock the 390 is a much better choice.

[TheRandomness]

2 minutes ago, BrisoX said:

as i've said only 1080p and maybe planning to upgrade on 2k later in future with better gpu

The 390 does pull ahead of the 970 at higher resolutions though

[s3ns3]

28 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

... It's about the same level of loudness and will never go above 80 deg C if you don't get Asus or Gigabrick. Also, it's more towards 40W.

no its ~80. in a closed case everything is louder with a 290/x/390

[BrisoX]

9 minutes ago, App4that said:

Both the 970 and 390 have shortcomings. At 1080p I'd take the 970. Nvidia drivers have less overhead so will help your i5 perform better and you won't hit the 3.5g of usable VRAM wall at that resolution. Which it's very hard to do that anyway as games use the VRAM available, not a set amount.

 

BUT, the 970 MUST be overclocked to see it's true power. If you don't want to overclock the 390 is a much better choice.

as i said, playing only at 1080p max settings haha so 970 it is. and i am planning to OC for sure to have better performance in games

9 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

The 390 does pull ahead of the 970 at higher resolutions though

2k max for me (in future) won't go in 4k haha too much even for 1 high end card...