r9 390 vs GTX 970

[Bliznipa]

For my streaming/gaming rig (at 1080p/60+fps) and a budget of <1000$U.S. , I'd like some input of GPU recommendations. Obviously I'd love a 980 to but realistically that's out of my price range. I'm not really familiar with the differences of the r9 390 and gtx 970 other than brand. Opinions (or facts rather) anyone?

 

Thanks!

[Festive]

Gtx 970 for your uses.

[TheCrazyCryptonian]

19 minutes ago, Bliznipa said:

For my streaming/gaming rig (at 1080p/60+fps) and a budget of <1000$U.S. , I'd like some input of GPU recommendations. Obviously I'd love a 980 to but realistically that's out of my price range. I'm not really familiar with the differences of the r9 390 and gtx 970 other than brand. Opinions (or facts rather) anyone?

 

Thanks!

Another vote for the 970 390.

Edited February 23, 2016 by TheCrazyCryptonian
Apparently i cant read/

[TidaLWaveZ]

Isn't the 390X in the 970s price range?

[SirWendall]

Just depends on what features you want. Personally I like the 970 but the 390 also has more VRAM

[Atmos]

2 minutes ago, Festive said:

Gtx 970 for your uses.

That literally makes no sense. His use-case is almost no different from any normal user's use.

 

@Bliznipa Get the 390, it costs the same, performs better across the board if not the same, and has more than double the usable vram. These days unless you're already heavily invested in the invidia environment, there's no reason to buy a 960 or 970. By invested I mean having a g-sync monitor, shield tablet, or absolutely require cuda for some reason

[Unhelpful]

1 minute ago, TidaLWaveZ said:

Isn't the 390X in the 970s price range?

970's can be found for about $300. 390x's can be found for around $370.

[don_svetlio]

R9 390 is better.

 

[TidaLWaveZ]

1 minute ago, JoeyDM said:

970's can be found for about $300. 390x's can be found for around $370.

 

I guess I've only really paid attention to the reference cooler version of the 970 which is $380.

[Atmos]

2 minutes ago, TheCrazyCryptonian said:

Another vote for the 970.

 

Just now, GamerMan said:

Just depends on what features you want. Personally I like the 970 but the 390 also has more VRAM

 

What is with the forums today. Guys, the 390 is the better card, it performs better across the board than the 970, if not exactly the same, ontop of having more than double the vram. He doesn't have a g-sync monitor, and doesn't use shadow play, there's literally no reason for a 970.

 

1 minute ago, TidaLWaveZ said:

Isn't the 390X in the 970s price range?

 

No, the 390 and 970 are 320-350, but the 390x is $370+

[Festive]

2 minutes ago, Atmos said:

That literally makes no sense. His use-case is almost no different from any normal user's use.

 

@Bliznipa Get the 390, it costs the same, performs better across the board if not the same, and has more than double the usable vram. These days unless you're already heavily invested in the invidia environment, there's no reason to buy a 960 or 970. By invested I mean having a g-sync monitor, shield tablet, or absolutely require cuda for some reason

Op wants streaming- shadowplay- unless you know something I don't about the 390, I don't think it has shadowplay.

[Atmos]

Just now, Festive said:

Op wants streaming- shadowplay- unless you know something I don't about the 390, I don't think it has shadowplay.

Plays.tv/Raptr, allows you to stream to twitch with virtually the same load as shadow play.

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, Festive said:

Op wants streaming- shadowplay- unless you know something I don't about the 390, I don't think it has shadowplay.

Shadowplay is an ungodly abomination  - tried it, it broke, moved to OBS

[TidaLWaveZ]

4 minutes ago, JoeyDM said:

970's can be found for about $300. 390x's can be found for around $370.

 

Where are you finding these $300 970's?  The only ones I see for that price are used or refurbished.

[SirWendall]

Just now, Festive said:

Op wants streaming- shadowplay- unless you know something I don't about the 390, I don't think it has shadowplay.

Its all about the features. For my uses I like having Nvidia. Like HairWorks and Shadowplay.

[Unhelpful]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

Shadowplay is an ungodly abomination  - tried it, it broke, moved to OBS

I actually like it quite a bit  guess it doesn't work too well for everyone.

 

I still vote 390.

[don_svetlio]

Just now, JoeyDM said:

I actually like it quite a bit  guess it doesn't work too well for everyone.

 

I still vote 390.

Talk about actually losing performance and having to alt-tab to fix the damn thing

[Unhelpful]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

Talk about actually losing performance and having to alt-tab to fix the damn thing

Wow. Yeah I don't get any of that. Let's not forget that anecdotal shit is worthless on any/every side though.

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, GamerMan said:

Its all about the features. For my uses I like having Nvidia. Like HairWorks and Shadowplay.

There's always GPU Open and Raptr.

[don_svetlio]

Just now, JoeyDM said:

Wow. Yeah I don't get any of that. Let's not forget that anecdotal shit is worthless on any/every side though.

I always recommend OBS anyway - superior software

[SirWendall]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

There's always GPU Open and Raptr.

True. I use OBS to stream but I use Shadowplay for 60fps videos

[Starelementpoke]

5 minutes ago, Festive said:

Op wants streaming- shadowplay- unless you know something I don't about the 390, I don't think it has shadowplay.

There are 3rd party applications much better than shadow play that he can use.

[TheCrazyCryptonian]

4 minutes ago, Atmos said:

What is with the forums today. Guys, the 390 is the better card, it performs better across the board than the 970, if not exactly the same, ontop of having more than double the vram. He doesn't have a g-sync monitor, and doesn't use shadow play, there's literally no reason for a 970.

I thought something was a bit off about that. I read 380  

[Kobathor]

Vote for 390 here! 

 

Use OBS/XSplit for streaming, and have fun. You can find 390's for pretty cheap ($300 USD, there are sales all the time.) and it's a better performer. 

[Citadelen]

Get the 390, but, you can get near 980 performance with a 390X for a lot less than a 980, see if you can reach that.