Good for both gaming and rendering?

[chrico25]

Which one is better for both gaming and rendering? Gtx 970 or r9 390, first off I need a card that I can smoothly play games on like fallout 4, h1z1 but I also need a good one for recording, rendering etc. I have already recorded the gtx 970 but could ship it back for the r9 390. Any thoughts?

[spartaman64]

r9 390 but if you already have a 970 it really isnt worth it to send it back and get a 390

[PooPipeBoy]

Graphics cards help very little with rendering.

So it's just a matter of personal choice, with no right/wrong answer.

[spartaman64]

1 minute ago, PooPipeBoy said:

Graphics cards help very little with rendering.

So it's just a matter of personal choice, with no right/wrong answer.

they can help a lot but there isnt that much difference between the 970 and 390

[chrico25]

Just now, spartaman64 said:

they can help a lot but there isnt that much difference between the 970 and 390

Which one would last me 2-3 years?

[jockey]

cpu is more important when it comes to rendering as the cpu is used more..

 

[spartaman64]

Just now, chrico25 said:

Which one would last me 2-3 years?

probably 390 considering it has 8GB of ram

[spartaman64]

1 minute ago, jockey said:

cpu is more important when it comes to rendering as the cpu is used more..

 

you can set the gpu as the primary rendering processor and the gpu can do it faster than a cpu

[RZeroX]

Just now, spartaman64 said:

you can set the gpu as the primary rendering processor and the gpu can do it faster than a cpu

Even if you set it like that it won't be used much in Adobe Premier Pro.

[jockey]

1 minute ago, spartaman64 said:

you can set the gpu as the primary rendering processor and the gpu can do it faster than a cpu

obviously you can but you can get better cpu as well..

[chrico25]

2 minutes ago, spartaman64 said:

probably 390 considering it has 8GB of ram

So I'm better off just sending back the 970? Btw it has not been opened yet

[spartaman64]

1 minute ago, jockey said:

obviously you can but you can get better cpu as well..

a equivalently price cpu vs an equivalently price gpu the gpu would be faster

[spartaman64]

2 minutes ago, RZeroX said:

Even if you set it like that it won't be used much in Adobe Premier Pro.

i guess it depends on the software you are using

[jockey]

Just now, spartaman64 said:

a equivalently price cpu vs an equivalently price gpu the gpu would be faster

i still don't see the problem with the 970

 

[spartaman64]

Just now, jockey said:

i still don't see the problem with the 970

 

like i told him the difference between a 970 and a 390 isnt really great enough to justify exchanging the 970 if he already has one

[jockey]

Just now, spartaman64 said:

like i told him the difference between a 970 and a 390 isnt really great enough to justify exchanging the 970 if he already has one

for gaming is the 970 better?

 

[spartaman64]

1 minute ago, jockey said:

for gaming is the 970 better?

 

the 390 is slightly better in general but of course it would depend on the game

[chrico25]

4 minutes ago, spartaman64 said:

the 390 is slightly better in general but of course it would depend on the game

Aren't some games optified for nvidia drivers or something like that?

[spartaman64]

Just now, chrico25 said:

Aren't some games optified for nvidia drivers or something like that?

yes like i said it depends on the game but the majority of games will run better on the 390 

[maremp]

19 minutes ago, chrico25 said:

Which one is better for both gaming and rendering? Gtx 970 or r9 390, first off I need a card that I can smoothly play games on like fallout 4, h1z1 but I also need a good one for recording, rendering etc. I have already recorded the gtx 970 but could ship it back for the r9 390. Any thoughts?

Rendering is cpu task, gpu is of little help here. In rare cases where you would benefit from gpu, it's usually done via cuda, which works on nvidia only.

You might also want to check how much vram usage are you hitting, since the 970 only has 3.5GB of effective vram, while the r9 390 has 8GB, but for current titles. But keep in mind that this will only come handy with very detailed texture packs, so if you're not going to use those or game at huge resolutions, you don't really need that much vram. 

[chrico25]

14 minutes ago, spartaman64 said:

 

[chrico25]

4 minutes ago, maremp said:

 

[chrico25]

5 minutes ago, maremp said:

Rendering is cpu task, gpu is of little help here. In rare cases where you would benefit from gpu, it's usually done via cuda, which works on nvidia only.

You might also want to check how much vram usage are you hitting, since the 970 only has 3.5GB of effective vram, while the r9 390 has 8GB, but for current titles. But keep in mind that this will only come handy with very detailed texture packs, so if you're not going to use those or game at huge resolutions, you don't really need that much vram. 

I will eventually turn over since high resolution monitors are getting cheaper and cheaper, but I also want to know about shadowplay and recording what/how is amd's equivalent?

[chrico25]

13 minutes ago, spartaman64 said:

yes like i said it depends on the game but the majority of games will run better on the 390 

Are they very noticeable differences?

[spartaman64]

1 minute ago, chrico25 said:

Are they very noticeable differences?

in most games not really. we are probably talking about 5 fps of difference max