Different between r9 390 qnd gtx 970 vram?

[Mrtrickzter]

looking at vram of nvidia gtx 970 (4gb) and amd r9 390 (8gb), which one will be a much better value?  This is for upcoming build for my brother. He will be gaming in 1080p only. I myself believe 4k gaming is not a good right now with current hardware. I personally think 4k gaming is overrated. Thank you guys.

 

Note: I understand about the 3.5gb vram thing in gtx 970 however, for power consumption and heat produce inside the computer case, amd card has a noticeable hotter temp compare to nvidia and coil whine is imminent as well (v-sync will help reduce it)

[suchamoneypit]

What makes you think the 390 runs much hotter than a 970 and coil whine is going to happen? Mine and my friends temps settle at 65-70C while at 100% usage for hours. And out of 2, 7970 lightings, a 390x, a 390, and a fury, none have ever had coil whine.

 

390 (MSI,XFX,Sapphire) is a great card and outperforms the 970 in pretty much everything as well as having 8GB of VRAM vs 3.5GB. 390 should run pretty much everything on max settings at 1080p 60FPS (excluding something like Star Citizen, ARK)

[RAAL4]

go with the 390 for better performance unless you are really concerned about temperature and the chance of coil whine, then go with the 970. (i have a msi gtx 970 g1)

[Bigheart]

ive got a 390 and you are right, heat is an issue, though i dont really get coil whine. but in raw performance the 390 beats out a 970 all day. until it melts. 

[suchamoneypit]

1 minute ago, Bigheart said:

ive got a 390 and you are right, heat is an issue, though i dont really get coil whine. but in raw performance the 390 beats out a 970 all day. until it melts. 

what are your temps? I really don't know where people get this. The Nvidia equivalents run pretty much at the same temps.

[Bigheart]

1 hour ago, suchamoneypit said:

what are your temps?

36c at idle, around 60 ish at load. +- 5 at load depending on the game. 

[suchamoneypit]

1 minute ago, Bigheart said:

36c at idle, around 60 ish at load. 

thats not hot at all for a GPU. my friends 970 runs around 70 C. 980 ti runs at 75-80C, Titan X is like 80-90C.

[Sportiva]

Just now, Bigheart said:

36c at idle, around 60 ish at load. 

Thats not hot at all,

[Bigheart]

2 hours ago, Sportiva said:

Thats not hot at all,

yeah, i my ambient is kinda cold at 65f (18c) though, so that may be a reason for that. 

[Sportiva]

Id get the 390 as it typically out performs the 970,

Temps really shouldn't be tooo much of an issue,

I have a R9 390 Nitro and the card has never coil whined or gone over 75c when not overclocked.

[Bigheart]

1 hour ago, Bigheart said:

yeah, i my ambient is kinda cold at 65f (18c) though, so that may be a reason for that. 

and that isnt under full load, thats just  the load when i play games like skyrim. i dont remember my temps at full load in a synthetic benchmark. 

[Mrtrickzter]

29 minutes ago, suchamoneypit said:

What makes you think the 390 runs much hotter than a 970 and coil whine is going to happen? Mine and my friends temps settle at 65-70C while at 100% usage for hours. And out of 2, 7970 lightings, a 390x, a 390, and a fury, none have ever had coil whine.

 

390 (MSI,XFX,Sapphire) is a great card and outperforms the 970 in pretty much everything as well as having 8GB of VRAM vs 3.5GB. 390 should run pretty much everything on max settings at 1080p 60FPS (excluding something like Star Citizen, ARK)

my cousin use r9 390 (MSI) and yes I hear coil whine from time to time and however his temp share similar like you. I currently use gigabyte g1 gtx 980 ti and my card sat at 60 C max (room temp is 21 C). that is why I do concern alittle about it.

[Mrtrickzter]

31 minutes ago, RAAL4 said:

go with the 390 for better performance unless you are really concerned about temperature and the chance of coil whine, then go with the 970. (i have a msi gtx 970 g1)

okay glad to know

[Mrtrickzter]

27 minutes ago, Sportiva said:

Id get the 390 as it typically out performs the 970,

Temps really shouldn't be tooo much of an issue,

I have a R9 390 Nitro and the card has never coil whined or gone over 75c when not overclocked.

yeah I do consider sapphire r9 390 nitro as well. but still debate between xfx r9 390 and r9 390 nitro if time when as my brother want r9 390

[ybriK]

In theory nitro will run cooler and quieter due to bigger heatsink and 3 fan design than double dissipation by XFX. From a personal experience gigabyte windforce r9 390 ran way louder compared to sapphire nitro.

[Mrtrickzter]

6 minutes ago, ybriK said:

In theory nitro will run cooler and quieter due to bigger heatsink and 3 fan design than double dissipation by XFX. From a personal experience gigabyte windforce r9 390 ran way louder compared to sapphire nitro.

okay but yeah I heard that nitro r9 390 take up to 3 slots

[-rascal-]

1 hour ago, Mrtrickzter said:

okay but yeah I heard that nitro r9 390 take up to 3 slots

 

Correct, the Sapphire Nitro cooler officially takes up 2.2 slots, so 3 slots.

You need to realize, the Tri-X Nitro cooler does a helluva job cooling the GPU.

 

My Sapphire R9-Fury Nitro uses the same / very similar cooler.

Mild overclock (1125 MHz from the factory 1020 MHz on the Core) with Unigine Valley on Extreme HD preset, and my card max's out at 53*C with 50% fan speed.

Spoiler

 

[NunoLava1998]

And yet my GeForce G100 runs at like 40-50C not in any type of load and like 80C at load

[ivan134]

9 hours ago, Mrtrickzter said:

yeah I do consider sapphire r9 390 nitro as well. but still debate between xfx r9 390 and r9 390 nitro if time when as my brother want r9 390

I'd go with the xfx. It has better vrm cooling, which aside from silicon lottery, makes it a better overclocker. People seem to have trouble getting their nitro 390 to 1150 mhz, while xfx seems to easily hit 1180 or better. The xfx model is also shorter, so thats a bonus.