Gigabyte Gtx 970 4GB xtreme edition or Sapphire R9 390 8GB Nitro

[Pias139]

Hello, I know its a long and old debate. Of course, R9 390 is winning over Gtx 970 now a days. But the this Xtreme edition of gtx 970 is really catching attention. Its gaming boost is 1342 mhz and its really eye catching. So please give me some advice. I would pick an R9 390 anyday, but this xtreme edition giving me hard times.

[Fulgrim]

The gpu boost thing Nvidia made is retarded, and not needed/wanted.

 

R9 390 > GTX 970

 

p.s Nvidia Gamesworks sucks more than my dyson

[Blackie Sheen]

Just pick up a r9 390. And anyway, its easy popping a 1340 mHz overclock on basicly any non-reference 970 so its not like its anything extraordinary so I dont see any value in the 970 except if you are going for a small for factor therefore looking for a graphics card thats more energy efficient

[Imakuni]

Unless you need CUDA, you'd be trading performance (390, any modelo) for looks (970, any model, even the xtreme).

 

The choice is easy.

[Kobathor]

My CS:GO buddie's 970 can OC to 1400Mhz easy, and he has the EVGA SC version. 

 

I'd get the 390. 

[don_svetlio]

R9 390 - the Sapphire one will run MUCH quieter than the Gigabyte 970 and also cooler. The 390 also has MUCH better DX12 performance

[Moonzy]

1300-ish mhz is nothing

most 970 can be manually oc-ed to 1400++

 

and still lose to a 390 oc-ed `-`

[ybriK]

You need a 970 to hit at least 1550+ if you want to beat a 1200 390. It's pretty easy to hit 1200/1175 on 390's based on personal experience without any voltage tweaks, not sure how easy it would be to hit 1550-1575-1600 on a 970 without voltage tweaks.

[dreamhacking]

Gigabyte GTX 970 Xtreme gives the look  

go for that if looks are important factor for you to concern, otherwise for performance R9 390 all day. 

[Pias139]

Thanks to all u guys. I am going for R9 390 then  At first  I thought I may wait for Polaris or Pascal. But those specs will arrive at least 6 month later in my country. So I am now determined to buy R9 390 after all of your advises. Also will a good 550w psu enough for R9 390?

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, Pias139 said:

will a good 550w psu enough for R9 390

if its a really good psu, yes

 

what model if i may ask

[Pias139]

Just now, Moonzy said:

if its a really good psu, yes

 

what model if i may ask

Corsair VS550 or if it is not good than I have to go for VS650

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, Pias139 said:

Corsair VS550 or if it is not good than I have to go for VS650

the vs series itself isnt that great

try getting the corsair RM or HX series, EVGA G2/P2, or any seasonic or XFX psu, thats 550W or higher

i recommend the evga g2 550W out of all, its cheap (though not the cheapest) and performs like a champ

[don_svetlio]

18 minutes ago, Pias139 said:

Corsair VS550 or if it is not good than I have to go for VS650

VS are quite bad. Whatever GPU you buy, a new PSU is a must.