R9 390 VS GTX 970

[manlykeweaver465]

I am struggling to decide on which one is better.

 

any help ?

 

its going to be used for gaming and 3d rendering

[TonyTheNain]

1 minute ago, manlykeweaver465 said:

I am struggling to decide on which one is better.

 

any help ?

GTX 970

[Imakuni]

1 minute ago, manlykeweaver465 said:

I am struggling to decide on which one is better.

 

any help ?

Prices for both, and what do you want to use them for?

[Starelementpoke]

3 minutes ago, manlykeweaver465 said:

I am struggling to decide on which one is better.

 

any help ?

For what use case?

[Moonzy]

970:

nvidia features

lower power consumption

lower heat output (doesnt mean lower temperature)

lower cpu overhead <--- most important for weaker cpus

 

390:

more raw gpu horsepower

more VRAM

prices averagely are cheaper (though depending on your local market)

 

so... whats your full system spec?

[Starelementpoke]

2 minutes ago, Fourmi Kill3r said:

GTX 970

Ignore him.

[manlykeweaver465]

On 4/27/2016 at 4:01 PM, Imakuni said:

Prices for both, and what do you want to use them for?

gaming and a little rendering in cinema 4d 

 

the gtx 970 is around £270 in the uk and the r9 390 is around £290

[Enderman]

390:

slightly higher performance

supposedly far less AMD driver issues than in the past, based on what I see on the internet

more vram (8GB will be very useful for multi-monitor or 4k gaming)

 

970:

lower power consumption

lower temperatures

less noise

shadowplay (which I always use and think is great)

more overclocking for the people who love to push MHz

CUDA

 

Personally I would go with a 970 because I need HDMI 2.0, I really need shadowplay, and I prefer the lower temperatures and noise

But a lot of people are buying the 390 because of better performance per dollar, which is what most “gamers” care about

[manlykeweaver465]

On 4/27/2016 at 4:02 PM, Moonzy said:

970:

nvidia features

lower power consumption

lower heat output (doesnt mean lower temperature)

lower cpu overhead <--- most important for weaker cpus

 

390:

more raw gpu horsepower

more VRAM

prices averagely are cheaper (though depending on your local market)

 

so... whats your full system spec?

this is gonna be for my new pc.

 

im getting an xeon 1231 v3 for the processor

[FirstArmada]

1 minute ago, manlykeweaver465 said:

gaming and a little rendering in cinema 4d 

 

the gtx 970 is around £270 in the uk and the r9 390 is around £290

Get the cheaper card if you play at 1080P

[Imakuni]

2 minutes ago, manlykeweaver465 said:

gaming and a little rendering in cinema 4d 

 

the gtx 970 is around £270 in the uk and the r9 390 is around £290

I guess I'd favor the 390 in your case, though you won't really go wrong with either.

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, manlykeweaver465 said:

this is gonna be for my new pc.

 

im getting an xeon 1231 v3 for the processor

Gaming? 

[manlykeweaver465]

On 4/27/2016 at 4:05 PM, Starelementpoke said:

Gaming? 

gaming and a bit of 3d rendering (cinema 4d)

[Fulgrim]

R9 390 all the way. You can get an XFX model, for £273 on Amazon

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/XFX-Radeon-Graphics-Card-GDDR5/dp/B00ZCBDUXQ/ref=sr_1_10?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1461769661&sr=1-10&keywords=R9+390

 

But if you can wait a little longer, i'd hold back for Polaris.

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, manlykeweaver465 said:

im getting an xeon 1231 v3 for the processor

for the xeon, the r9 390 will perform better averagely in games

 

if you're in to nvidia's features, i suggest you wait till pascal, as the gtx 970 is sort of an older card by now

[dappy10]

Cinema4d mainly supports CUDA so I would go for the 970

[manlykeweaver465]

On 4/27/2016 at 4:06 PM, Fulgrim said:

Sapphire R9 390 all the way.

 

[Starelementpoke]

4 minutes ago, manlykeweaver465 said:

gaming and a little rendering in cinema 4d 

 

the gtx 970 is around £270 in the uk and the r9 390 is around £290

390 if you want to buy right now. Can find one for 250 pounds. Although, with Polaris and Pascal close, might be worth waiting.

[TheRandomness]

4 minutes ago, manlykeweaver465 said:

this is gonna be for my new pc.

 

im getting an xeon 1231 v3 for the processor

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100382ntoc2l

Best 390 for £259.

[manlykeweaver465]

On 4/27/2016 at 4:06 PM, Moonzy said:

for the xeon, the r9 390 will perform better averagely in games

 

if you're in to nvidia's features, i suggest you wait till pascal, as the gtx 970 is sort of an older card by now

thanks

[manlykeweaver465]

im probably gonna go for the r9 390 then .

 

thanks guys

[ChrisCross]

Just now, manlykeweaver465 said:

im probably gonna go for the r9 390 then .

 

thanks guys

you could go with freesync panel in the future.

[i_build_nanosuits]

5 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

for the xeon, the r9 390 will perform better averagely in games

 

if you're in to nvidia's features, i suggest you wait till pascal, as the gtx 970 is sort of an older card by now

you'd have to explain to me how the GTX 970 is ''sort of an older card by now'' when the R9 390 which is a rebrand of a last gen card that was released in 2013...so 2 years older in it's design, is not?

[Starelementpoke]

2 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

you'd have to explain to me how the GTX 970 is ''sort of an older card by now'' when the R9 390 which is a rebrand of a last gen card that was released in 2013...so 2 years older in it's design, is not?

Counts as like a Haswell Refresh with the 290 series being Haswell.

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

you'd have to explain to me how the GTX 970 is ''sort of an older card by now'' when the R9 390 which is a rebrand of a last gen card that was released in 2013...so 2 years older in it's design, is not?

the gtx 970 is sort of an older card because pascal is releasing soon

 

the r9 390 is an older card yes, but the performance is still there for this tier of gpu