[Help] AMD R9 290 v MSI GTX 970 OC vs ???

[Bradders]

New builder, had a look at the two cards and wondering if there is anything around that price point that is worth the bang for buck. 

 

Was also wondering if the gaming version of the MSI GTX 970 was worth the extra cash?

[thekeemo]

Why not the MSI 390?

[suchamoneypit]

if your considering a 970, a 390 (not 290) is the same price or cheaper and performs better.

[Bradders]

1 minute ago, suchamoneypit said:

if your considering a 970, a 390 (not 290) is the same price or cheaper and performs better.

Pushes my budget a little, I live in HK so prices may be different. Also I prefer the Nvidia cards for shadowplay and their drivers 

 

[BudgetForNow]

if you go nvidia you can save money on a psu because they dont draw near as much power but you will have to deal with the occasion coil whine. (i heard about the coil whine but i dont have nvidia so dont quote me on how bad it is)

[Prysin]

15 minutes ago, Bradders said:

New builder, had a look at the two cards and wondering if there is anything around that price point that is worth the bang for buck. 

 

Was also wondering if the gaming version of the MSI GTX 970 was worth the extra cash?

how cheap is that 290?

[Bradders]

2 minutes ago, BudgetForNow said:

if you go nvidia you can save money on a psu because they dont draw near as much power but you will have to deal with the occasion coil whine. (i heard about the coil whine but i dont have nvidia so dont quote me on how bad it is)

Coil whine should be fine, I have my aircon on alot so should be masked by that

[Tedster]

1 minute ago, Bradders said:

Coil whine should be fine, I have my aircon on alot so should be masked by that

But no noise is better than noise which you'd mask with more noise.

[BudgetForNow]

1 minute ago, Tedster said:

But no noise is better than noise which you'd mask with more noise.

but hot amd fans could potentially make more noise

[Shahnewaz]

3 minutes ago, Bradders said:

Pushes my budget a little, I live in HK so prices may be different. Also I prefer the Nvidia cards for shadowplay and their drivers 

Do you use ShadowPlay? I've heard people use OBS with AMD cards no problem.

Drivers for both companies are great.

That being said, the R9 290 has slightly better DX11 performance, significantly better DX12 performance, and full speed non-segmented 4GB VRAM.

18 minutes ago, Bradders said:

Was also wondering if the gaming version of the MSI GTX 970 was worth the extra cash?

Sounds like the R9 290 is the cheaper choice. The Radeon is definitely the winner here.

[Fulgrim]

1 minute ago, BudgetForNow said:

but hot amd fans could potentially make more noise

Nvidia GTX 970 / 980's easily can hit 81c under load. The R9 390 is around the same temps. Don't be a muppet.