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Hi all, i've been thinking about the r9 series and buying it to replace the 770 in my build, although As someone who has only usd nvidia/intel it's a bit.... new to me, iv'e hear rumor and such of bad driver for amd, and bad surport for eyefinity. I plan on buying another card if i can, and bad surport wouldn't help my situation, i'm choosing between a rp 280x, because of the price per performace, 770, because of the comfortability i have with the card and also G sync/shadowplay. and if i can stretch m budget a r9 290x( if the rumors of it being 549.99 are true) Also i dont have a 770 as of right now, have had one.

 

Thanks for the help in advance.

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Why do you deem an upgrade from a 770 necessary?

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If your running triple monitors like me. Sli or crosssfire. I would look for benchmarks. And sli what you can get. For example, I have 2 gtx 660 and they can run all 3 monitors nicely. Plus they are more powerful together agents a 690.

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If your running triple monitors like me. Sli or crosssfire. I would look for benchmarks. And sli what you can get. For example, I have 2 gtx 660 and they can run all 3 monitors nicely. Plus they are more powerful together agents a 690.

That's odd considering that a 690 is two full 680 chips with a small downclock on the same PCB. I highly doubt your "better than a 690" claim is true with just two 660's

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That's odd considering that a 690 is two full 680 chips with a small downclock on the same PCB. I highly doubt your "better than a 690" claim is true with just two 660's

I agree, I am running 2 660Ti's in SLI and I get like a 10% better performance than a 680. I would like to see the comparison between his 2 660's and a 690.

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I agree, I am running 2 660Ti's in SLI and I get like a 10% better performance than a 680. I would like to see the comparison between his 2 660's and a 690.

660 Ti's by themselves about 30% faster than a 660, the faster than a 690 claim is BS.

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If you're going with a multiple monitor setup and plan to SLI/Crossfire later then you will want an AMD Radeon R9 280X http://amzn.to/H83Ja5 It would be the best setup for the money by far.

 

If you are planning to stick with a single card for a multiple monitor setup then waiting for the AMD Radeon R9 290X would be the best option.

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660 Ti's by themselves about 30% faster than a 660, the faster than a 690 claim is BS.

That was a mistake on my part I ment 680 I sorry for that.

But my point was that sli in this case saved money

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