290x Or gtx 780

[Daannnyy]

What is your opinion about these card? Which one do you think is better?

[CoolBeans]

Non-reference 290x

[Andrew0472]

780 at the moment for anything under 4k but the 290x will be better when non reference coolers come out (if it is similar price to the 780). However the 780ti is coming

[Cacao]

Whatever costs less will be better. They perform pretty much the same.

[WoodenMarker]

290x when non reference comes out for the wider memeory bus and more vram. 

[powerport01]

wait for non-reference 290x, by that time i think 290x will have a price drop due to recent price drop of gtx780 and/or release of gtx 780ti

 

If you want to buy it now then gtx 780 would be a *slightly* better choice 

[Asgarth]

I just got a 780 becuase I had to buy, I think it's awesome

[ItzikCPU]

290x when non reference comes out for the wider memeory bus and more vram. 

what you mean non refence?

[lachyman]

780, cheaper and better.

[penance]

Went with the 780 recently myself, was facing the same choice. Based on what benchmarks are out there the factory OC on the MSI Gaming I bought beats or matches the R290X and pushes past when you start over clocking. Running stable on mine at 1067/1119 on the GPU and 6608 effective on memory.

[Torand]

Can we make a pinned thread for articles like this?

 

With general questions like this, pitting two cards against each other in each tier and leave the specific stuff to be answered in a thread.

 

This question, along with others in different price ranges get's asked a lot. As well as asking about previous gen over now current gen.

[Psychatog]

Nonreference R9-290x's will have much better performance.  Someone on the forums water blocked his R9-290X and he got 14% OC (core and memory) and kept temps under 40*C.  The issue with the R9-290X is although some people have seen 1100MHz OC on the core, it throttles back to below 900Mhz constantly.  So we should see much higher and consistent performance.  an OC'ed R9-290x should be on par or slightly faster than an OC'ed GTX 780 at 1080p, but win as AA and resolutions go up.

[Daannnyy]

Nonreference R9-290x's will have much better performance.  Someone on the forums water blocked his R9-290X and he got 14% OC (core and memory) and kept temps under 40*C.  The issue with the R9-290X is although some people have seen 1100MHz OC on the core, it throttles back to below 900Mhz constantly.  So we should see much higher and consistent performance.  an OC'ed R9-290x should be on par or slightly faster than an OC'ed GTX 780 at 1080p, but win as AA and resolutions go up.

Well when the 780Ti comes out, it will only be $700 which isn't much more than the 780 now. How do you think the 290x will compete against it?

[FellTheSky]

780, specially with the price drop

 

290x maybe later when we can see the non reference cards. Dont even mention the waterblock, since it cost more $$, and you can overclock the 780 without it

[chechar51]

Do not forget about AMD bad suport on drivers

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[Common_Courtesy]

What about waiting to see what the R9 290 (Non X) is like?

[TheMissxu]

Do not forget about AMD bad suport on drivers

This is wrong.

[chechar51]

This is wrong.

Hello, red screen of Death doesn't ring any bell to you?

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[TheMissxu]

Hello, red screen of Death doesn't ring any bell to you?

lol, a year ago I actually had the red screen of death multiple times. They have redeemed themselves since then, and I have no issues with their drivers.

If anything, they are just slow, but the quality is there.

[BYOGamingPC]

For 1440p or lower resolutions you will want the Nvidia GeForce GTX 780, it will perform better at those resolutions. If you game higher than those resolutions or on a triple monitor setup or more, the AMD Radeon R9 290X will perform better.

[7850OC]

wc R9 290x oc

[WoodenMarker]

what you mean non refence?

There's no aftermarket cooler right now. Reference or stock coolers for the 290x are bad and loud. Looks cool though. 

Aftermarket coolers will be quieter, better, and allow for higher overclocks.

[brownninja97]

Wait for the mantle series.

 

crap ive typed this too much

[chechar51]

lol, a year ago I actually had the red screen of death multiple times. They have redeemed themselves since then, and I have no issues with their drivers.

If anything, they are just slow, but the quality is there.

Actually many people are getting red screen on battlefield 4

Enviado desde mi HTC One X

[ItzikCPU]

So what i need with ?!

 

GTX780 OR 290X plz tell me i need to know because i go buy this!

 

i need for gaming like CRYSIS 3 / GTA V / FIFA / FARCRY / BATTLEFIELD 4 / CALL OF DUTY / MAX PYNE

 

All heavy games!