R9 290 from GTX 680?

[Bananasplit_00]

So my brother has a GTX 680 right now, the EPIC MSI lightning card and i have two friends that upgraded their GPUs, one went from a 970 to a 1080, the other from a refrence 290 also to a 1080. i could probably snag that 290 from him for like €85 or so, the question is, is it worth it? 

 

brothers specs:

 

I5 4670K

Hyper 212

GTX 680 Lightning

ASUS Maximus IV 

8GB 1600MHz DDR3

500W CoolerMaster PSU(not entirely sure what unit, its not that great though)

Zalman GT1000 case

 

the PSU clearly needs an upgrade, but i have a G750M sitting around i could swap in but the powerdraw of the two seem similar. the thing im unsure about is the cooler, the Lightning is pretty quiet, as is the 212(well not super quiet but not too bad) and the 290 is infamous for its garbage cooler:

mounting a custom cooler on it would be nice, but that would add quite a bit of cost here. the 970 is also an option but thats going to be more like €130 and then the 290 with the aftermarket cooler is cheaper  

 

He plays games like WoT at 1080p 60Hz, think he plays some OW too now but he plays mostly esports games, nothing AAA, so idk if the upgrade is really even worth it seeing as the 680 is about on par with the 1050TI(drawing almost 3x the power) and the 1050TI does well in basically everything still, havent had any problems running anything on the Toaster and that has an I5 4690K and a 1050TI. i thought breifly about putting the 290 in the toaster, then i rememberd its running a crappy 300W SFX PSU and that with the 290 it would probably draw somewhere near 400W lol.

 

anyway i just want your input on wether or not i should but the 290 here, is it worth it, or is the upgrade not worth the cost and added noice?

[unkn0wn1]

yes the 290 is a large upgrade from the 680 and it can be gotten cheaper than the 970.

[Himommies]

the 680 is about a 280x so it's not really worth it

[wONKEyeYEs]

3DMark says...

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 - 7650

AMD Radeon R9 290         - 11810

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 11750

[ivan134]

30 minutes ago, Himommies said:

the 680 is about a 280x so it's not really worth it

The 290 is like 70 - 80% faster than a gtx 680

[Crunchy Dragon]

I would get a 290

[Subtle Corruption]

290 is 24% faster.

 

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-680-vs-AMD-R9-290/3148vs2171

 

 

R9 390X and Fury will make a much bigger impact.

[Shy_guy1822]

You can go with the 290 but that is equivalent to a gtx 1050ti. I believe 290 prices are high because of crypto-currency too. If I were you I'd go with a 1050ti or 1060, 3-6gb

[Hugsy Malone]

Yep 290 would be the way to go, and I've seen 680s go for similar prices to 290s so you may even be able to sell it and recoup most of your costs.

[Bananasplit_00]

41 minutes ago, Shy_guy1822 said:

You can go with the 290 but that is equivalent to a gtx 1050ti. I believe 290 prices are high because of crypto-currency too. If I were you I'd go with a 1050ti or 1060, 3-6gb

1050TI is about €130, and the 970 outperforms it, so id rather go with the 970.

30 minutes ago, Hugsy Malone said:

Yep 290 would be the way to go, and I've seen 680s go for similar prices to 290s so you may even be able to sell it and recoup most of your costs.

they go for like €50 here, so nah. and anyway id rather like to keep the 680 for the baller cooler  

8 hours ago, ivan134 said:

*snip*

uuu isnt the 770 and 680 the exact same chip tho?

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