I was wondering wether I should go for amd r9 290x or 780 or 780ti but I really cant decide.
I wont really be gaming at 4k but I like to get high framerates at 1080p.
I dont want to waste my money ad ive been saving for this for 2 year so help would be much appreciated :)
I would say wait. 800 series is just around the corner. Looks like the 880 womt be maxwell but amd has pushed nvidia to release the original 880 the 780 ti. So if you wait you should get a bargon on a 780 ti or spend a bit too much and get the 880. Bht I would highly recommend the 780 classified. Amazing card. Upgrade to a 780 ti acx for an extra boost if you want.
I have an i7 30770k
Just normal 1 tb wd hdd
Not sure what moddel but its a gigabyte z somthing
And 8gb corsair vengance at 1866 mhz
Anything els just ask.
Oh and I may be swapping it now and then from an i7 system to an fx-8350
Yeah it was about 600$ in the corversion so that's how much I can spend whats the best for that price?
Just don't buy an SSD with a Sandforce controller (like the above Kingston). They may benchmark well, but that's because the controller compresses data before it is written to the cells. When it comes to incompressible data (movies, music, encrypted data, archives) the performance hit is very noticeable.
EDIT: for $600, buy the AMD Radeon R9 290X ($550), better than the NVIDIA Geforce GTX 780 ($500), but less performance than the 780 Ti ($750, you pay a premium for the best single GPU card). Make sure you get a card WITHOUT the reference cooler, those are too noisy.
Thanks im probably gunna go with the r9 290x and overclock it a bit. for the price do you think thats my best option? I really cant go for 780ti its just out my budget. So is the 290x good? if so im gunna oc it :)
And could you reccomend the best version of the 290x not really botherd about sound but just need ridiculous power xD
Are you in a hurry? Anandtech reviewed the Sapphire 290 (non-X) with the Tri-X cooler and they were extremely impressed with it. The 290X with the Tri-X cooler will launch soon. (EDIT: link http://www.anandtech.com/show/7601/sapphire-radeon-r9-290-review-our-first-custom-cooled-290/6)
Sapphire labels their boards based on the overclocking potential like this: OC, Vapor-X and Toxic (Toxic is the version with the most overclocking potential). When they come out pick the one you can afford.
I cannot afford one so I haven't been particularly interested in custom designs for the 290X, but the Sapphire card caught my eye. I am sure others will give their input (Asus seems to be a forum favorite).
Do you know when new versions will be avalible? I need to know before the begining of april.
Im kind not good with chioce but I appreciate the help :)
Ill keep an eye out for when or if they come out.
I was wrong, it is out.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-Radeon-Tri-X-Graphics-Express/dp/B00I7N9E9A/ref=pd_sim_sbs_computers_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=09E0N4K5Y1TWBQQWKHS0
450 pounds. Sweet.
If you don't like the colour scheme you can always go for a Gigabyte 290X WindForce (comes with BF4):
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-Battlefield-Edition-Graphics-PCI-E/dp/B00HG7E86W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395067089&sr=8-1&keywords=gigabyte+290x
Kitguru compared the two: "Kitguru says: A mighty challenger for Sapphire. The Gigabyte card is quieter out of the box, but runs a little hotter."
Source: http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/gigabyte-r9-290x-oc-windforce-review-1600p-ultra-hd-4k/32/
R9-290 Best bang for buck, in Europe.
The difrence between the 290 and 290X is minimal, the GTX780Ti is offcourse the fastest single gpu on the market right now, but it is not that much faster as an R9-290 especialy on higher res.. its definitely not worth the price diffrence. ☺
I got PowerColor's R9 290x PCS+. HardwareCanucks regarded it as the best R9 290x they've reviewed. It's probably the only one that competes with MSI's Lighting edition of R9 290x.
As you might expect, with its amazing heatsink the R9 290X PCS+ proved to be a giant among men when it came to stability under extreme heat conditions. This is actually the first heatsink we didn’t have to increase fan speed to compensate for the overclocked (and over-voltaged) core’s thermal output. Core speeds topped out at 1219MHz while the memory modules, which seem to be very well binned hit a plateau at 6144MHz.....
....PowerColor’s R9 290X PCS+ is everything we were hoping for and then some. Expectations were understandably high when it turned out this card ate up more than two expansion slots and was nearly as long as AMD’s HD 7990 but if you have the space to spare and money to burn, there isn’t a better choice available in the Radeon stable. The most talked about feature this time around likely won’t be performance (which is phenomenal by the way) or any of the usual suspects for that matter. Rather, it is how PowerColor has achieved this R9 290X’s high framerates that is so impressive. While some board partners have resorted to towing the usual dual BIOS line to achieve silent or “uber” settings, this card has been able to hit both of those points without resorting to ham-fisted features. The PCS+ is one of the fastest cards available for AMD users while also being the quietest, coolest-running example we’ve tested to date. That’s a ringing endorsement considering the best ASUS, XFX and Gigabyte have to offer already made their way though out lab.
780ti or hold on til the 800 cards :)
780ti in Europe is just overpriced. the R9-290 is 200 pounds cheaper then a GTX780-Ti. The 780Ti is arround 10fps faster
well that are very expensive 10 FPS...
Thanks guys im gunna go with this: http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/product_index.aspx?cid=1&gid=3&sgid=1227&pid=2091&psn=000101&lid=1
Any good for crisis 1080p around 60fps?
80 FPS at High Quality + FSAA.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7601/sapphire-radeon-r9-290-review-our-first-custom-cooled-290/3
The R9-290 Tri X is a beast, just look how close it is, to the GTX-780Ti. for alot less money in Europe. especialy on higher res gaming, But i allready said that. ☺
Ok so im gunna get that.
It looks good, games well and ill have money left over for an ssd :D
Was actually considering this before I got the R9 290x PCS+, would've been a good deal then.