is the new R9 290 a good graphics card for video editing our would the gtx 780 beat it i'm currently using Adobe Premier to edit
Adobe uses CUDA so it would be better to get the GTX 780 for that.
Adobe also supports open cl for most tasks and the 290 easily out computes the 780 so idk
Frankly unless you need CUDA the R9 290 is much better value for money, however you should wait for a good non-reference cooler so that it runs quieter and can be OCd more.
The AMD R9 290 and 290X will do OpenCL work fine, but can't do CUDA work. On the other hand the 780 will do both CUDA and OpenCL effectively, but is a little worse price to performance for gaming, although still faster than the R( 290 the margin is very small given the price difference, SInce Adobe stuff tends to work better in CUDA mode I'd go the GTX780 any day for productivity. Another bonus of going the GTX780 over the R9 290 is it runs cooler and uses less power than the AMD offering, whats more is there are currently aftermarket coolers that improve the cooling and noise further for the GTX780 but not the R9 290.
In summery for gaming the R9 290 is better on your wallet and typically offers similar, but not quite as good performance, however the GTX780 is a more refined chip and supports non-gaming applications better. I'd go GTX780 for your application, although the GTX780ti and GTX770 are both valid options if your budget allows\requires them and the titan is the ultimate gaming\CUDA card, massively outperforming the 780ti in productivity but often just barly losing in game-play, of course its unrealistic price of >$1K is a turn off.
Unless he is heavily utilizing the card 24/7 and/or electricity costs a fortune where he lives then the price difference between the 780 and r9 290 will probably more than negate that, its the same thing with the FX8350 vs 4770k, also heat isn't really an issue (throttling, OC margins and noise is), and I believe that the non-reference cooled cards will hit the markets later this month, also the R9 290 was beating the GTX780 in gaming benchmarks I saw.
Oh and they fixed the throtelling within like a week of release BTW, it was mainly caused by a driver issue relating to PWM modualtion of fans on certain cards (which I tried to point out to the haters that most reviewers made no mention) providing incorrect RPM speeds. To be honoust most of the comments on the R9 290 here have just been people unfairly bashing them and people recomending users instead buy something like a GTX780TI for like twice the cost...
If i go with the 290 witch im really considering because of the price im planing on waiting for a non reference cooler.
That's a very good idea. I would do the same thing.
The heat just means than the fan runs harder.. making the R9 290 louder than the FTX780.
The power use on the other hand is actually a bit more annoying, at a max draw of 420watts you need a very decent PSU to run this cards and the rest of your system, for crossfire this power use becomes even more annoying... given you only ever really want to load a PSU to 80% for long durations you'll need a a 1300watt power supply to run two of these cards, a i5 or i7 and the few other things you have like hard drives and fans. Also keep in mind all that power is going somewhere, mostly heat in your room although also noise.
As for the commute speed, the GTX780 is roughly on par with the R9 290X, so your actually still a little better off with the GTX780 even if your going to use OpenCL, which both cards support.
Regardless for gaming the R9 290 is extremely good value, especially when aftermarket coolers actully allow a decent overclocking headroom and lower the noise a little. However for editing and productivity the quieter, CUDA supporting GTX780 is sure my recommendation...
The R9 290X is on par with the GTX780 for compute speed, the R9 290 is around a eighth slower. Also while Adobe does have OpenCl support its not on as many things, nor works as effectly as the CUDA support... this isn't normally the case for applications but with adobe it seems universal. Even if you choose to go the OpenCl way your still just as capable of running OpenCl on the GTX780, its not a AMD thing. Having said that OpenCl support is getting better, and the R9 290 is very good value because of its lower pricing, so its certainly an option, particularly if your mainly gaming and occasionally editing video, rather than the other way around.
