Which one is better: R9 280 or GTX 770

I am currently building a PC and I have ran into a problem. After I have built my PC I wish to buy a Nvidia Shield Tablet and I understand that for the PC streaming I need an Nvidia card. However, I don't wish to cripple my machine because of a tablet! So I'm asking is it worth the move and which one is better? Any help is much appreciated! :D

They are about the same, look at some benchmarks and decide what si best for you.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1041?vs=1037

I have the Msi gaming oc r9 280x

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/msi-radeon-r9-280x-twinfrozr-gaming-oc-review,1.html

 

I have to agree with Garry, save up 60~70$ more for a Gtx 970 or se if you can get a used r9 290/x on ebay for next to nothing.

If you are set on the 770 or 280 it has to be the 280. In almost all benchmarks it beats the 770 anyway, as standard comes with 3GB as compared to the 770s 2GB and the 280 overclocks nice. 

The Sapphire cards have good coolers on them so that is My recommendation. The MSi cards are nice also I have a MSi 7870, keeps nice and cool.

 

EDIT: As other have been saying a 290 can be had cheap and while the stocks lasts 770s will come down but they may outright disappear before they are at a price you are happy with.

Definitely my recommendation.

But OP, if you want to able to stream to the shield, then grab a 770 out of the two (you can stream with a 970 though) just because the 770 is still a very powerful card even if it isn't great for the money. Although with the 970 and 980 launch, the 770, 780, and 780 Ti are being discontinued.