The 970 better than the 390?

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  1. Vellinious

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    Thoughts?
     
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    Depends on what games are you playing.

    Im upgrading soon, debating between those cards but i think i'll go with 390.
     
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    You will definitely want to look at some game benchmarks similar to the types of games you play. There should be quite a few reviews out comparing both cards.
     

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    I think it's relative to resolution and how far the user is willing to push the cards. I think they're both very good cards, though.
     
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    I have in my mind that Fallout 4 is close, gonna mod the hell out of it. It will probably come in handy having those 8GB Vram on 390. :)
     
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    970 overclocks a lot better than the 390 it also uses a lot less power. I imagine those benchmarks are for a stock 970 so look at Guru3d reviews of 970s

    Both cards are really good so what ever you choose it will be good.
     
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    I found the exact same thing, was AMD for a long time, soon as I moved to nvidia, I found games much smoother, like MUCH smoother, and that was going from a 290 and a 295X2 to the 980
     
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    I have a pair of 970s that I'm really happy with.

    Honestly, I started this thread to feel out the members here and get my post count up. I knew I'd get some responses to a question like that. = )
     
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    I think it's down to optimisation, NVIDIA have devs in their pockets thanks to massive market share / cash
     

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    Well, some find it smoother other do not. Your weak cpu can bearly handle one 290X not to mention 295X2.

    nvidia driver section is overwhelmed by issues and stuttering with latest drivers. Its not without a reason i guess.
     
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    Gave you the benefit of the doubt for months, time to iggy I think

    Every time I post my findings about moving to nvidia, you attack my hardware and myself

    Goodbye troll
     
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    Your findings are always the same. Walls knows what you gonna say. Goodbye to you too.
     
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    I've found that most of the stuttering and tearing issues that people have seen is more due to power limit issues that people have misdiagnosed as other problems. Raising the power limits with the Maxwell architecture is almost a requirement. I haven't had any issues at all since I raised my power limits.
     
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    You should tell us resolution you plan to play on. On 1080p they are pretty equal in most scenarios. But 1440p and higher goes to r9-390's pocket.
    Basically, higher the GPU load is, higher performance advantage of 390 is.
    gtx970 can be OCed more, and catch up to 390, but in that case it loses its performance per watt... do you care about few $ saved per month.
     

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    the 970 is a 1080p GPU if your using 1440p or above that's a 980/980ti
     
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    1440p - 60 fps gaming is just OK on 970/390. And I see it as poor judgement to bring 980 which costs around 40% more than 390 while delivering only 10% more on 1440p.
    And with some benchmarks from new games... well, you remember how people react here when 290x with proper cooling/390 matches 980 on given resolution or 4k.
     
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    An 8350 isn't going to bottleneck a 295x2....

    And it's "barely". Just sayin
     
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    Always said that, benchmark is just for show, they represent almost nothing.

    NVIDIA cards play games way way smoother than AMD cards.
     
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    Yes, nvidia's 30fps is faster than amd's 60fps. nvidia so owesome.
     
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