I personally stay as far away as possible from any AMD video card that's available. AMD consistently has the worst drivers for their video cards I've ever had to deal with and once I finally decided to buy an nVidia GPU I no longer have these issues. I don't know what happened to AMD but for the price we pay for GPU's I have to go with what works best, and that's nVidia.
Wich one to pick MSI GTX 970 G4 or R9 390 ?
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I say stick to AMD probably less expensive, for the same performance. We NEED to support AMD, or nVidia is going to ruin our lives.
AMD and nVidia have their pros and cons :) You just have to weigh them yourself and choose how you want things done by your PC.
AMD - usually the better price per performance at the cost of power consumption
this case the R9 390 has alot of VRam paired with a good performing GPU. - Brute Force Approach
nVidia - More known for their Watt per Performance. Higher initial investment, uses better technology - Smart Approach
Bottom line - These cards perform very similar to each other with the correct configuration. Its just a matter of what pros and cons they come with that are acceptable to you.
If we were to talk about the religious holy war going on with AMD and nVidia about their principles like nVidia advertising their GTX970 comes with a full 4GB of VRam and not telling them that it will slow down if it uses more than 3.5GB and AMD's R&D Miracles by developing HBM and providing lower initial cost solutions to keep nVidia from monopolizing the GPU industry, then you will not arrive at an answer that will fit your needs (But hey, I heard they give you 72 Virigins afterwards!! havent really redeemed that coupon though.)
There is no Right or Wrong answer.
Just -- How do you want things done?? --
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Long story short...
So i went to store today for new GPU. There i was GTX in one hand and R9 in other..... After loooong battle in my mind i still could not made up my mind
. And then i got it!! (chanting voice) :eek: i did the thing what every true TESTie would do in that situation..... i put my hand in my pocket took a coin and flipped for new GPU :D i walked out from store with GTX 970.
Big thanks to all for help :)
So i went to store today for new GPU. There i was GTX in one hand and R9 in other..... After loooong battle in my mind i still could not made up my mind
. And then i got it!! (chanting voice) :eek: i did the thing what every true TESTie would do in that situation..... i put my hand in my pocket took a coin and flipped for new GPU :D i walked out from store with GTX 970.Big thanks to all for help :)
Kal
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For any future GPU comparisons: gpuboss and cpuboss can be incredibly biased towards nVidia and Intel, I'd recommend http://www.cpubenchmark.net/ and http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/, because they are seemingly less biased and a benchmark site and not a 'real' comparison site.
Long story short...
So i went to store today for new GPU. There i was GTX in one hand and R9 in other..... After loooong battle in my mind i still could not made up my mind
Big thanks to all for help :)
I would not have expected anything Less from a fellow test member.
Couldn't not have been done any better !!
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Got time to replace old GPUs to new GTX and made some testing in Fallout4, got pretty solid 60fps in Ultra settings @1080p cant be any happier :D previously with old cards 2x HD5770 i got 14-25 fps @1080p and all settings on low/medium....
supitza
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This pretty much sums up what I was going to say. I would save a little more for that sweet sweet 980 ti ;)
WarrenPeace
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Every single diehard fanboy and fangirl in both videocard camps must have died a little at putting such a decision to a slender disk of metal. Nicely done!Long story short...
So i went to store today for new GPU. There i was GTX in one hand and R9 in other..... After loooong battle in my mind i still could not made up my mind
Big thanks to all for help :)