GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 770 OC - 4GB GDDR5 VS XFX Radeon R9 290 Core - 4GB GDDR5

[Selz]

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 770 OC - 4GB GDDR5

VS

XFX Radeon R9 290 Core - 4GB GDDR5



I wanna run 5x wow clients in LFR with decent FPS, that means atleast 60fps on main char, at lowest quality, (expect "Projected Textures & Particle Density)

I know the graphic is my problem, so the question is, which one of thise will be best for me?

Just say (770 or R9) in the chat, there is no reason to detail ur suggestion, but only apply if you know what you are talking about, thx. :)

[zenga]

Was looking into that myself earlier this week, from a ton of reviews / forum comments, seems like the R9 is the winner in performance but the card tends to get really hot / consume a lot of power (something I don't like).

[pinotnoir]

The AMD cards have been raised in price due to litecoin mining. They are the best at mining litecoins. The 290 was $399 a card blowing away nvidia for price and performance. Now they are going for $550 so if you don't plan on mining litecoin you can get a 780 instead for around the same cost. If you do mine litecoins you can earn maybe .25-.35 of a coin per day and make some money with the amd. Last I saw the coins were going for $20-$30 each. In the long run if you mine the 290 is what to buy. It will pay for itself eventually.

[rfarris]

Recent reviews have shown that the higher end 780s (i.e. 780 Ti) completely blow all the other GPUs out of the water, including the Titan. Here's a 26-Dec review that compares the 290s, 780s and the Titan:

http://www.overclockers.com/evga-gtx780ti-classified-graphics-card-review

[MiRai]

Why would you not want people to give a reason why they choose the GPU that they do? You may as well have just started a thread asking: "A or B?"

Either way, my choice is obviously for the nVidia card because I'm an nVidia fanboy.


Recent reviews have shown that the higher end 780s (i.e. 780 Ti) completely blow all the other GPUs out of the water, including the Titan. Here's a 26-Dec review that compares the 290s, 780s and the Titan:

http://www.overclockers.com/evga-gtx780ti-classified-graphics-card-review
That's an interesting review because they are comparing top-tier factory overclocked nVidia cards against a non-top-tier and stock AMD card. They should be comparing it against a 290X, not a 290.

Here (http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2359876) is a good list of reviews of aftermarket 290/290X cards (and more) showing how everything ranks.

[pinotnoir]

I broke down and purchased a non reference Gigabyte R9 290 card for $500. The card is selling for $579 but newegg made me a offer to take it down to $500 because I canceled an order for a reference 290 since the non references were due out. I plan on mining litecoin with it during down time so eventually it will pay for itself. With the price hike of AMD you can save buying nvidia. It's funny because before the hike the AMD's were the price per performance leader. If you do go AMD just mine some litecoin to make the card's cost free. It may take you 3 months but eventually it will pay for the card.

[RSM72]

I know the graphic is my problem, so the question is, which one of thise will be best for me?
In LFR CPU is the limit not your graphics card. I LFR a lot and my 3930K (@4Ghz) usually hits 80-100% usage while the gtx 670 still sits at 50%...