Buying a new video card to replace my 7870 - Going with an R9 390

[happy medium]

I do use it but I don't ignore 5-6 other reviews all over the Internet. You did

I ignore most of the ones you post , headfoot, 3d vagabon posts and a bunch of other guys in a catagory that you are so slowly slipping into. sorry to see that.

Infraction issued for member callout.
-- stahlhart

 

[slag]

Stop, just stop. I made my choice. Most sites say the 390 is a better card than the 970 so I went with it.

 

[RussianSensation]

Stop, just stop. I made my choice. Most sites say the 390 is a better card than the 970 so I went with it.

Congrats on the card. Oh the one you got has Lifetime warranty with registration within 30 days I believe. Nice bonus.

Let us know how the temperatures and noise levels are like and how satisfied are you with the actual performance increase. :thumbsup:

EDIT: Wow, didn't realize that BestBuy's XFX R9 390 ($337) with lifetime warranty actually costs less than the EVGA GTX970 ($350). Lifetime warranty alone is already enough here to pick the 390 over the 970. Good choice!

 

[werepossum]

Stop, just stop. I made my choice. Most sites say the 390 is a better card than the 970 so I went with it.

Congrats. I'll be interested in your observations with it as I am planning on picking up a 390.

As far as comparing the 970 and 390, let's just say the cards are competitive with each having games at which it excels and games at which it loses out.

 

[slag]

Congrats. I'll be interested in your observations with it as I am planning on picking up a 390.

As far as comparing the 970 and 390, let's just say the cards are competitive with each having games at which it excels and games at which it loses out.

Downloading MSI afterburner now.. I just registered the card for the lifetime warranty and am downloading dirt on steam at 11 mB/s.

 

[iiiankiii]

why because you say so?
I'm not heated, this is nothing.


ANd this a stock gtx970, I linked a card that has a 11% overclock out of the box for the same price!
REALLY!

and again!

and Again!

and yet AGAIN!

Ahh... I see. The very benchmark review you got those figures, the 390 is ahead of the GTX 970 in these game.

Assassin's Creed: Unity, Batman:
Arkham Origins,
Battlefield 3,
Bioshock Infinite,
CIV: Beyond Earth,
Crysis 3,
Dead Rising 3,
Dragon Age: Inquisition,
Fary Cry 4
Ryse,
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor,
Tomb Raider

But the GTX 970 is ahead in these games:
GTA V
Battlefield 4
COD: Advanced Warfare
The Witcher 3
Project Cars (Outlier)
World of Warcraft
Wolfenstein

But, somehow, the GTX 970 is ahead overall..... Sure, guy. Sure. Remove the outlier, please.

Did you know that a "stock" GTX 970 isn't really stock because of boost speeds? A "stock" speed GTX 970 can be deceptive because it can boost very high out of the box (leaving you LESS overclocking headroom).

As for max OC vs max OC, since Hawaii scales better than Maxwell, it basically comes down to who wins the silicon lottery at that points.

So, we're looking at a 390 @1100mhz vs a 970 @ ~1450mhz. Looks like a coin flip to me.

BUT, based on reviews from around the internet, OVERALL, the 390 is faster than the 970.

 

[raghu78]

So, we're looking at a 390 @1100mhz vs a 970 @ ~1450mhz. Looks like a coin flip to me.

BUT, based on reviews from around the internet, OVERALL, the 390 is faster than the 970.

yeah the 390 is the faster card if you have a neutral game suite with a good balance of TWIMTBP and AMD GE titles and avoid titles like Project Cars which distort the averages because of how badly they run on AMD cards.

http://www.computerbase.de/2015-08/...karten-von-r7-360-bis-r9-390x-im-vergleich/2/

http://www.computerbase.de/2015-08/...h/2/#diagramm-rating-2560-1440-hohe-qualitaet

Just removing Project Cars adds 2-3% avg performance (for R9 390X, Fury, Fury X) for AMD cards in a game suite which has 14 games. Thats how bad a single game Cars can affect the average perf across a suite.

http://www.hardware.fr/articles/942-22/recapitulatif-performances.html

A stock R9 390 is 7-8% slower than R9 390X and on avg 3-4% faster than a MSI GTX 970 Gaming which boosts to 1300 Mhz. Even a GTX 970 at 1500 Mhz won't be able to match a R9 390 1150-1200 Mhz especially at 1440p. At 1080p though it would be a tie.

 

[stahlhart]

Thread cleaned, with a warning to everyone that I'm no longer going to make any distinction between a reported post and a reported post that is also responded to.
-- stahlhart

 

[Headfoot]

Thread cleaned, with a warning to everyone that I'm no longer going to make any distinction between a reported post and a reported post that is also responded to.
-- stahlhart

please consider adding that to the rules stickied post, thanks

 

[werepossum]

Ordered my MSI Gaming R9 390 Wednesday night. Any observations yet?