Recommended video card for X58 motherboard?

[davie jambo]

See if you can get the HIS or Asus R9 290 for $300 , that would be quiet and cool (for a Radeon)

 

[RussianSensation]

OP since you want to order in advance, and the 2 games you are eyeing are GW titles, spend $330 on a 970.

 

[tripecac]

I think given my sensitivity to noise and power, the GTX 970 seems the way to go. I keep reading that the MSI GAMING one is the best. Unfortunately, no one seems to have it in stock. Is that because it's popular? Or is it already being discontinued?

 

[darckhart]

I run a Gigabyte X58 board and have used AMD 290x and NV 580, 680, Titan on it with no problems. The last CF setup I had was with 5850s, where it had no problems. Come to think of it, I also ran the 5850 CF with a GTX 260 for physx and that worked fine. Not sure about CF/SLI with newer cards. I think you'll be fine with any single card this generation working fine.

With your $300 limit, the AMD 290/290x is hard to beat. Throw down a bit more and the NV 970 gives you HDMI 2.0 plus all the power/noise benefits too.

 

[3DVagabond]

Noise is not an issue. There are plenty of quiet 290/X. They do use appreciably more power. If that's important then go with the 970, but get a reference model. They are the most efficient.

 

[Cerb]

I think given my sensitivity to noise and power, the GTX 970 seems the way to go. I keep reading that the MSI GAMING one is the best. Unfortunately, no one seems to have it in stock. Is that because it's popular? Or is it already being discontinued?

Popular. Gigabyte seems to be the only one who's cards stay in stock anywhere for long, right now. MSI Gaming, Asus Strix, Palit JetStream, and eVGA w/ ACX 2.0, can all run at low loads without the fans turning on at all.

But, given stocks, an MSI TwinFrozr R9 290 would not be a bad choice, and would get a card in your PC. If tweaking speeds, power, and fan profile won't do, you'd probably have needed an add-on cooler for the 970, too (yeah, the 970 uses less power, but it's not exactly a night and day difference, if the card stays under load).