Radeon R9 290  vs GeForce GTX 970 

One should not res such a old topic. True might have been the PSU even tho I calculated it out. Got a 390 later and now I have a modded Vega. Gonna switch to the next TI card tho. AMD makes it hard for me even tho my 6700k runs on 4,8Ghz I run into CPU bottlenecks.

Why do they need to spread there legs????õ¿õ

You know you need a good PSU for the r 290s AND if you crossfire you be better off with a good 1000 watt PSU or your asking for troubles your cards sound like they need a bios update have you contacted the vendor?Or looked to see if there is a new firmware for them.

Yeah its funny isnt it grab a chair and a bucket of popcorn!

I have both camps in my computers I do own 2 r 290s 1 is a power color pcs+ runs cool and i never see it get hot or throttle. 2 Is the sapphire x3 fans blue trim led wonderful card again it does not get too hot games for hours awesome resolution .. and I have some from the other camp 660 3 580 and did you know a nvidia 315nvs quadro has dx 12 support? Anyhow I look at what I can afford and what best suits the build sure Id love to have a 1080ti or A KINGPIN.... but I am poor as everyone else they both make good cards why argue over them because if there was only 1 just 1 company making our gpu cards we be paying 3 times the amount of money we do now!

So are you gaming on 800x600 what about those ryzen cpus wow ...

That's why I bought in the 1st computer the 290, and in the second one the 970, and both made the same result :P HAHHAH and so that no one cries yes, I did it just so that I experiment in my own the pure marketing world in which they make us live

He could be an Aussie... everything is high here.. and its card to keep are computers cool

I screwed up choosing the 970, Worst GPU I have ever owned! I will never buy Nvidia again. The drivers just plain suck!

Update. Traded in my r9 290 for a gtx 980ti sea hawk. The 290 preformed great as long as the case had very good air intake and exhaust. If i did not have enough fans to move the heat out and cooler air in it would over heat. I would say the card is great except for the heating issue. Its the biggest flaw. If you do not have a good static pressure fan bringing in cooler air and a decent normal fan exhausting be careful. The 980ti sea hawk i replaced it with is amazing. I have a 4k monitor and most graphic intense games i play at 1440p reso and get 60fps on high/ultra. Overwatch i play on epic settings at 4k and get 60fps. and it never gets hotter then 65c even when its at maximum power usage. I bet soon you will be able to buy them on ebay for under a 1070s price.

Glad you just proved my point better. It does get better performance.

"much better performance"

Much better performance, lower tdp, and lower heat for just a little more cost. I guess gtx 970 wins in every way here.

AMD fanboy spotted. The 290 has huge driver issues.

r9 290 doesn't stand a chance. Also, benchmarks don't matter cos the gtx 970 does better at actual real life performance.

the under dog being?

I have both and the R9 290 sucked my cock compared to my MSI GTX 970 GAMING. Not to mention my R9 caused constant black screens.

i love how 90% of the comments on this site are Nvidia people agreeing with the statement provided by the comparison. And then AMD fanboys throwing a fit about Nvidia users and calling them filthy fanboys. Which I'm sure they wouldn't do if they actually had anything to defend AMD with. *shrug*

I love reading the retarded shit people post on here. The thing to remember really is that AMD still innovates new technologies, MANTLE hepled get Vulcan up & running & also forced MS to improve DirectX performance. Also AMD has the only GPU right now using HBM, because like I said they innovate & push their boundaries. However, Nvidia barely makes improvements & then charges wayyyy too much for what it is. I had so many issues with Nvidia drivers & windows 10 also, I'm a certified technician & I have to fix systems that have issues and it seems like Nvidia has been slacking on their compatibility with Windows 10, leaving their customers to fix the issues themselves. I use video cards from both companies just like I use CPU's from Intel & AMD, it really comes down to price to performance ratio & I'm not going to spend 33% more on a card that only gives a 5% to 10% performance increase. But you douches can drop to your knees & suck whatever companies dick you want to..... LOL

So long as these guys keep slugging it out we all win. I remember this blurb at the start of an article not long ago and it's an eye opener. Love or hate, we win when there is competition: "The $399 R9 290 made NVIDIA look comically evil for asking $999 for the card it beat, the GTX TITAN; while the R9 290X remained the fastest single-GPU option, at $550, till NVIDIA launched the $699 GTX 780 Ti, to get people back to paying through their noses for the extra performance. Then there were two UFO sightings in the form of the GTX TITAN Black, and the GTX TITAN-Z, which made no tangible contributions to consumer choice. Sure, they gave you full double-precision floating point (DPFP) performance, but DPFP is of no use to gamers." - Techpowerup, June 2015 Then the price points for superior performance continued to drop. AWESOME!! Long live market dynamics!

Well... from the first DX12 benches it seems that AMD will get a bigger boost than Nvidia, due to async.

I'm also stuck with a 720p tn monitor, so all that VRAM won't matter for a few months anyways :P

I'm going to get the 970 only because I live in Texas, and where I'll be gaming it'll be 90+ degrees fahrenheit (Yes, indoors. My room is above the garage, next to the "attic", and exposed on the left and top to heat.) Sorry AMD, but I can't bear adding more heat when I'm already soaking with sweat.

Tough choice based on performance but if you're looking for a DX12 card then the Nvidia is the winner between the two.

Support the underdog. Competition is good for the market.