960 4gb or 970 on 1080p

[Tolemac]

Hi guy's I had to rma my R9 290 as it died on me a couple of weeks ago so im in the market for another graphics card. I did have a hissy fit over the 970 specs being false and I returned my 970 strix because of this now I am undecided on whether or not to.

A) go with this GTX970 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-205-OK

B )get this gtx 960https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-359-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2379

At some point I will be water cooling the card seeing as I only game on a 1080p screen I really dont know which would be best suited for my needs and be futureproof a bit any help here guy's I would be very grateful thanks in advance

 

[Pogal_31]

If you have the money I will go for the 970, 960 is quite satisfying at 1080p, anyway in some games it struggles a little depending the settings, especially with AA. Got the strix 960 at home, awesome pretty small card, but it is a little too short for games to come IMO.

 

[barnsley]

Get another 290. Get something like a lightning.

 

[Kaapstad]

The 970 is a far better card than the 960 but the 290X is better than both the NVidia cards.

 

[Tolemac]

If I went the 290x route I would buy sapphire as thats what im using atm my old HD7770 I had 2 in crossfire a couple of years ago its never let me down

 

[Doomslayer]

If I went the 290x route I would buy sapphire as thats what im using atm my old HD7770 I had 2 in crossfire a couple of years ago its never let me down

Stick with sapphire or XFX since they only make AMD card.

 

[Tolemac]

I think this is a steal at the price http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-xfx-radeon-r9-290x-dd-28nm-5000mhz-gddr5-gpu-1000mhz-2816-streams-dport-hdmi-dvi-d

 

[NeverBackDown]

I think this is a steal at the price http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-xfx-radeon-r9-290x-dd-28nm-5000mhz-gddr5-gpu-1000mhz-2816-streams-dport-hdmi-dvi-d

That or the Tri-X or a Lightning are the best cards you can get for a 290x

 

[Tolemac]

Mind you the game deal on the 970 is very tempting as well

 

[NeverBackDown]

Mind you the game deal on the 970 is very tempting as well

So is performance. I'd rather have more performance than an extra 2 games. Plus you get the full 4GB of vram with a 290x and if GTA is any example of how Vram will be, i'd rather have the full 4 despite whether or not the 3.5GB is an issue or not. It will be eventually.

 

[Tolemac]

Very true I was going to buy a superflower leadex 650 watt tomorrow but ill buy the 750 watt instead now

 

[Tolemac]

Thanks for all your input guy's so I just ordered this vapor X R9 290x a bit of a billy bargain for £275 with delivery seeing as overclockers want £325 for the same card
http:/http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/AMD+Radeon/Radeon+R9+290/Sapphire+Radeon+R9+290X+Vapor-X+4096MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+%2811226-10-40G%29+?productId=63587

Once again thanks for all your help

 

[Kaapstad]

Thanks for all your input guy's so I just ordered this vapor X R9 290x a bit of a billy bargain for £275 with delivery seeing as overclockers want £325 for the same card
http:/http://www.aria.co.uk/Product...Graphics+Card+(11226-10-40G)+?productId=63587

Once again thanks for all your help

That is my favourite 290X, it is absolutely stunning to look at, the performance is good and the cooler works well.

 

[Tolemac]

Yeah it looks nice and I can't believe the price I got it at although it will be waterblocked when I get more funds as I have a 750W modular superflower leadex inbound as well