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YouWhat
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at present the 980 is the best GPU on market, but the added memory on the 290x is coming into the state of play these days for the newer game releases that are coming out, for an example look at the Dying Light game specs that is coming out
http://www.overclock3d.net/articles/gpu_displays/dying_light_pc_specs_released/1
MINIMUM:
OS: Windows® 7 64-bit / Windows® 8 64-bit / Windows® 8.1 64-bit
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-2500 @3.3 GHz / AMD FX-8320 @3.5 GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM DDR3
Hard Drive: 40 GB free space
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670 / AMD Radeon™ HD 7870
Sound: DirectX® 10
Now witness true horror in the form of the Dying Light “recommended” specs.
RECOMMENDED:
OS: Windows® 7 64-bit / Windows® 8 64-bit / Windows® 8.1 64-bit
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4670K @3.4 GHz / AMD FX-8350 @4.0 GHz
Memory: 16 GB RAM DDR3
Hard Drive: 40 GB free space
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780 / AMD Radeon™ R9 290
Sound: DirectX® 10
With the ports from the XBone and PS4, they are needing more and more GPU memory it seems with each incremental release. 3GB these days is seeming to be not enough, 4GB is capable of handling it, and anything more is not just over the top, it is becoming needed.
http://www.overclock3d.net/articles/gpu_displays/dying_light_pc_specs_released/1
MINIMUM:
OS: Windows® 7 64-bit / Windows® 8 64-bit / Windows® 8.1 64-bit
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-2500 @3.3 GHz / AMD FX-8320 @3.5 GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM DDR3
Hard Drive: 40 GB free space
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670 / AMD Radeon™ HD 7870
Sound: DirectX® 10
Now witness true horror in the form of the Dying Light “recommended” specs.
RECOMMENDED:
OS: Windows® 7 64-bit / Windows® 8 64-bit / Windows® 8.1 64-bit
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4670K @3.4 GHz / AMD FX-8350 @4.0 GHz
Memory: 16 GB RAM DDR3
Hard Drive: 40 GB free space
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780 / AMD Radeon™ R9 290
Sound: DirectX® 10
With the ports from the XBone and PS4, they are needing more and more GPU memory it seems with each incremental release. 3GB these days is seeming to be not enough, 4GB is capable of handling it, and anything more is not just over the top, it is becoming needed.
Dawelio
Active member
Can't it be due to the 290's have been out longer and that the 980's are newer cards?...
Also, are those "Recommended" specs on the RAM really true?... like if you take a look on this link:
http://www.pcgamer.com/dying-light-system-requirements-are-killer/
Also, are those "Recommended" specs on the RAM really true?... like if you take a look on this link:
http://www.pcgamer.com/dying-light-system-requirements-are-killer/
YouWhat
New member
Even these those revised specss show that the cards need no-end of grunt and the CPU needs to be pushing top of the list of them to run it, 2GB VRAM, that will not be all it uses, it will run on it but like Watchdogs, it will eat it all up then run like a bag of spanners!!
They might be trying to streamline it, but there is only so much fat they can trim off without cutting into the meat of it for example dropping the res of the textures so as they don't use as much VRAM and GPU power to render them onto the world objects.
Personally I would wait for the next AMD stuff to be announced then make your choice. If the rumours are true captain jack is going to be impressive.
Although at this point in time I would follow the anadtech best GPU's 2014 guide
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8662/best-video-cards-october-2014
It depends on how many you are going to buy. If you just want one... 980 because in a well put together game you won't have enough graphical power to smash out 4GB worth of stuff. If your after 2 or 3 then the 8GB 290X probably makes more sense for uber high resolutions.
It's also greatly influenced by what you play, what resolution you play at, which proprietary tech you prefer etc...
JR
It's also greatly influenced by what you play, what resolution you play at, which proprietary tech you prefer etc...
JR
Dawelio
Active member
I am pretty much in the same dilemma here, although more on the Sapphire R9 290 Vapor-X one though.
And for your question is mainly BF3 & 4, but then also CS:GO, Crysis 3, CoD:AW, Watch dogs?...
Which one would you recommend?... also doing some photoshopping and trying to get into the 3D part of CS6.
Thanks and hope it was alright for me to crash into the thread like this, didn't mean to "steal" the OP's thread though.
MSI Radeon R9 290X Lightning Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express
just not sure, the dilema now is that overclockers are doing the msi for £239, do i get 2 of these or 2 970's for roughly the same price. i know the 290x's will require more power and the 980's run cooler and more efficient. i know the 290x will be more powerfull but it's extra money on a power suply ??.
as for the games they are bf3 bf4 witcher 2, plus all sorts of other games. i am only playing on 1080p, but i use the tripple 27 inch monitors for my racing games. i have 2 great pc's, 1 is i7 4770k and the other is i5 2500k. maybeeeee i should just get the 2 290x's and just put 1 in each system and get a good 1440 monitor for the main system. what do you think about the 2 x 970's?????. so many questions to answer plus christmas is only a short distance away.
i think the 290x lightning's are a bargain
