780 or 290x

Suarez7 · 29 Oct 2013 at 12:26

The 780 already plays the game perfectly on Ultra, with better drivers and patches from EA/Dice to come you won't see any issues. Are you using a 60hz monitor?

jonathan may · 29 Oct 2013 at 12:28

Yeah 60hz

Scougar · 29 Oct 2013 at 12:32

There are some very good deals on cards at the moment, definitely a buyers market

However, the AMD 290 being released may once again shake things up. Might be worth waiting a few days (maybe).

If you are purely buying for BF4... then I'd go 290/290X, if the 780 is enough, then see my first paragraph :-D

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 29 Oct 2013 at 12:35

jonathan may said:
Was planning to buy this week got new bundle coming this week and at the moment 580gtx is struggling on medium setting with 100% res scaleing

Honestly,you need to step back a bit if you want a good deal. One retailer had a R9 290X card on special offer at under £400,and it was a better OEM too.

The R9 290 and GTX780TI are yet to be released,and that will mean further price adjustments.

Jono8 · 29 Oct 2013 at 12:39

780's can be had for under £365 with the games if you shop around.

jonathan may · 29 Oct 2013 at 12:39

290 going to be slower then 290x ?

humbug · 29 Oct 2013 at 12:41

jonathan may said:
290 going to be slower then 290x ?

A little, its like the difference between the 7950 and 7970, about 5 to 7%

Suarez7 · 29 Oct 2013 at 12:41

jonathan may said:
290 going to be slower then 290x ?

Yes out of the box but it will overclock to be better than stock 290X, just like the 7950/7970.

MOOGLEYS · 29 Oct 2013 at 12:43

My 7970 is having no issues with BF4 ultra settings. Runs constantly smooth at 1080p 60Hz. Tbh I cannot tell the difference at 1080p over my 290x.

Not really sure a 290x or even 780 is really needed for 1080p. 1440p will see more of a difference.

I would hang on and see how cheap the 290 is before buying.

MrMarvelous · 29 Oct 2013 at 12:49

Wait until the 290 releases and decide then.

Darr2cool78 · 29 Oct 2013 at 13:10

Gregster said:
True audio and support out the box for DX11.2 are also worth a mention. They are great selling points on the 290 series.

is kepler not compatible with DX11.2? I thought any decimal iteration of DX would be supported by cards that supported its base so in this case any card that supports 11 will support 11.2? I could be wrong but I hope not

humbug · 29 Oct 2013 at 13:20

Darr2cool78 said:
is kepler not compatible with DX11.2? I thought any decimal iteration of DX would be supported by cards that supported its base so in this case any card that supports 11 will support 11.2? I could be wrong but I hope not

DX11.1 and 11.2 is different to DX11

Kepler supports most of DX 11.1, all the most important bits i think, just not officially as its not "full support"

DX11.2, i don't know, there may be some support, what or how extensive. i don't know.

Gregster · 29 Oct 2013 at 13:29

Darr2cool78 said:
is kepler not compatible with DX11.2? I thought any decimal iteration of DX would be supported by cards that supported its base so in this case any card that supports 11 will support 11.2? I could be wrong but I hope not

What Humbug said.

I personally don't care, as I remember dx10.1 bringing so much to us gamers :rolleyes:

R3X · 29 Oct 2013 at 13:35

Jono8 said:
780's can be had for under £365 with the games if you shop around.

This, however was not even aware that AMD 290 cards were due to come out. I believe this is the card that will price and place itself against the 780gtx. In fact it should really cost £300-330 if not less hopefully!

ratters · 29 Oct 2013 at 13:36

Do you need to buy now it seems to me to be sensible just to wait 3 to 4 weeks as then we should have and idea about mantle / 290x prices + third party coolers. And more importantly i would expect the 290 to beat out the 780 in BF4 for a much cheaper price. Mind you is BF4 your only concern ?

But if you are buying this very moment and cannot possible wait I would agree perhaps 780 would be best choice.

TheRealDeal · 29 Oct 2013 at 13:41

Gregster said:
What Humbug said.

I personally don't care, as I remember dx10.1 bringing so much to us gamers

It was never allowed to bring anything to the table because nvidia had no support for it. When dx 10.1 was used properly it gave amd a 20% performance boost. Times have changed though and i feel Amd have more power over developers than what they used to and Nvidia have less than they used to.

ATIorNvidia · 29 Oct 2013 at 13:42

290X if you're not overclocking, GTX 780 if you are.

555BUK · 29 Oct 2013 at 13:44

as above.

290X if you're not overclocking or care about high temps and noise, GTX 780 if you do

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Darr2cool78 · 29 Oct 2013 at 13:47

humbug said:
DX11.1 and 11.2 is different to DX11

Kepler supports most of DX 11.1, all the most important bits i think, just not officially as its not "full support"

DX11.2, i don't know, there may be some support, what or how extensive. i don't know.

Gregster said:
What Humbug said.

I personally don't care, as I remember dx10.1 bringing so much to us gamers

Ah I see, well I hope it wont be anything major after spending so much money on this GPU. Man it is hard to keep up. Last night I tried Metro Last Light on full at 1440p and got like 19fps, maybe time for a second 780

lol

Stanners · 29 Oct 2013 at 13:48

555BUK said:
as above.

290X if you're not overclocking or care about high temps and noise, GTX 780 if you do.

Does your 290 run loud as mine is fine with a mild overclock.