Worth changing to this card?

[5960xNvidiaGamer]

Hey guys, my friend is selling his R9 290 core XFX 4GB. Now I have never had an AMD card but thought I would ask if it's worth me getting it. I have a 670 4gb now and it runs games on full at 144hertz fine. I use a single monitor as in sig. He is letting me have first offer and said I can have this for £180, but I know little about AMD cards. Is this worth it? and is there any point in changing?

Thanks

 

[LtMatt]

Hey guys, my friend is selling his R9 290 core XFX 4GB. Now I have never had an AMD card but thought I would ask if it's worth me getting it. I have a 670 4gb now and it runs games on full at 144hertz fine. I use a single monitor as in sig. He is letting me have first offer and said I can have this for £180, but I know little about AMD cards. Is this worth it? and is there any point in changing?

Thanks

£180 is a good price and you'll be looking at a noticeable improvement over your 670 in fps terms. So yes, that's a "do it" from me.

 

[ShivP]

£180 is a good price and you'll be looking at a noticeable improvement over your 670 in fps terms. So yes, that's a "do it" from me.

+1 It'll be a good upgrade

 

[wazza300]

yh id take it aswell at that price

"id buy that for a dollar"

 

[setter]

Yep, id go for it too. Will indeed be a nice upgrade from a 670. Later on if you feel you need a bit more oomph you could drop in another cheap 290 for some xfire action.

 

[5960xNvidiaGamer]

Alright guys sound, I will ring him now. Will post back when I have it in. thanks

 

[Ian Evey]

You may get a few pennies for your 670 too so you might only be out of pocket £80 which is a decent price for a 290

 

[5960xNvidiaGamer]

The 670 4gb are quite expensive on ebay. Might do ok. Mine has an aftermarket cooler on too. accelero

 

[5960xNvidiaGamer]

The mrs has agreed I can get it as long as I sell my 670. I will miss the nvidia control panel lol

 

[Captain]

You've already said your 670 handles everything you play, so what's the point

 

[Resa69]

You've already said your 670 handles everything you play, so what's the point

Maybe for the future

 

[5960xNvidiaGamer]

Well it does mate, but it just seemed too cheap to turn down. And for the future.

 

[shankly1985]

Well you wont be getting the most out your 144hz with a single GPU let alone a 670.. Unless you run low settings on most games?
a single 290 will push frame rate much better but still wont get close to your 144hz

 

[5960xNvidiaGamer]

I run max settings on every game I play shankly. But im sure I will notice a difference when i get this. On BF4 I use ultra settings with 4xmsaa but post off. Then res scale to 150 and it runs great on the 670.

 

[wazza300]

you'll have mantle wont you?

 

[shankly1985]

I run max settings on every game I play shankly. But im sure I will notice a difference when i get this. On BF4 I use ultra settings with 4xmsaa but post off. Then res scale to 150 and it runs great on the 670.

What sort of Frame rates you getting with this settings?

 

[5960xNvidiaGamer]

I never look at frame rates shank so can't even answer you but it is smooth. I have paid for the new card now and hes sending me it tomorrow, i cant wait for it now.

 

[setter]

Iirc i was getting average fps in the 90's in bf4 with max settings on sli 670, (1920x1200 res) The 290 is similair to the 780 which i have now, where im seeing 80fps average on the same settings. Also with the 290 youll be able to use mantle which will help with a few games, (bf4 being one).

 

[Stas823]

sound good to me, although if he used it to mine i would think about it. dont want a knackered out card giving up after a couple of months.

 

[5960xNvidiaGamer]

It has warranty stas so all good. Ok with me knowing nothing about AMD cards. What is this mantle people keep talking about