290 tri x to gtx 980?

[aachil]

hi guys I have a 290 tri x non x version.
and my cousin wants to buy it do u think jumping to a galax gtx 980 soc
is a good upgrade for me and is it a good card
from what I can see for the price its highly overclocked what do you guys reckon?

 

[5960xNvidiaGamer]

I don't think it would be a noticeable upgrade.The 980's look like decent cards but the R9 290 is also a great card. Have you checked if your R9 290 can be flashed to 290x?

 

[Uncle Petey]

It's obviously a quality card. £200 odd extra worth of quality though?

 

[Disco_P]

Is the 980 a good card? Yes, it is probably the best card around.

Is it a good upgrade? Probably not - it isn't a huge amount quicker that your 290 and costs more than double.

Might want to look at a 970/780ti for <£300, or getting another 290 or telling your cousin to get a new 290.

 

[whyscotty]

Unless you want Nvidia specifics or save the planet, stick with what you have

 

[aachil]

hmm see that's what I mean im not sure no my 290 cant be flashed because its the tri x version they don't unlock unfortunately I have checked.
im looking really more at the hdmi 2.0 option is a big thing for me as im looking to also get a 4k tv at some point.
basically my cousin is offering me 200 for my tri x and I know someone that has a gtx 980 galax soc version and wants only 300 for it
having read a few reviews of it compared to my card it does seem quite a bit faster what do u reckon?

 

[almighty15]

For the cost of a GTX980 you could sell your 290 and buy 2x GTX970's for SLI, that's exactly what I did and love it.

 

[Geeman1979]

As above ^^^

If you want out & out performance, a pair 970's would be the way to go over the 980.

 

[tommybhoy]

im looking really more at the hdmi 2.0 option is a big thing for me as im looking to also get a 4k tv at some point.

Think about that when you get your TV-it might have DP anyway.

I went 980 and 970 and now back with a Tri-X 290 after selling my last one.

Tbh for me I cannot tell any difference between a 970 & 290 when gaming so don't mind which I have.

Basically at a cost of ~£100+, you better get some of these:

 

[Havana_UK]

I don't think it would be worth it, and as others have said for almost the same money you could get SLI GTX970.

R9 290 vs GTX980: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1068?vs=1351

There's no GTX970 SLI option, but GTX780Ti SLI is close: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1068?vs=1073

(GTX780Ti vs GTX970): http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1355?vs=1072

 

[aachil]

tbh I have never been 1 for sli anyways I hear its nothing but game issues things not running correctly and stuff ive always stuck to just 1 card so theres no problems.
also I don't think my motherboard is good enough for sli?
and also im not sure about my power supply either so its more cost
im really not sure

 

[Gregster]

Unless you want Nvidia specifics or save the planet, stick with what you have

This.

Unless you want things like G-Sync/PhysX/ShadowPlay/cooler and more power efficient, stick with what you have.

 

[setter]

tbh I have never been 1 for sli anyways I hear its nothing but game issues things not running correctly and stuff ive always stuck to just 1 card so theres no problems.
also I don't think my motherboard is good enough for sli?
and also im not sure about my power supply either so its more cost
im really not sure

What motherboard and psu have you got?

 

[Ian Evey]

hi guys I have a 290 tri x non x version.
and my cousin wants to buy it do u think jumping to a galax gtx 980 soc
is a good upgrade for me and is it a good card
from what I can see for the price its highly overclocked what do you guys reckon?

The real question is Are you having any problems with your 290, does it run games perfectly well.

If your answer is yes then no point tbh.

Although the 980 is a better card you wont notice anything different unless you are struggling in certain games that nvidia are better at. Benchmarks obviously will be better if your into that kind of thing

 

[aachil]

My psu is
Coolermaster Silent Pro M2 850
motherboard is gigabyte z77 d3h

 

[setter]

PSU is plenty for sli 970, ran 780 sli on a 6 year old corsair hx 850. But I think that board is xfire only.

 

[aachil]

O ok but apparently my motherboard does not support full sli speed or something. Like it has 1 full 16 speed pcie slot and 1 8 speed slot i think thats what it is

 

[Gregster]

O ok but apparently my motherboard does not support full sli speed or something. Like it has 1 full 16 speed pcie slot and 1 8 speed slot i think thats what it is

That would be fine for SLI. It would probably run them both at X8 X8 but that wouldn't be noticeably different from X16 X16 in truth. 1 maybe 2 fps at max.

 

[Uncle Petey]

The D3H is x16 x4, unless he forgot to put the 'X' after Z77

 

[setter]

Outside of x chipset boards, the only z series boards that do dual x16 sli are the uber expensive PLX enabled boards. Not that there's an awful difference between x8 and x16.