Did anyone here swap out a 290 for 970?

[Zeed]

Gotta love when people moving from 290 series cards to 970 to save on energy bill. Have they even considered how will it take to get even ?? Lets say that sidegrade would cost you 50 pounds.

80w more when running both at stock.
Power price 18.6 pence per 1000W/h
now lets see 50 pounds / 18p = 277000w/h
277000wh / 80 watts saved = 3462 HOURS.
Lets say someone is hardcore gamer and plays 60h a week
That gives you 57 weeks of gaming to BRAKE EVER when moving from 290 to 970 if it cost You 50 pounds.
Wanna save on energy ?? Maybe consider changing bulbs around home to LED ones

 

[almighty15]

That's only at stock though matey, the power consumption jumps exponentially on the 290's when you overclock and add extra voltage.

 

[Geeman1979]

So does the heat output.

 

[Rangerjr1]

That's only at stock though matey, the power consumption jumps exponentially on the 290's when you overclock and add extra voltage.

Even if its doubled, which it wouldnt be; Its so stupidly small that its just not a good argument, i can see wanting it because the PSU is a low wattage one though.

So does the heat output.

Oh no

 

[thefogo]

I wouldn't even give it a 2nd thought going from a reference card to the 970. I just would....

How's the Lightning btw?

Pretty good, I run it at 1200 on the core for demanding games. The cooler has no problems at all.
Wish I had got a better one but I'll upgrade to the 390x anyway.

 

[Zeed]

almighty15 lets say 120w after oc more STILL NOT WORTH IT !!!!

 

[almighty15]

almighty15 lets say 120w after oc more STILL NOT WORTH IT !!!!

I had my whole rig pulling over 600w with my single 290.

That was more then my old overclocked 7950 crossfire system.

 

[Rangerjr1]

I had my whole rig pulling over 600w with my single 290.

That was more then my old overclocked 7950 crossfire system.

Put out numbers like he did and we'll listen to you

 

[Marine-RX179]

That's only at stock though matey, the power consumption jumps exponentially on the 290's when you overclock and add extra voltage.

But the same can be said for the 970 when it's overclocked, relative the power consumption at stock settings...

 

[Zeed]

Well topic is about moving from 290 to 970.
So just for lower power consumption its not worth it
Performance is very similar and if You are lucky you can flash 290 to 290x

PhysX Gsync and Nvision are only things i can think of.. And we got freesync on amd and TriDef for 3D. So that leaves only PhysX as real gain or i missed something.

Anyhow 970 atm is CARD TO BUY when you want upgrade from 6xx ot 7xxx cards tho.

 

[Panos]

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80w more when running both at stock.
Power price 18.6 pence per 1000W/h
now lets see 50 pounds / 18p = 277000w/h
277000wh / 80 watts saved = 3462 HOURS.
Lets say someone is hardcore gamer and plays 60h a week
That gives you 57 weeks of gaming to BRAKE EVER when moving from 290 to 970 if it cost You 50 pounds.
Wanna save on energy ?? Maybe consider changing bulbs around home to LED ones

That is twice as much as the avg UK price.
Mine is at 9.87p per kwh.

So is actually 100+ weeks at 60h per week.....

 

[krooton]

I went from a 290x to a 970, but because I have a mATX case, 750w PSU, and wanted to SLI.

 

[humbug]

I had my whole rig pulling over 600w with my single 290.

That was more then my old overclocked 7950 crossfire system.

Absolute Rubbish..... you want us to believe a single 290 pulls about 500 watts? the board would last about 4 minutes and go BANG.

with a 20% overclock my 290 pulls less than 300 Watts, stock they pull about 240 Watts.

On performance, judging by the rest of this thread it looks like a side-grade.

 

[SieB]

I sold my 290 Tri-X and bought a MSI Gaming 970, no real reason as to why though
I just fancied a change and to do a bit of overclocking with one. No real difference performance wise and temps and noise weren't an issue with my 290 Tri-X. My 970 is cooler but noise wise I never heard my 290 over my case fans and I can't hear my 970 over them either, so no real change there.

To be honest if you already have a 290 there is no point in changing it for a 970 unless you really want to. Saying that though, if I was buying new I would probably go for a 970 because they overclock better and with next to no increase in temps or fan noise, something that can't be said for the 290s.

 

[McGraw]

Yes but I never got around to opening the 290

 

[almighty15]

Absolute Rubbish..... you want us to believe a single 290 pulls about 500 watts? the board would last about 4 minutes and go BANG.

with a 20% overclock my 290 pulls less than 300 Watts, stock they pull about 240 Watts.

On performance, judging by the rest of this thread it looks like a side-grade.

Rubbish? How about hush yourself or show me your crystal ball that let you peak at watt-o-meter?

R290 at 1250Mhz at max volts and the PC was pulling over 600w.

So be quiet.

 

[humbug]

Rubbish? How about hush yourself or show me your crystal ball that let you peak at watt-o-meter?

R290 at 1250Mhz at max volts and the PC was pulling over 600w.

So be quiet.

Not a chance, the GPU's board isn't even capable of running that much power, the VRM's phase on the is 450 Watts max, you would only ever pull anywhere near that with an extreme LN2 overclock.

Every reviewer has the system power at around <350 Watts with a 290 in it.

Kaap's 4 290X's running at 1250Mhz pull about <350 Watts each....

But wait a minute, almighty says his system pulls more than 600 Watts with one 290, oh no.... everything we know and understand is wrong, repeated facts tried and tested over and over again are null and void, the laws of physics no longer apply, almighty is putting the record straight.

I think you looked at your KW meter and doubled the readout because it was nothing spectacular and not conjunctive to your constant dramatised rhetoric effect.

 

[Boomstick777]

Not worth going from 290 > 970 imho, 980 would be a better choice, but tbh with newer stuff coming soon probably better to wait for something that offers a bigger boost in performance.

For people looking for new GPU's this year on older stuff the 970 / 980 make sense, but for those already rocking powerful GPU's it's worth waiting abit longer..

 

[almighty15]

Not a chance, the GPU's board isn't even capable of running that much power.

8pack would disagree.

 

[setter]

Not worth going from 290 > 970 imho, 980 would be a better choice, but tbh with newer stuff coming soon probably better to wait for something that offers a bigger boost in performance.

For people looking for new GPU's this year on older stuff the 970 / 980 make sense, but for those already rocking powerful GPU's it's worth waiting abit longer..

Agreed, still running a pair of 780's. Probably wont replace them until there is a comparable single card. Though i have a feeling this may take a while and cost an awful lot.