Another 290x or 980

[Willis]

I have a EVGA 780Ti Classified Kingpin Edition which i'm in the process of selling as I think the time is right to sell as they are still fetching £300+ on the bay.

I got my hands on a cheap 290X but thinking of selling this also along with 780Ti to fund a 980GTX.

Is the 980 a good choice or do I buy another 290X and cross fire them.

Only play at 1080 at the moment but that could change in the future.

Playing things like Battlefield 4, Dying Light etc.

 

[Watlinguk]

shouldn't have any problems with 290X at 1080P anymore (including crossfire) would be a waste imho

 

[Awahwah]

I'd stick it out with what you've got. Then wait for AMD to release their next round of Cards.

 

[Willis]

I'd stick it out with what you've got. Then wait for AMD to release their next round of Cards.

Do you know when this could be?

 

[Awahwah]

If you believe the rumor mill, R 390X for the top end. Have a Dr Google, mixed time frames but I can't see it being too much longer....but who really knows apart from AMD.

 

[Drangueos]

As above, I would keep the 290X at 1080p, you don't need 2 at that resolution and a 980 would be waste of money.

 

[nightrider1470]

You next change should be your monitor, then you have every valid excuse to change your card

 

[Neil79]

Get a 144HZ monitor and be amazed!

 

[philo-sofa]

The GTX 780 Ti, GTX 980 and R9 290X are all very close to each other in terms of performance; like within 5%. Now that you've sold your 780 Ti, I'd be very much inclined to just stick with the 290X. Wouldn't really really recommend a second 290X, but that would at least make some sense. As has been said, if you want a performance upgrade wait for AMD's 300 series cards, although I tend to like Neil79's the idea of going for a 120+ Hz monitor in the meantime if you have some spare cash and are on 60 Hz

Certainly no point in getting a GTX 980 however.

 

[Willis]

Get a 144HZ monitor and be amazed!

I have 27" Asus IPS at the moment what would a 144HZ bring to the party

 

[Marine-RX179]

IMO just sell the 780Ti since it still go for that much, and just keep the 290x to continue using since its value has already drop so much that selling it now or little later won't have much difference in terms of value...

 

[Ayahuasca]

Keep the 290x and pre-order the Acer freesync monitor.

 

[skarpinis]

only 980 way to go very good card fast and silent I play on 4k and 3440 resolution any game 60fps

 

[RanxZy]

only 980 way to go very good card fast and silent I play on 4k and 3440 resolution any game 60fps

Lol

 

[Marine-RX179]

Lol

But it does! (in his dream)

 

[Boomstick777]

I have a EVGA 780Ti Classified Kingpin Edition which i'm in the process of selling as I think the time is right to sell as they are still fetching £300+ on the bay.

I got my hands on a cheap 290X but thinking of selling this also along with 780Ti to fund a 980GTX.

Is the 980 a good choice or do I buy another 290X and cross fire them.

Only play at 1080 at the moment but that could change in the future.

Playing things like Battlefield 4, Dying Light etc.

You should be fine on a single 290X @ 1080P. No point with dual cards for that res, just introduce unnecessary complication, micro stutter etc.

Enjoy the 290X and wait it out next gen cards start appearing. That would be the time to pick up a new GPU along with a higher res monitor you mentioned.

Save your money imho.