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Yeah Nvidia are your only option if you have a 290 and up from AMD.
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Good upgrade from MSI R9 200
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Yeah Nvidia are your only option if you have a 290 and up from AMD.
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my 290 @1440p ultra is avg around 70fps so at 1080p I expect you should be easy 80+ fps
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I guess he means if you want to use them features you are.
Ok I did have afterburner, i will disable and try, thanks
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A 4690 is still very current and shouldn't be a problem. My I7 920 still does decently in this game so I would doubt it's holding his 290 back.
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Unless you wait for Vega and save up while you wait yes it's the best option as I don't really see a 390x or a Fury being a worthwhile upgrade if you do not do yearly upgrades, I'd go 1070 though not 980ti as Maxwell has weaknesses that Pascal does not.
EDIT: But as others have said and the video has shown it's not like you can't get decent performance at 1080p with some minor settings tweaks.
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8 threads VS 4, in terms of raw performance, in a well threaded game such as BF1, you have a significant advantage.
He wants to play bf1 on ultra at 1080p so his whole setup should be up to that job, as TheRealDeal has said his 290 is 90 fps.
BF1 isn't GFX card limited at 1080p on a 290 though, its CPU limited, particularly in the larger MP battles.
Although his i7's cores/threads have weaker performance individually, he has double the number and BF1 is one of the few games that not only utilizes 8 threads effectively, but actually needs more than 4 for top tier performance. My guess is because it has been optimized for the consoles, and more games in the future will follow this trend.