Which card?

[bradUK]

Evening guys,

Yet another "which card to buy" thread for you to ponder, sorry....

Current setup is a I7 4770K, 8G ram and a 7950 iceq boost.

So I've had a bit of a pay rise and I'm looking to treat myself with a shiny new card. I'm thinking 290x or 780ti. Which cooler should I be looking at and is it really worth it? My 7950 runs pretty much everything in max except arma3 that has a bit of a stutter and I'm generally pretty happy with the setup.

Am I wasting my pennies? I'd like to see a noticeable difference or do you think it's just spending for the sake of it?

Any thoughts and observations would be gratefully received!

 

[pooley]

what res do you game at?

 

[Andygully]

crossfire not a option? i currently have the same cards well 2 off them.

 

[Rangerjr1]

If tweaking and benchmarking is your thing then the 290x is great, if plug and play is your thing then get the 780ti.

Both cards are great for most purposes other than specifics like mining, but the 780ti might be a bit easier to deal with.

 

[bradUK]

Thanks guys, I'm currently at 1920 x 1080 on a 24" but will be upgrading my monitor pretty soon. Crossfire would be an option if it would provide the best solution.

I love the reference cooler on the 780 but obviously the "looks" aren't the most important thing lol

 

[humbug]

A 290 (None X) would be good future proofing, its 93%~ of a 290X and for £320 it can't be matched. the cheapest GTX 780 is £50 more and they are not as fast.

Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5

 

[arc@css]

780 (non-ti).