Which GTX770?

[Resa69]

+1 for the 290. The pcs would be one of my first considerations.

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[DLD]

I also would take the 290 over a 770 any day.

I had SLI 770 4gb cards and a single 290 was very close in performance.

I would take the Sapphire Tri-X since it has Hynix memory. Unless you don't care to OC at all.

 

[bru]

As has been said don't be looking at the expensive 4Gb 770's as for that sort of money there are better cards available PCS 290 is a good card.

Of course depends how soon you are wanting a new card, as in 6-10 weeks the new 870/880 will be launched, now of course they will probably be too expensive but they are sure to cause ripples throughout the pricing structure of both teams.

Saying that they will be too expensive, just reading one rumour that is saying 880 @ $500 which is about £360inc VAT, so a 870 might very well be in the same ball park as what your looking at now.
Well we can hope cant we

 

[laz0r]

Thanks for all the replys - I think you guys might have sold me on a 290 now. It looks pretty epic!

Of course depends how soon you are wanting a new card, as in 6-10 weeks the new 870/880 will be launched, now of course they will probably be too expensive but they are sure to cause ripples throughout the pricing structure of both teams.

Cheers for the info, but I want mine now since I have much more free time for gaming in the summer

What is your current system spec and the budget for a graphics card ?

Not sure whether a R9 290 would be okay for your new case as they do run quite hot without adequate case cooling. Others might be able to add/offer an opinion but if you bought a R9 290 reference cooled even though it is the blower type they do run quite hot. Then if you bought a R9 290 with custom cooling would it run any cooler in such a small case ?

Have you considered a GTX 780 ?

edit: budget is £200-£300 (on the lower end if the £300 cards aren't good value for money)


I think I'll go for the 290, if cooling is a big issue I could relocate into my old antec 902. But I think I can get pretty good airflow with the N200 if I invest in some decent fans and fill up all the slots.

System spec:
N200 case
i5-4690k
MSI Z97M GAMING Intel Soc ket 1150 Motherboard
G Skill 2x 4GB PC3-19200 DDR3 2400MHz Gaming Memory Kit

Ok, that PCS 290 looks seriously nice. It's absolutely massive though lol - definitely would need to watercool before SLI

Cooling configurator has two of these with the same part number...
Cooling configurator: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ 4GB GDDR5 (AXR9 290 4GBD5-PPDHE)
Cooling configurator: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ 4GB GDDR5 (AXR9 290 4GBD5-PPDHE) - NEW REVISION
And the 'new revision' one doesn't seem to have any compatible full cover waterblocks - I presume that's what everywhere is selling now?

The Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC has no waterblocks either.

But the MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition does have waterblocks; and would match my MSI motherboard (which also claims to automatically overclock MSI cards - could be useful for me as I've never overclocked a videocard before...) (Cooling config link)

Is it a good card?

 

[Resa69]

As has been said don't be looking at the expensive 4Gb 770's as for that sort of money there are better cards available PCS 290 is a good card.

Of course depends how soon you are wanting a new card, as in 6-10 weeks the new 870/880 will be launched, now of course they will probably be too expensive but they are sure to cause ripples throughout the pricing structure of both teams.

Saying that they will be too expensive, just reading one rumour that is saying 880 @ $500 which is about £360inc VAT, so a 870 might very well be in the same ball park as what your looking at now.
Well we can hope cant we

Apparently it's a big die so low yields will be made and it won't come cheap.

 

[bru]

Apparently it's a big die so low yields will be made and it won't come cheap.

I would have thought you were right but when Nvidia said it will be faster and cheaper than the 700 series, and now rumours of $500 I'm not so sure now.

Also if it is a big die there must be a lot of cores in there.

 

[DLD]

Thanks for all the replys - I think you guys might have sold me on a 290 now. It looks pretty epic!



Cheers for the info, but I want mine now since I have much more free time for gaming in the summer



edit: budget is £200-£300 (on the lower end if the £300 cards aren't good value for money)


I think I'll go for the 290, if cooling is a big issue I could relocate into my old antec 902. But I think I can get pretty good airflow with the N200 if I invest in some decent fans and fill up all the slots.

System spec:
N200 case
i5-4690k
MSI Z97M GAMING Intel Soc ket 1150 Motherboard
G Skill 2x 4GB PC3-19200 DDR3 2400MHz Gaming Memory Kit

Ok, that PCS 290 looks seriously nice. It's absolutely massive though lol - definitely would need to watercool before SLI

Cooling configurator has two of these with the same part number...
Cooling configurator: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ 4GB GDDR5 (AXR9 290 4GBD5-PPDHE)
Cooling configurator: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ 4GB GDDR5 (AXR9 290 4GBD5-PPDHE) - NEW REVISION
And the 'new revision' one doesn't seem to have any compatible full cover waterblocks - I presume that's what everywhere is selling now?

The Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC has no waterblocks either.

But the MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition does have waterblocks; and would match my MSI motherboard (which also claims to automatically overclock MSI cards - could be useful for me as I've never overclocked a videocard before...) (Cooling config link)

Is it a good card?

If I recall correctly the 290 Tri-X is on a reference PCB so a 290 water black will fit it just fine.

I also think the PowerColor cards use Elpida where as the Sapphire uses Hynix. So you have a better chance at higher overclock with the Tri-X.

 

[Resa69]

I would have thought you were right but when Nvidia said it will be faster and cheaper than the 700 series, and now rumours of $500 I'm not so sure now.

Also if it is a big die there must be a lot of cores in there.

There's just so many possibilities... one could say big die = more cores = a big price premium which wouldnt be surprising as weve seen in the past from nvidia (670-680 & 780-titan) but they might be wanting to bring out a card to close the gap between the 780 and 780 ti

 

[bru]

maybe....but I suppose this isn't the thread for that sort of discussion.

Sorry Opening poster for going off topic..

 

[Resa69]

I got a bit to carried away too

Sorry OP