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Looking for a good videocard for my new computer

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  • 28-04-2015 10:25pm
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    Asmooh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭


    Hi, I just ordered the following from Holland (will be delivered tomorrow at my adress in Holland) and the only thing i'm looking for is a good videocard.
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X Killer
    Kingston HyperX FURY Black Series DDR3 8GB- Geheugen
    Kingston HyperX FURY Black Series DDR3 8GB- Geheugen
    Kingston HyperX FURY Black Series DDR3 8GB- Geheugen
    Kingston HyperX FURY Black Series DDR3 8GB- Geheugen
    Intel Core i7-4790 Boxed
    Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition
    Thermaltake SMART SE 730W - Voeding ( intern )
    Samsung 850 EVO Series - Solid state drive
    WD Red WD10EFRX 1TB- Vaste schijf

    I was looking into:
    Asus STRIX-GTX980-DC2OC-4GD5


    But is there a better videocard for about the same price (600 euros) ?


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    Lu Tze
    Registered Users Posts: 3,495 ✭✭✭Lu Tze


    Whats the new monitor? What resolution is it?

    If its 1080p/60htz you wont see a big difference in performance between the GTX980 and the much more reasonably priced GTX970 and R9 290, so could saved yourself a bit of cash.


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    Asmooh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭Asmooh


    Lu Tze wrote:
    If its 1080p/60htz you wont see a big difference in performance between the GTX980 and the much more reasonably priced GTX970 and R9 290, so could saved yourself a bit of cash.

    At the moment 1080p but will be upgrading to 4k later this year


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    Asmooh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭Asmooh


    will the R9 290X be good enough for blackops 3?


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    Zillah
    Registered Users Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    Good Lord, what is that monstrosity costing you?


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    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    Crossfire AMD cards are preferable to nVidia at high resolutions like 4K. 290s are about 580 to crossfire iirc, 290x are about 700 a pair.

    Even single card setups, AMD outperform nVidia at anything above 1440p.


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    Asmooh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭Asmooh


    Zillah wrote: »
    Good Lord, what is that monstrosity costing you?

    I paid 1542,30 exc 6,95 shipping and excluding videocard


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    Asmooh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭Asmooh


    Digital Solitude wrote: »
    Crossfire AMD cards are preferable to nVidia at high resolutions like 4K. 290s are about 580 to crossfire iirc, 290x are about 700 a pair.

    Even single card setups, AMD outperform nVidia at anything above 1440p.

    I was thinking of keeping it single for now if i get this one:

    Club 3D Radeon R9 290X 4GB royalAce 290,00

    the good thing is, i can sent things back and change my order even the parts already arrived :) my aunt sent the psu back and I will be getting the: Sea Sonic Platinum Series 760 - Voeding ( intern ) instead :)

    So i paid a bit more for getting this one, but my friend said it should get this one instead of the thermaltake i got before.


    About the case, well I havn't seen it yet.. it looks cool on pictures but if I dont like it I can just sent it back and take another case :)
    will be in Holland next week so I will see what of the parts I do and Don't like


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    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    Single card will do you, getting about 60fps (not as important at 4k) will need an SLI/CF

    http://www.eteknix.com/4k-gaming-showdown-amd-r9-290x-crossfire-vs-nvidia-gtx-780-ti-sli/10/

    There's a source for that I said, CF 290x match 780Ti SLI at half the price, and outperform a Titan


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    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    Assuming you're buying from hwvs? XFX Double Dissipation might be worth €20 for cooling, unless you already have a good set up


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    Asmooh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭Asmooh


    Digital Solitude wrote: »
    Single card will do you, getting about 60fps (not as important at 4k) will need an SLI/CF

    http://www.eteknix.com/4k-gaming-showdown-amd-r9-290x-crossfire-vs-nvidia-gtx-780-ti-sli/10/

    There's a source for that I said, CF 290x match 780Ti SLI at half the price, and outperform a Titan

    hmmm not bad :) i think i will get the 290x instead


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    Asmooh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭Asmooh


    Digital Solitude wrote: »
    Assuming you're buying from hwvs? XFX Double Dissipation might be worth €20 for cooling, unless you already have a good set up

    No i buy from a dutch store :)


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    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    Ah okay, that's just where I was pulling my prices from. Don't recommend Sapphire cards, way expensive for realistically the same thing.


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    Asmooh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭Asmooh


    Digital Solitude wrote: »
    Ah okay, that's just where I was pulling my prices from. Don't recommend Sapphire cards, way expensive for realistically the same thing.

    yeah i know :)
    well its about the same in holland, some parts are cheaper but I also have a dutch adres so I can get the parts there, put it together and sent it over to HP (my work) pick it up there :)

    only thing I will not build in is the HDD, will take it back by plane :)


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    Recurve360
    Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭Recurve360


    Only Think I see wrong with that is the WD Red. Not really worth getting a red forsuch a low capacity. Plus 1TB by todays standards wont last long. Is there any reason you need 32GB ram? Just wondering because i use ram heavy applications and I only have 32. The cost of 32gb outweighs the rewards. If you drop the extra 16gb you could have put it into gfx budget and get a 295x2


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    Asmooh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭Asmooh


    Recurve360 wrote:
    Only Think I see wrong with that is the WD Red. Not really worth getting a red forsuch a low capacity. Plus 1TB by todays standards wont last long. Is there any reason you need 32GB ram? Just wondering because i use ram heavy applications and I only have 32. The cost of 32gb outweighs the rewards. If you drop the extra 16gb you could have put it into gfx budget and get a 295x2

    The red is way more stable and less chance for losing data which is important for me.
    I don't even need 1TB I could handle 250/500GB without any issue.

    Well I can still get a 295x2 if I want to, money isn't the issue really


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    #17
    Asmooh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭Asmooh


    changed my mind! will be getting a 390x instead :)


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