GPU upgrade 7950 to GTX or R9 ???

stylie

Hi,

I cant make my mind up. I have an Amazon voucher for €250 and I am thinking the GPU would make a sensible upgrade, the SSD needs love too but thats for another day.
I cant figure out what to do, get a 290X for close to the voucher amount or throw a ton plus at it and get a GTX 970 ?

Any help appreciated.

Ninjah Tigah

You can get a 290x for nearly 250? You sure it's not a 290? The Gtx 970 is the king for price-performance atm and beats the 290x for a cheaper price among many things.

stylie

Ok slight exaggeration when I said the 290x was close to the voucher but I saw this one and was looking at the price off and not paying attention to the currency
http://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-290X-GAMING-Graphics-PCI-E/dp/B00HQJBWIM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1415025264&sr=8-2&keywords=290x

Ninjah Tigah

stylie wrote: »

Ok slight exaggeration when I said the 290x was close to the voucher but I saw this one and was looking at the price off and not paying attention to the currency
http://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-290X-GAMING-Graphics-PCI-E/dp/B00HQJBWIM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1415025264&sr=8-2&keywords=290x

Yeah, I'd get the 290x if I were you then. Pretty hard to argue with that price.

Keep in mind that the 290x's power-draw is much higher than the 970's and if you're planning on going for a dual gpu config I'd go with the 970.

stylie

the 970's lower heat and lower power has my head turned tbh. Unless anyone can point me different?

Ninjah Tigah

Oh by all means, 970 is a perfectly good card, I myself have two of them and wouldn't have gotten them if I thought they weren't attractive. However, in a situation where it's £30 more and you wont be doing sli/crossfire, I can't see much of an improvement, slight performance boost indeed but worth £30? If it is to you, of course, by all means, the 970 is perfect.

BloodBath

That 290x is too expensive. You can get gtx 970's for that money which are a much better buy. The standard 290's are where you get the best price/performance in the high end.

The 970 is easily worth £30 more for the higher performance and lower noise and power consumption although you can get 970's for the same price.

Ninjah Tigah

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00NOP536Y/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

If I had seen that... :P

stylie

Talking to customer services Amazon will have that exact one the last week of this month. I think i should hold on for it, ticks every box

.G.

I bought a Gigabyte GTX970 the other day from pixmania.ie for €344 including delivery. That included a 5% off discount code. Worth a look if they are still doing it.

Dermighty

A friend bought an Asus 970 and he's very happy with it. £250.

EoinHef

Dermighty wrote: »

A friend bought an Asus 970 and he's very happy with it. £250.

Care to link where he got it for that price?

Dermighty

EoinHef wrote: »

Care to link where he got it for that price?

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