Conina on 01 January 2015
| Captain_Tom said: P.S. Get an R9 290 over a 970. It is the same performance for 20% less... |
When I bought my GTX 970 for €290 (taxes + shipping included) directly at launch, it was cheaper than ANY available R9 290... even the cheapest 290s with the unbearably loud standard fan.
AMD had to slash its profit margin since then and lower the prices for the 280 and 290 models due to the lower demand. IMHO the GTX970 is still the better deal than a R9 290 or R9 290X... more VRAM, less power consumption, less heat to exhaust.
And the performance depends totally on individual games and settings... in most games, the 970 is between 290 and 290x, in some games/settings slower than a 290 and in some games way faster than a 290x.
