Help me decide!

[Brandensbeast]

Ok, so I havent posted on here in a while but i've been lurking around, possibly rebuilding my pc in maybe a month or so, keeping some parts and getting new ones right now my question is 970 or r9 390? just about the same price currently. The 390 has 8 gigs but almost double the power usage for maybe 15% more performance roughly, I'll be keeping my cx600 power supply when I upgrade. Get a r9 390 or 970? (this log will be updated regularly with parts being bought etc)

 

[bob4933]

With that cpu, 970 all day.

 

[Brandensbeast]

I'd be upgrading to a 4790k, like i said, only parts keeping from my sig is case hard drive and power supply.

 

[caddi daddi]

if your monitor is 1080 or less the 970 is the better choice, with my 1440 monitor the 970 will struggle a little at times.
your a8-6600K is the bottle neck for you, and will be more of a bottle neck with the new card, I use one of those also, you need a good cooler and get it clocked to 4.5.

 

[Brandensbeast]

You guys are missing the point :/ like i've said before everything will be new besides psu case and hard drive (ssd will be boot drive) even though i'm running dual 1080p monitors I still feel the 390 would be a better choice, but that's what I want your guys opinions on. The card must be a bit louder aswell right?

 

[bob4933]

You didn't say anything about a 4790k nor dual monitor. Obvious answer is obvious.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

970.

 

[Brandensbeast]

So why not the 390 if it's only a couple bucks more and performs better? serious question.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Last I checked they were roughly the same performance, but the 970 uses half the power and has better driver support.

 

[Brandensbeast]

But it has double the memory? Would that not be better for future proofing?

 

[ATMINSIDE]

But it has double the memory? Would that not be better for future proofing?

With you on 1080p it won't matter.