Advice for new GPU ( expensive EU :( )

[BaronVonMehl]

Hi guys,

I'm running a fairly old system:

2500k @ 4,9 GHz
8 GB RAM
Gigabyte 660ti OC

I need now for a second rig a new GPU for doing some photoshop stuff, since the old card is a 4890 and consumes too much power for 80% being in idle and it is currently dying.

Either I get a new GPU for arround 300€ for my main rig or I get a cheap one for the second rig.

• R290 PCS+ - 295€
• R290x PCS+ - 350€
• R390 PCS+ - 310€
• R390 Nitro - 340€
• 970 Jetstream - 340€
• 970 Gigabyte G1 - 360€
• 750ti Zotac - 120€
• R360 Gigabyte - 110€

I'm gaming right now at 1080p@60Hz and I can't max BF4 or GTA V. Even Skyrim with mods is lagging.
First I wanted to wait till the shrink in Q02/03 in 2016, but I guess I would be derping arround with upcoming games like Battlefront or Fallout 4 until then.

What would you do?

Thanks and greetings from NL!

 

[RussianSensation]

R390 PCS+ - 310€ + another 8GB of DDR3 if you want to buy right now. If you don't mind the used market, maybe find an after-market 290/290X/970.

Depending on how much you care to get 60 fps @ 1080p in BF4/GTA V asap, you could actually wait until the future games you want to upgrade for actually come out and assess the performance of existing cards. Chances are prices may drop even more by November 10th (FO4's launch date) and Nov 17th (SW:BF's release date). I think if you are OK turning down some settings in BF4/GTA V, might as well upgrade in November because it will allow you to gauge where performance lands in released games which is better than trying to guess.

 

[DustinBrowder]

R390 PCS+ - 310€ looks nice. I don't get why you'd want a low end for a second PC? Just make your main one good.

 

[BaronVonMehl]

Thanks for your replies.

I think if you are OK turning down some settings in BF4/GTA V, might as well upgrade in November because it will allow you to gauge where performance lands in released games which is better than trying to guess.

I'm already playing BF4 with mid/low settings to get stable 60fps and it's ok.
But GTA V with low settings isn't looking nice to be honest.
If I play with mid settings I get drops between 50 fps and 35 fps and horrible tearing appears. I never had such bad tearing as with GTA V and I don't know why. Turning on v-sync gets me some weird feeling playing this game.

I don't know if I should wait. The PCS+ is a temporary offer and the price will rise soon and I don't know how prices will develop here in Europe until November.
Looking at US offers I'm getting really envy.

I already looked at the used market. Mainly there are only offers with reference cards or cards with very bad cooling like Asus.

The cooling of the PCS+ seems to be doing well, but I read in reviews that the memory and voltage chips are getting hot.

R390 PCS+ - 310€ looks nice. I don't get why you'd want a low end for a second PC? Just make your main one good.

Well, I thought about saving money and waiting until new 16/14nm cards arrive with much better performance.
The second rig isn't for gaming, just photoshop and htpc stuff.
But since I have to get a new card ...

 

[SteveGrabowski]

That PCS+ R9 390 is a hell of a deal. For GTA V if you have a 2GB card or better you should use very high textures. GamersNexus did a benchmark where on an R9 270x the performance hit from going to very high from normal textures was really low.

Isn't a GTX 660 Ti pretty close in performance to an R9 270? From the article that image was taken from you can see there is an enormous difference in image quality on very high vs normal textures:

http://www.gamersnexus.net/gg/1907-gta-v-texture-quality-comparison-and-fps-4k

Here is the article they did on overall performance for GTA V:
http://www.gamersnexus.net/game-bench/1909-gta-v-graphics-optimization-guide

Try some of their recommendations before rushing into getting a new card just a couple of months before the new games come out, like RussianSensation was saying.

EDIT: Then again, I do have to say GTA V is extremely impressive when you have the horsepower to turn settings up. I mean it is a jaw dropping game on my system, and an overclocked 2500k and an R9 390 should run the game even better than I can (Xeon E3-1231v3 + GTX 970). So maybe do get the card on second thought, as GTA V is exactly the kind of game we buy high end cards for.

 

[DigDog]

+1 r390

 

[Silverforce11]

R390 PCS+

Powercolor custom coolers are quite good, quiet, cool. I've had a few already.

 

[Nhirlathothep]

Hi guys,

I'm running a fairly old system:

2500k @ 4,9 GHz
8 GB RAM
Gigabyte 660ti OC

I need now for a second rig a new GPU for doing some photoshop stuff, since the old card is a 4890 and consumes too much power for 80% being in idle and it is currently dying.

Either I get a new GPU for arround 300€ for my main rig or I get a cheap one for the second rig.

• R290 PCS+ - 295€
• R290x PCS+ - 350€
• R390 PCS+ - 310€
• R390 Nitro - 340€
• 970 Jetstream - 340€
• 970 Gigabyte G1 - 360€
• 750ti Zotac - 120€
• R360 Gigabyte - 110€

I'm gaming right now at 1080p@60Hz and I can't max BF4 or GTA V. Even Skyrim with mods is lagging.
First I wanted to wait till the shrink in Q02/03 in 2016, but I guess I would be derping arround with upcoming games like Battlefront or Fallout 4 until then.

What would you do?

Thanks and greetings from NL!

here in europe you can buy a gtx 970 gigabyte for 320e
i vote this

 

[dn7309]

R390 PCS+

Powercolor custom coolers are quite good, quiet, cool. I've had a few already.

I think Powercolor coolers are noisy and very inefficient. I have the DEVIL 270X and that thing run at 83 C at 48% fan speed (thats very loud). From my experience, If I buy AMD cards, stick with Sapphire coolers. If buying Nvidia, go with Galaxy coolers.

 

[Silverforce11]

PCS+

That's their good cooler.

 

[dn7309]

PCS+

That's their good cooler.

I thought the Devil is their cream of the crop card

 

[Silverforce11]

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/powercolor_devil_r9_270x/14.htm

Seems fine but I have a few PCS+ cards already and they were all good, quieter than 2 fans on Sapphire or MSI.

But OP should read reviews to ensure it fits what he needs.

 

[Zanovar]

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/powercolor_devil_r9_270x/14.htm

Seems fine but I have a few PCS+ cards already and they were all good, quieter than 2 fans on Sapphire or MSI.

But OP should read reviews to ensure it fits what he needs.

A decent cooler for sure,needs some work though.i wasnt happy with mine until i messed around with the fan curve.

 

[vissarix]

Hi guys,

I'm running a fairly old system:

2500k @ 4,9 GHz
8 GB RAM
Gigabyte 660ti OC

I need now for a second rig a new GPU for doing some photoshop stuff, since the old card is a 4890 and consumes too much power for 80% being in idle and it is currently dying.

Either I get a new GPU for arround 300€ for my main rig or I get a cheap one for the second rig.

• R290 PCS+ - 295€
• R290x PCS+ - 350€
• R390 PCS+ - 310€
• R390 Nitro - 340€
• 970 Jetstream - 340€
• 970 Gigabyte G1 - 360€
• 750ti Zotac - 120€
• R360 Gigabyte - 110€

I'm gaming right now at 1080p@60Hz and I can't max BF4 or GTA V. Even Skyrim with mods is lagging.
First I wanted to wait till the shrink in Q02/03 in 2016, but I guess I would be derping arround with upcoming games like Battlefront or Fallout 4 until then.

What would you do?

Thanks and greetings from NL!

Get the gtx970 G1, its the best card on the list, it has alot of OC potential runs cooler and is less power hungry, driver support is better on every aspect aswell....and then Q1 2016 get a new nvidia pascal gpu 2x performance of the gtx970 at around 300$...

 

[BaronVonMehl]

woah, thanks for your replies guys :$

I'll go with the 390 PCS+, it got nice reputation in reviews and the new bios fixes noise issues @ load.

and then Q1 2016 get a new nvidia pascal gpu 2x performance of the gtx970 at around 300$...

are you sure? I thought new GPUs will arrive Q02/Q03.

 

[Headfoot]

390 pcs+