Need a new GPU for my workstation computer and it's a toss up between these two:
Gigabyte AMD Radeon 8GB R9 390 G1 Gaming that I can get for £264
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB G1 Gaming for £276.
Pros of the AMD card is that it has a newer implementation of Windforce fans - it only has two of them (so it's shorter), has two extra LEDs that I like (silent + stop indicators), and has 8GB memory. It is also faster than a stock 970 at 1440p, which is what I will be using.
Pros of the Nvidia card are that it'll overclock really good whilst taking a lot less power, and this means it'll push out less heat. I think acoustics of both cards will be pretty similar, but I can't find a review of the Gigabyte AMD Radeon 8GB R9 390 G1 Gaming anywhere so can't be sure.
EDIT: I'm currently leaning more towards the Nvidia card but would like to support AMD
Are you comfortable building your own? There are videos in the second post.
He asked for a new CPU.
He didn't ask for a cheap new CPU.
I could play this off as DDR4 pricing moving forward (since would you really want DDR3?) but no I'm just stupid. I didn't even have that much to drink last night. It's weird since I remember glazing over articles a few days about this and thinking about the X99 replacement and Skylake.
I could play this off as DDR4 pricing moving forward (since would you really want DDR3?) but no I'm just stupid. I didn't even have that much to drink last night. It's weird since I remember glazing over articles a few days about this and thinking about the X99 replacement and Skylake.
Somehow I feel the systems will cost a bit more. If you look at Z97 mobo costs they've come down $10-$30 since launch so that cost difference will be included and no CPU deals or coupons commonly $10 or $20 there also. Toss in DDR4 on top of it and it's a decent chunk more. I'm sure we'll get some DDR3 vs DDR4 testing out soon, hopefully with frame times.
Just make sure your screws are on well. Normal. There are a few cases that have a bracer for the GPU and you can buy something to prop it up too.
The pricing I mentioned is going back to launch pricing ($130 vs $100 for a Z97 for example). But relatively it'll be higher.
Not really, just clean that dust off. Water can often idle higher and load temps should be pretty close if you are on current Intel chips.
The appeal of the 390/390X is pretty slim to me. Same as the OP I'd got for a used/new 290, a 970 or a 980Ti and each has their own price bracket so you pick based off budget.
Hookup the drive to the Marvell port and run the crystal disk test in the OP. Personally for your setup, it's not needed since you are only running raid for HDD. HDDs barely hit the limited on 1.5GB Sata1 (150MB/s). On a 3GB Sata2 (300MB/s), any HDD will be way below the limit and be fine. Now, if you are running raid 0 SSD, that's a different story since they can max out 6GB SATA3 (600MB/s).
Switching ports won't change how Windows sees your drives. You just have to be careful to point your Bios to load up the drive with the Windows boot loader data as the first priority otherwise you will get a "no OS found" error during startup.
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I did say GPUs in the OP. Both the 750Ti and 760 aren't very value competitive vs the 265 and the 280. If you can fit a 280 you are super golden. That's a ridiculous amount of computer for $600...
New chips and mobos in 1-2 months with DDR4 will be a better bet if you don't want to wait another year (or more barring delays). Air Fury or 980Ti or two should be a good start.
Who said anything about the games? VR porn is what everyone is excited about. I'll play games on my g-sync monitor and watch VR porn on my RIFT and Vive.
Someone needs to confirm DSR works with it, I'm not having any jaggies since those devs can't into AA
XFX has been around a long time, but then moved to AMD cards only and then they had some issues with their 7950 (and 70?) coolers. They are fine and still do the good warranty policy iirc.
