#5

thats what i was thinking was a 390. I love my motherboard, so not upgrading it.

#6

My brother has one currently, and it performs extremely well.

#7

i’ll probably upgrade my monitor too, to 1440. maybe even 4k.

#8

What kind of monitor do you have now? Honestly, I’m more of a framerate guy than resolution.

#9

22" AOC at 1920x1080
its a great monitor, not a thing wrong with it.

#10

60hz?

#11

of course.

#12

Ah. Ever tried a higher framerate monitor before? I think there’s 144hz 1440p monitors out there. You should consider getting one.

#13

I am considering it. As I said, ^here.

#14

I was more referring to the 144hz part but yeah, I know.

#15

GTX 980 and R9 390X are not pricepoint fighting, that would be GTX 980 vs R9 Fury.

The Fury beats the 980 in most cases but the 980 is better at overclocking.
It’s really just what you prefer and what you get a good price for.

Ween it comes to 390 vs 390X I personaly would and will go for a 390 unless the 390X is on sale.

Also get yourself an SSD if you don’t have one.

Edit: if you go 1440p and spend about 600 bucks go for the 390X so you can get the most out of it.
I would strongly advice this monitor for 1440p AMD gaming:

#16

my desk fits my tower/keyboard and a 22’ monitor.

#17

If you can’t fit a monitor bigger then 22’ don’t switch to 1440p as it’s only worth it if you use a 27’ monitor, 27’ is the sweet spot for 1440p.

#18

I mean i could, but thats just way to big when my face is a foot away.

#19

Then stick to 1080p 22-23’ and your problem is solved, or buy a new table.

Have you decided on what GPU to get?

#20

i just wanted higher detail:( almost definitely a 390. should be good enough for anything since no hairworks.

#21

390 will do you good, I’d recommend either Sapphire or MSI.

Well the problem is that detail need to be on a bigger screen otherwise you “won’t” see a diffrence, don’t think mutch about that now and just focus on your GPU and go from there.

#22

My 1440x900 resolution is still big enough to see pixelation in most textures for modern games. I can imagine that it can still easily be seen at 1080p.

#23

One of the things absent from this conversation, on the nVidia side, is DSR. What DSR (Dynamic Super Resolution) does is render the scene in 4k then shrinks it down to the resolution of your monitor. Here is the link directly to nVidia’s explanation of DSR:

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/dsr/technology

Be aware that DSR does require a bit more graphics horsepower.

So, If you are wanting higher detail then purchase an nVidia based video card to use with your current 1080p monitor.

In the event someone decides to inject negativity into this thread, let me be clear on something: I own a nVidia GTX Titan X (Primary Rig), AMD 390X (Secondary Rig), and a AMD 7970 (Home Server). I use what works for the purpose I intend it to be used for. Nothing more, nothing less. If a graphics adapter from one company performs better than one from another then I use it. Vice versa. I’m no fanboy, per se, of any manufacturer.

#24

Isn’t that the same as downscaling a resolution, or basically FSAA with more control? Or is there something that makes it different from those?