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Okay guys, im having trouble finding which GPU to buy,so here is my problem.

Im having a very hard time deciding which GPU to buy in my country.

Now since I dont live in USA and if i did I would have already bought myself GTX 980 Ti, but unfortunately since i live in Europe here the VAT is 20% of US price tag + local country tax, and GPU are seriously overpriced.

Now I have 4 choices on what GPU I want to buy:

- R9 290 (X), the cheapest one here is Asus which is 326 Euro (343 Euro)

-R9 390 (X), the cheaperst one here is Gigabyte which is 388 Euro (Powercolor 497 Euro)

- GTX 980, the cheapest one here is Palit which is 564 Euro (663$)

- GTX 980 Ti and R9 Fury X, the bane of my wallet, the cheapest ones are 700 euros ( for reference GTX 980 Ti) 720 Euros for Fury X and 730 Euros for cheapest non reference GTX 980 Ti which is MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming

So as you can see the prices are clearly ripping the money out of my pocket because of how much they are, and while I have the money to buy either one of them I really dont want to feel like im being ripped off even though that is how market here works.

I have also another list of things which will hopefully help you guys determine which GPU I should buy, as to see what is better for me.

1) I just bought Asus MG279Q monitor, im aiming towards 1440p gameplay.(I did not buy this monitor for its Freesync feature)

2) I play a a little modern games but I always play them atleast once, (Witcher 3, Batman AK etc...), but when I do i would rather like to max them out.

3) The games I currently mostly play are not so much demanding and but I would like to play them at 4K VSR, DSR:

-WoW
-Dota 2
-CS GO
-Starcraft 2
-Diablo
-Skyrim
-MK X

and some others too.

Hopefully i have given you guys enough info to make your decision, this is really confusing for me since I have never been buying PC components for so much money, and I dont know which one is more worth it than the other.
If you have any questions for anything else, let me know,thanks.
 
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Okay guys, im having trouble finding which GPU to buy,so here is my problem.

Im having a very hard time deciding which GPU to buy in my country.

Now since I dont live in USA and if i did I would have already bought myself GTX 980 Ti, but unfortunately since i live in Europe here the VAT is 20% of US price tag + local country tax, and GPU are seriously overpriced.

Now I have 4 choices on what GPU I want to buy:

- R9 290 (X), the cheapest one here is Asus which is 326 Euro (343 Euro)

-R9 390 (X), the cheaperst one here is Gigabyte which is 388 Euro (Powercolor 497 Euro)

- GTX 980, the cheapest one here is Palit which is 564 Euro (663$)

- GTX 980 Ti and R9 Fury X, the bane of my wallet, the cheapest ones are 700 euros ( for reference GTX 980 Ti) 720 Euros for Fury X and 730 Euros for cheapest non reference GTX 980 Ti which is MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming

So as you can see the prices are clearly ripping the money out of my pocket because of how much they are, and while I have the money to buy either one of them I really dont want to feel like im being ripped off even though that is how market here works.

I have also another list of things which will hopefully help you guys determine which GPU I should buy, as to see what is better for me.

1) I just bought Asus MG279Q monitor, im aiming towards 1440p gameplay.(I did not buy this monitor for its Freesync feature)

2) I play a a little modern games but I always play them atleast once, (Witcher 3, Batman AK etc...), but when I do i would rather like to max them out.

3) The games I currently mostly play are not so much demanding and but I would like to play them at 4K VSR, DSR:

-WoW
-Dota 2
-CS GO
-Starcraft 2
-Diablo
-Skyrim
-MK X

and some others too.

Hopefully i have given you guys enough info to make your decision, this is really confusing for me since I have never been buying PC components for so much money, and I dont know which one is more worth it than the other.
If you have any questions for anything else, let me know,thanks.
Well since you have Freesync it is at least worth considering it as its a cool tech (Like G-Sync). However based on your prices I have a few suggestions:

Why not just the Plane R9 Fury, I found this one for 489 which is a pretty choice card at that price.
If your just shooting for price savings, look for an R9 290X as they can be had for quite cheap right now and will support everything.
With the games you have selected, I can safely say any of the choices you have will play at max setting so its really up to you how much you want to spend (or if you want to take advantage of Freesync and the 144hz). Personally for me, I would probably buy that Fury I listed if you can just for the amount of power and performance you get from it (Especially if you want to use DSR which the HBM memory like higher resolutions).

What site are you looking to purchase from?
 
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Yeah I wanted also tot take Fury but the problem is AMD's stock , because In my country these GPU's never arrived and to wait even more is frustrating.Also I think that if it even arrives here it will be somewhere 600- 650 Euro.
 
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Ohhhhhh, that explains a lot because I was about to say UK prices normally are not that high.

In that case, I would say unless you really want to spend money and especially considering the game you play I would go for the R9 390. It will do 1440p (even 144hz) well with the game choices on ultra, you can use the Freesync, and its inexpensive compared to the others while containing an overkill amount of VRAM. I think that would suit you best and would not break the bank (At stock its already pretty close to a GTX 980 at 1440p so for the price difference it will be worth it).
 
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The games you listed as your primary choices are not that demanding, but modern AAA games maxed out would definitely need a 980ti in 1440p. Are you sure you don't want to use Freesync?
 
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Im sure, all I wanted was IPS with 1440p and 144Hz and I got it , the Freesync was just a bonus , and Im not biased on any side either NVIDIA or AMD , I just want to play with best (or enough).
 

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Hmm thanks, any other suggestions ?

I know that SC2 and CSGO are of no challenge to all of the graphics cards you have listed. For chrissakes, I do 144fps @ 1080p with an R7 265. However, I am not so sure about Skyrim. For the not-so-demanding titles, even the 290 should meet your expectations nicely @ 1440P, but 4K DSR might be stretching it a bit. If I remember correctly, AMD's equivalent of DSR is still pretty new in the drivers and may not be 100% free of bugginess. As said above, 4K DSR may not be possible for games like BF4 for example. I would prefer it if you bought a Fury or GTX 980 Ti, but obviously your budget doesn't allow for that. You might want to settle for a 290 / 290X and try your luck at OC if you find the performance to be a bit too low.

I was looking at buying a R9 390 (X) 8GB ram or 3x Crossfire R9 280 (X) 3GB ram still thinking on it :/

Not sure how this is even relevant. Shouldn't you be making your own thread?
 
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I can buy GTX 980 Ti and Fury its just the problem is that i am wondering is it worth it to give that much for those GPU's because iI can buy them, I just dont want to see GTX 980 Ti performance on a 1060 Pascal GPU (equivalent of GTX 960).
 

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I can buy GTX 980 Ti and Fury its just the problem is that i am wondering is it worth it to give that much for those GPU's because iI can buy them, I just dont want to see GTX 980 Ti performance on a 1060 Pascal GPU (equivalent of GTX 960).

If you keep thinking like that, you'll never end up buying any graphics card. Then by that logic, the 290X will end up being bested by a low-end Pascal GPU with 860 CUDA cores. Pointless. My 280X is a hair faster than a GTX 960 with a measly 128-bit GDDR5 bus; you don't see me complaining.

Do you want to play most games with ease at 1440p, 4K DSR and eye candy up with some AAA exceptions, or do you want to play, essentially, all games with 4K DSR with ease? That is the question. I don't know why DSR is such a big deal; before we have mastered all types of AA without serious performance hits, I fail to see the importance of DSR, which takes an even bigger performance hit while providing less benefit than regular AA. The 290X/390X/980 segment is aimed at comfortably handling 1440p.
 
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Its the former , I would rather play all new games at 1440p at ease with 60+ FPS (or even 50+) and old games at 4K with DSR,VSR. Also the only reason why I would use DSR or VSR is because of downsampling those pixels.
 

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Its the former , I would rather play all new games at 1440p at ease with 60+ FPS (or even 50+) and old games at 4K with DSR,VSR. Also the only reason why I would use DSR or VSR is because of downsampling those pixels.

OK. Now that we're clear, the GB 390X looks ok. The Powercolor is definitely not worth the huge price premium. Maybe if it is was one of the cheaper options. Powercolor is one of those generic brands that is actually owned by the same company as 3 other generic brands and offers absolutely nothing special in terms of warranty, performance and quality (coolers). Otherwise, if you want to save as much money as possible, the 290X is there for you. If I remember correctly, the Asus 290X is the DCII which was a pretty solid card (as long as it didn't suffer from severe artifacting like the DCII 280X, which I think it didn't)
 
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The thing what I m wondering is that the 390 (or X) would not be enough for future games to be maxed out at 1440p (without aa) at 60+ FPS.
 

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The thing what I m wondering is that the 390 (or X) would not be enough for future games to be maxed out at 1440p (without aa) at 60+ FPS.

Unfortunately, you'd need a time machine and that is technology beyond the realm of AMD :)

Games could get more and more optimized by utilizing more of DirectX 12's features, and GPUs might become progressively more advanced with delta color compression technologies. On the other hand, devs could get lazier and lazier (hey DICE, what would YOU do?) and games could become exponentially more taxing on hardware. No one knows. There are those who dwell on the past and those who live in the present; you are surely one who lives in the future.
 

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Good to hear , altough I have been planning to upgrade to Skylake once it is released , does anyone think it would be a beneficial for those CPU games like WoW, SC2, CS GO etc...
 
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I can buy GTX 980 Ti and Fury its just the problem is that i am wondering is it worth it to give that much for those GPU's because iI can buy them, I just dont want to see GTX 980 Ti performance on a 1060 Pascal GPU (equivalent of GTX 960).
Well again you need to look at the games you play and go from there. All the games you listed are not very demanding even with 1440p and DSR to where any of these GPU's will have a problem.

Its not worth investing a fortune into a GPU at this point and I would just look for what will provide a great value. Personally I still say stick with something like the 390 because its price to performance compared to the others is pretty high on the list (Heck the 290 is pretty good as well but I would get the "newer" card). If you want to invest in a GTX 980ti, you can and I am sure you would be happy, just to me even when you include the games and settings of what you play, you will probably end up with the same (Or better with Freesync which personally I love both G-Sync and Freesync after experiencing both) for less money with something like the 390, 390X, or GTX 980.

As for your i5, I would not worry about updating it until possibly skylake but wait to see what the performance is like. Most people I know with Sandy-Bridge processors are still going Ultra in every game without even a hint of trouble (Especially because those chips are great overclockers!).
 
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The 390 GPU is best for what you want, in your situation. Single card performance is very good. Remember that you can always add a second one for crossfire at a later date.

Skylake will be a faster CPU than your i5-2500K is. It will have new instruction sets and will be compatible with the latest features in new games.
But the i5-2500K is still relevant and will work well for you until you're ready to upgrade.
 

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Good to hear , altough I have been planning to upgrade to Skylake once it is released , does anyone think it would be a beneficial for those CPU games like WoW, SC2, CS GO etc...

You know what, that is actually a good question. For some reason, I find that SC2 is very CPU-bound. As more units start coming onscreen, the framerate begins dropping from its usual 140fps+. Granted, in ladder you are unlikely to run into problems, but in custom games, especially where the unit cap is greater than 200, framerate begins tanking. This is very evident on my i3-4160, which generally handles games very well. Against 3 Elite+ AI with 2 Elite+ AI on my team and a nearly 200/200 army of my own as a test (or one of those 4 humans vs 11 AI maps), even my i7-4790K combined with my 280X cannot keep up and framerate is in the 10s and 20s when the fight happens. My i3-4160 succumbs to sub-10fps framerates in this scenario, even with the 280X. By contrast, my R7 265 can keep up just fine and provide 10-20fps when combined with my i7-4790K. Just something to think about.

MMOs tend to be more CPU-based and have next to no GPU requirements when it comes to us enthusiasts. Skylake is rumored to come with mostly GPU improvements, since there is only so much Intel can do with a laggy 14nm node. You shouldn't have any problems. Bigger titles are a mixed bag; FC4 is a little more picky for more powerful CPUs like the 4790K, all while being GPU-reliant and hungry on RAM too. GTA V is well-optimized and the i3-4160 does just as well as my 4790K.

However, you don't seem to be having any problems with these games so I'd say there won't be any problems and upgrading to Skylake will be a matter of getting DDR4 and updated storage solutions instead.
 
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The R9-390 will work well with Skylake and you can try out Freesync to see if you like its features.

You'll have the screen and the card, so why not check it out?
 
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What is displeasing to me about R9 390 is that it is refresh of R9 290 but I might give it a try though I'm still researching.
 

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