7970 to r9 380x ?

[jamiehard1989]

Is it worth going to a r9 380x from a 7970 @1200/1500

[kalniel]

Is it worth going to a r9 380x from a 7970 @1200/1500

Not enough information to answer the question.

Need to know what resolution, what games, and what your threshold for worth is.

[jamiehard1989]

1920x1080 60hz but i been using vsr to 2560x1440, i mainly play bf4, batman, shadow or mordor and not looking to spend more that £170.

[kalniel]

1920x1080 60hz but i been using vsr to 2560x1440, i mainly play bf4, batman, shadow or mordor and not looking to spend more that £170.

And how much of an improvement do you need to see for it to be worth it to you?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The R9 380X is basically a slightly faster HD7970GE with improved tessellation, improved VR support,improved OpenCL support and better DX12 performance.

However it's not massively faster - I would be more inclined to wait for Polaris.

[DanceswithUnix]

Is it worth going to a r9 380x from a 7970 @1200/1500

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1495?vs=1592

[kalniel]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1495?vs=1592

That's quite telling. I'd back the 380X to benefit a little more from improvements going forward, but the gains are basically negligible. If you had to have VR/Freesync then maybe.

[jamiehard1989]

I did have xfire with a 7950 with both clocks at 1100/1500 but sold the 7950 for £75 today and looking at them results, i say its not worth going to the 380x really is it.

No vr or freesync for the time being.

[DanceswithUnix]

Even with Freesync I would doubt the usefulness of an upgrade.

I have been playing Elite Dangerous, and have switched from fullscreen mode which should have FreeSync enabled to "borderless windowed" because in that mode I can use my second monitor in a fairly natural way. I still have 144Hz fixed sync, I can't really feel any difference. If I have better than an R9 285 then perhaps the freesync would be more benefit, but with the monitor starting a new frame every 7ms I'm not losing much.

[kalniel]

. I still have 144Hz fixed sync, I can't really feel any difference. If I have better than an R9 285 then perhaps the freesync would be more benefit, but with the monitor starting a new frame every 7ms I'm not losing much.

If your 285 can keep the ouput that high then there won't be a benefit from freesync. Even if it can't, you're dropping to 77fps and then 50fps for each additional frame missed which is plenty quick for a non-twitch game.

[DanceswithUnix]

If your 285 can keep the ouput that high then there won't be a benefit from freesync. Even if it can't, you're dropping to 77fps and then 50fps for each additional frame missed which is plenty quick for a non-twitch game.

I doubt it can keep up with 144Hz, so I expect I am switching between 77fps and 50fps all the time, kind of a poor man's variable sync

In a twitch game I doubt I would care so much about having a browser open on a second screen. Having live trading info, group chat etc open is worth way more than variable sync on Elite though.

[jigger]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1495?vs=1592

That's quite telling. I'd back the 380X to benefit a little more from improvements going forward, but the gains are basically negligible. If you had to have VR/Freesync then maybe.

Maybe some months back. Seems with todays drivers the 380X has gained more performance and is a little faster then a 280X, thats a little faster than a HD7970.

[jamiehard1989]

Little update i picked up a 290x for £125

[DanceswithUnix]

Maybe some months back. Seems with todays drivers the 380X has gained more performance and is a little faster then a 280X, thats a little faster than a HD7970.

The headline "60% performance increase" in the latest drivers were just fixing the GCN1.2 cards that were awful on those couple of games though.