Some glaring issues here. 22 watts in-game is enough "efficiency" to recommend the 970 over Hawaii refresh despite lower FPS??? - shill harder... 260x is mentioned, but not the 290/290x? I've used all three and I applaud the mention of Bonaire XTX, that said, why no mention of Hawaii? In the last two months Newegg has had the XFX Black Edition 290x(lifetime warranty) for $259 and a Sapphire reference 290 for $220. Want more efficiency? Use Afterburner to reduce maximum power to -20/25% without having to reduce the clockspeed and/or use frame limiting to match max monitor refresh.
Also, if you discuss price to performance and don't include Freesync vs Gsync you are leaving a really big piece of the budget puzzle out of the picture - booooo.
Try this:
<$650 - 980ti
<$550 - Fury Pro
<$400 - 390x
<$300 - 290x
<$250 - 290 (AIB $240ish, Reference $220)
<$200 - 380*(290 @ $220 crushes this though)
$100 to $200 cards are currently terrible value propositions courtesy of reduced fps per dollar and lack of Freesync(which, sadly, would benefit these lower tiers the most...)
<$100 - 260x
Also, if you discuss price to performance and don't include Freesync vs Gsync you are leaving a really big piece of the budget puzzle out of the picture - booooo.
Try this:
<$650 - 980ti
<$550 - Fury Pro
<$400 - 390x
<$300 - 290x
<$250 - 290 (AIB $240ish, Reference $220)
<$200 - 380*(290 @ $220 crushes this though)
$100 to $200 cards are currently terrible value propositions courtesy of reduced fps per dollar and lack of Freesync(which, sadly, would benefit these lower tiers the most...)
<$100 - 260x