Choosing between 2 Cards....HELP!!!

[chelton85]

AMD Radeon R9 270X OR GeForce GTX 760

Both of these cards fit my price range, which is the better? Or are they fairly on par with each other? They seem to benchmark close to one another. Any suggestions on Cards in the $200-$300 range? Looking for something that can run some of the newer releases this year on higher settings (1080). Any input would be great.

 

[Soulkeeper]

they are pretty close
roughly the same memory bandwidth, roughly the same SP count (although not the same).

In my mind it would come down to which games you plan to play and how they benchmark in those specific titles.
Brand loyalty and price are also fair considerations.

 

[chelton85]

In my mind it would come down to which games you plan to play and how they benchmark in those specific titles.
Brand loyalty and price are also fair considerations.

That's kind of what I was thinking also. Thanks for the input. I may go with which ever is cheaper or has the better promotional offer at the time.

Are either a good investment for future gaming (now-2016) or should I move up a price tier?

 

[Arkadrel]

Think their like around 5-10% or less of one another, performance wise.
Depending on which model you get (ei factory overclocks ect).

760 uses around 150w while gameing.
270x uses around 110w while gameing.

270x has mantle, which could be a thing in the future to look out for.
760 has PhysX.

I may go with which ever is cheaper

Would be my recammendation.

 

[chelton85]

Thanks for the input you guys, I think I've settled on this one here.

Any final opinions? I think I'm going to go ahead and buy.

 

[Zstream]

Get a 270 and just overclock it.

 

[Termie]

The 760 is faster in nearly every single benchmark and costs the same or less. Not sure why everyone is recommending the R9 270X.

 

[mdram]

dont be in a hurry
i picked up a gigabyte r9 270 for 180 last week
they come out in batches
keep an eye on amazon and tiger direct (got mine from tiger)

dont pay the inflated prices

 

[Shmee]

Will you be overclocking? Considering mining? What about specs on the rest of your rig?

Either would be a good card, but depending on what system you currently have in your rig as far as possible bottlenecks, and what you intend to play specifically, and if you will mine or OC, the recommendations could be different.

 

[Jimzz]

The 760 is faster in nearly every single benchmark and costs the same or less. Not sure why everyone is recommending the R9 270X.

Not sure where you get that? They trade blows back and forth there is no clear winner if the price was equal.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1043?vs=1038

Make sure to read the fine print some of those the lower bar is better.

 

[Termie]

Not sure where you get that? They trade blows back and forth there is no clear winner if the price was equal.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1043?vs=1038

Make sure to read the fine print some of those the lower bar is better.

The Anandtech bench has a very limited selection of games, and Company of Heroes is known to be poorly-optimized.

This is probably a bit more accurate: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/R9_270X/26.html

Also, I run my 7870 at 270X speeds, so I actually know how it performs. I would never pay $250 for it.

 

[Keysplayr]

Easily the 760 over the 270X.

 

[nwo]

The 760 is faster in nearly every single benchmark and costs the same or less. Not sure why everyone is recommending the R9 270X.

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Easily the 760 over the 270X.

and this...

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In other words... GTX 760 is clearly the faster card and a better buy. It is cheaper than the 270X. Therefore, unless you are mining and gaming, there is no reason to get a 270X over the GTX 760.

Any suggestions on Cards in the $200-$300 range?

GTX 760 is the fastest gaming card in that price range. You can get a GTX 770 for a bit over $300 if you can find one on sale, but it's only about 20% faster than a GTX 760 so it's not worth the extra $100 in my opinion.

 

[TeknoBug]

Yup I pick GTX760 (I got one), I wouldn't pay more than $200 for a 270X either, considering the original 7870's were $180-200 before. Don't bother with the 4GB version.

 

[3DVagabond]

Get a 270 and just overclock it.

^This.

Oh, and watch out for the people who say you can buy something for $XXX, when you can't.

 

[nwo]

^This.

If the price difference was what it used to be when they first came out and for several weeks thereafter, I would agree with you.

However, with the price difference being only around $10 at most places I have seen, it is simply not worth going with a 270 non X.

 

[3DVagabond]

If the price difference was what it used to be when they first came out and for several weeks thereafter, I would agree with you.

However, with the price difference being only around $10 at most places I have seen, it is simply not worth going with a 270 non X.

For the most part, that's true. Unfortunately even the 270 is getting to be in short supply, and it's driving the prices. If you don't mind pre ordering from Amazon, you can combat that a bit though. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GN5JE6M/?tag=pcpapi-20

I hope people remember Amazon after this supply crunch is over and continue to buy from them. Newegg deserves a good chastising for what they are doing, IMHO. /rant

 

[nwo]

For the most part, that's true. Unfortunately even the 270 is getting to be in short supply, and it's driving the prices. If you don't mind pre ordering from Amazon, you can combat that a bit though. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GN5JE6M/?tag=pcpapi-20

I hope people remember Amazon after this supply crunch is over and continue to buy from them. Newegg deserves a good chastising for what they are doing, IMHO. /rant

Yep, or you can keep an eye out for other etailers like TD which seem to get the 270s in small batches at similar prices to the amazon one you linked.

265s should be released within the next couple of weeks (end of February was the original rumor) which should help offset the demand for 270 non X models and hopefully the price will go back down to sub $200 for the non X.

I actually had that HIS IceQ 270 non X. It was the same exact version. It overclocked like a monster. Was by far the most quiet card I have had, and it was able to get 470+ kH/s for scrypt mining with extremely cool temps! I RMA'd it because it was not compatible with my p67 motherboard and newegg held onto it for a month before I got fed up and changed it to a refund RMA which I'm really starting to regret now.

 

[Zstream]

Sapphire 270 here bought for $189 with bf4. It overclocks like crazy

 

[nwo]

Sapphire 270 here bought for $189 with bf4. It overclocks like crazy

Sapphire cards are legit. Unlike their rebates

 

[FalseChristian]

I like both cards. You can't go wrong with either. nVidia offers much better Tesselation, GPU Boost 2.0, G-Sync (on supported monitors), better drivers. AMD (ATI) offers Mantle (not really useful right now), DirectX 11.2 compliance, TrueAudio and not quite as good drivers.

If you're into mining: AMD
If you're into gaming: nVidia

 

[ShintaiDK]

I like both cards. You can't go wrong with either. nVidia offers much better Tesselation, GPU Boost 2.0, G-Sync (on supported monitors), better drivers. AMD (ATI) offers Mantle (not really useful right now), DirectX 11.2 compliance, TrueAudio and not quite as good drivers.

If you're into mining: AMD
If you're into gaming: nVidia

270X is Pitcairn, no trueaudio. And still no DirectX 11.2 support as far as I know.

The 270X is supposed to be a 199$ card. When in the US, its absolutely no contest at all with the current prices. The GTX760 is the only thing to buy. Only a fool would get the 270X.

 

[inf64]

270X supports both Mantle and DX11.2
http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/r9/Pages/amd-radeon-hd-r9-series.aspx#5 (specifications tab)

 

[ShintaiDK]

270X supports both Mantle and DX11.2
http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/r9/Pages/amd-radeon-hd-r9-series.aspx#5 (specifications tab)

Is there a 11.2 driver yet? Last time I checked AMD didnt have a 11.2 driver. Not even for the 290/290X.

Still, only a fool would buy a 270X at 240-250$ and up.

 

[inf64]

I think latest Cats support DX11.2.

According to techpowerup, at highest(most demanding) settings in games, 760 is around 7% faster than 270X, stock vs stock. Then there is OCing to be considered and Mantle support.

Looking at current newegg prices, cheapest deal for 760 is 230$ (shipping cost included). Best deal for 270x is 250$(free shipping) with BF4 coupon that is worth around ~50$. Counting everything in I don't see how you can call that a bad deal. Mantle is an added bonus and it's not a gimmick, it really works and will be in major game titles in coming years. Plus AMD cards are crushing Nvidia ones in mining so that is another bonus.