evga 750 ti SC or r9 270 oc for my 1st gen i3?

[odanobunaga]

my rig
i3 540
4gb ram
corsair 550w
palit gtx 750 ti (brand new)
i plan to exchange my palit to a
evga 750 ti superclock http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=02G-P4-3753-KR
or
r9 270 oc http://www.amazon.com/PowerColor-270.../dp/B00HRSGO9O

i know that the r9 270 will be bottleneck by my i3 540 but if it will give me more performance i'm leaning on buying it because their price is identical.

which of the two should i pick?

 

[RussianSensation]

Some games will still be GPU limited. I would say unless power usage is utmost inportant or you play a game that heavily favours NV (AC Unity or WoW), I would take the R9 270 as it does have potential for being up to 31% faster in GPU limited cases.
http://www.computerbase.de/2014-09/...vidia/6/#diagramm-rating-1920-1080-4xaa-16xaf

Worst case scenario you'll get to turn on higher AA for "free" due to a CPU bottleneck.

 

[boozzer]

270 all the way in your case.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Don't think even the most bias of people could recommend a 750 ti with your 550w Corsair.Perhaps if it was a 300w or low end 400w it may be a good recommendation.

 

[Blue_Max]

The 750TI is only for people with name-brand OEM prebuilts with little power supplies, or those deeply concerned about power usage.

In your case, Radeon all the way. I love my 270.

 

[SlickR12345]

270 no doubt about it, its between 20% and 40% faster than the 750ti.

 

[raghu78]

OP spending above USD 160 and not getting a R9 280 is a bad idea. btw you have a core i3 540 which is a Westmere 32nm dual core with HT. will do quite well in the latest games. even with a R9 280 if you take the games of 2014 you are going to be GPU limited at 1080p when you try to play at the highest possible settings.

http://gamegpu.ru/test-video-cards/igry-2014-goda-protiv-sovremennykh-videokart.html

you have a good 550w PSU. so no issues with psu. get a R9 280 for less than USD 200. sell the games if you want to cut costs. the 3GB VRAM is necessary at 1080p in the latest games.

www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeon-PCI-E...dp/B00IZXOW80/

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J44WVYG/

 

[Leyawiin]

Can't think of a single circumstance where the R9 270 wouldn't be the best choice with your setup. Even in the most Nvidia favored games the R9 is so much more powerful I still don't think it would fall behind.