SAPPHIRE radeon r9270x or nvidia 760gtx EVGA

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Keysplayr

Keysplayr

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If I'm not mistaken, 270x is a renamed 7870 which a GTX660/Ti gave a run for its money. GTX760 may be the better option from a pure performance perspective. Price is another aspect to consider for the performance you get. Also consider the games you play and whether or not these cards that you are considering, fully support features in the games.
 
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papas

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thank your reply Keysplayr.


basically im trying to replace my old radeon 4870.

mostly i play fps games and mmo's.
i will do a research for the specific cards to see benchmarks in the specific games

what about driver support?
from what ive been reading the general consensus is that ati is lacking as far driver support goes.
 
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Drivers are fine, they don't have as many nice features as Nvidia's though.

The 760 is like 10-15% faster than the 270X usually, that particular 270X is clocked really high though so it's probably even.

I'd lean towards the 760 because I like EVGA and Nvidia's features. However, if you play games that the 270X will run better (like BF4) then that'll be pretty hard to pass up.
 
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270X based on Curacao XT chip, it is a overclocked 7870 with better memory clocks.
In games without Mantle support 270X = GTX 760, but 270X is up to 110% faster than 760 in GPGPU-applications and mining.
 
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realibrad

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I thought a GTX 760 was equal to or slightly slower than a R9 280 for games?

It would go 280>760>270X. For gaming, go 760 over 270X I would think right?
 
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The GTX 760 is slightly faster than the 270X, but it's understandable because it's also more expensive. For the most part, they're pretty equal. Personally, I'd get the 280X instead. It's A LOT faster than either the GTX 760 or 270X for only a bit more money than the GTX 760.

Bottom line is, either the GTX 760 or 270X will serve you well at 1920x1080 resolution. Should nearly max out most games with modest AA and AF settings and still provide very good framerates.
 
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lehtv said:
But what is your CPU?
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With x58, it must be some Core i7 9xx chip with minimum of eight threads, which can also be OC'ed. Still plenty fast :)

EDIT: OP, Between those 2 models, I'd get the Geforce one. Personally, I am happy with this one: it's very quiet under load, only one power connector and no bugs with sleeping (long idle) mode.
 
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Okay. I can speak from experience that the i7 920, even with a moderate overclock, is slow enough to seriously hamper the performance of a 270X or similar GPU (i.e. can't achieve stable 60 fps no matter what settings you use). You will encounter bad minimum framerates in any CPU heavy game (most MMO's, Planetside 2, Battlefield and the like), or any GPU heavy game that supports only two CPU threads (Alan Wake, Skyrim to name two I had trouble with). Crysis 3 single player will also be CPU limited.

What games do you play in particular? If BF4 is among them, or any of the upcoming Mantle titles, then you should go with an AMD card. Mantle will improve performance the most on systems where the CPU is likely to limit performance with DirectX.

Your motherboard is pretty awesome for overclocking, you should buy a decent cooler and OC that i7 920 to at least 3.5GHz. Hyper 212 EVO or similar should handle that. However, you won't be properly GPU limited unless you upgrade to a Haswell i5.

So, all that being said... An R9 270X is a decent choice if you plan to upgrade your platform to a new Haswell i5 set sooner rather than later. If you're intending to stick with the i7-920 for a longer time, I'd recommend spending less to ensure a more balanced CPU/GPU load. The 4870 is quite slow, even an R7 260X (£88) is almost twice as fast while being much cheaper than the 270X you linked. For the next upgrade, you'd do a full system overhaul.
 
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Headfoot

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Yes, you should overclock that chip. They are great overclockers and you will unlock the performance of a new graphics card more fully. lehtv's suggestion for the Hyper 212 Evo is a good one. I totally agree.
 
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Agreed totally need to get that 920 into the 3.6-4Ghz range. However i'm not sure an evo will be strong enough at 4Ghz with HT on.
 
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papas

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guys and especially lehtv thx very much for the feedback!!

all has been taken under serious consideration

i will definetely get a cpu cooler and oc and upgrade my gfx, i think my rig will last me another 2 years or so.

thx again
 
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papas said:
i will definetely get a cpu cooler and oc and upgrade my gfx, i think my rig will last me another 2 years or so.
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Well, that depends on what sort of requirements you have. Already there are demanding enough games where you can't maintain anywhere close to 60 fps with an overclocked i7 920, no matter what graphics card you throw at it. If at all possible, I'd recommend selling the i7 920 setup while it's still worth something and upgrading to Haswell, or Broadwell next year if you have to wait.
 
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realibrad said:
I thought a GTX 760 was equal to or slightly slower than a R9 280 for games?

It would go 280>760>270X. For gaming, go 760 over 270X I would think right?
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Correct. Averaged across many games, the 760 is faster than the 7950 with boost, which is around the R9-280 area. Of course someone could be silly and link that one benchmark that is AMD or NV centric, of course Ubi / UE3 / blizzard games tend to run better on NV and occasional Square enix titles run better on AMD. But overall as an average across all games the 760 is faster than the 270X by a fairly significant amount - a good review from techpowerup has a review from 13 games or so. The 270X is closer to the old 7870, which makes sense since it's essentially a slightly upclocked 7870.

And of course they're all in different price brackets. I'd get the 760 for NV's significantly better (my opinion) software, but the 270X is cheaper if that's a non factor to you and it's also of course slower. Again, they're all in different price brackets, so pick according to what you value in terms features, price, or whatever else you value more OP: software, wallet, etc. Only the OP can answer his own question there because everyone weights the important metrics differently.
 
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raghu78

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OP get the R9 280X (1 ghz). this is a HD 7970 rebrand chip.

http://www.ebuyer.com/614469-powerc...i-mini-displayport-pci-e-axr9-280x-3gbd5-t2dh

www.dabs.com/products/xfx-amd-radeon-r9-280x-1000mhz-3gb-gddr5-pci-e-3-0-hdmi-voltage-unlocked-91C5.html
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/b00fsc5n66/geizhals07-21/ref=nosim?m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

20% faster than GTX 760. has 1 GB more VRAM. R9 280X is a GTX 680 / GTX 770 competitor.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...s/63522-amd-radeon-r9-280x-3gb-review-13.html
 
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