Time to upgrade our cards....

[scypheroth]

hey guys i was looking at upgrading mine and my gf's pc' graphics cards but cant decide on wich to get. Im looking at either a radeon 270 or Geforce GTX 760. Now the price difference between the both is about 50 bux a card...wich lam i getting the better deal on? For the extra 50 is it worth getting the nvidia?

 

[96Firebird]

Where are you looking to buy from? Newegg has them for about the same price, TPU says the 760 is 18% faster @ 1080p: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/R9_270_Direct_Cu_II_OC/26.html

 

[scypheroth]

srry should have pointed out that im canadian not u.s. I got my prices from http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/

went off the ones that were in stock not sold out. Maybe you guys can find me better deals

The 2 i can find the cheapest are below:
RADEON: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/his-video-card-h270qm2g2m
GEFORCE: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio..._EKwZjfH.S8g2w

 

[Soulkeeper]

buying the cheaper of the two wouldn't be a bad idea imo

there was a poll yesterday asking the same question and it was fairly evenly split
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2370594
of course that was the 270x and not the 270, but the difference is relatively minor

 

[96Firebird]

The cheapest 270 from a Canadian retailer that I found was this: http://products.ncix.com/detail/club3d-radeon-r9-270-14series-1d-94193-1064.htm

Not sure how well Club3D stacks up to the competition, but I do like the HIS cooler from your post.

Since the 760 is more expensive, it doesn't seem worth the extra money. But that is up to you to decide, if you think the extra money is worth the 18% average increase in performance.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

18% difference is the same as the difference between a 7950 and 7970 or 780 and 780 ti. Well worth going from $200 to $250 instead.