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R9 280X vs GTX 770
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I am talking about moogleys who plays the game and has tested it.
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Moogley's has not tested the level that was used. If you read what HardOcp said it was a taxing level with a lot going on. If a game runs fine 90 percent of the time on 2gb and the other 10% a slide show on ultra it's still not enough vram and would impact your gaming.
Anyhow again why risk it? There's 2 similar cards yet one has more ram and a bigger bus. There's no real difference in price so why would you choose the lower spec card.
Lower spec in graphics card terms does not mean a lot, I mean all that higher spec yet the cards perform the same ish game dependant.
There is a lot more to performance in games than memory bandwidth and vram size.
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Yet as i said above they perform similarly. So why choose the lower spec card. That's exactly what the gtx770 is. Is the gtx770 4gb card a higher spec if so then so is the 280x 3gb. There's no real point in getting the lower spec unless you want a certain NV feature.
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Surely this is straight forward?
Both cards are just as quick as each other, winning some and losing with such small margins that in game, you wouldn't notice the difference.
So..unless you prefer nvidia, or desperately want to see physx..
Imo opinion, I'd say get the 280x, it's the 'better' card.
Both cards are just as quick as each other, winning some and losing with such small margins that in game, you wouldn't notice the difference.
So..unless you prefer nvidia, or desperately want to see physx..
Imo opinion, I'd say get the 280x, it's the 'better' card.
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Surely this is straight forward?
Both cards are just as quick as each other, winning some and losing with such small margins that in game, you wouldn't notice the difference.
So..unless you prefer nvidia, or desperately want to see physx..
Imo opinion, I'd say get the 280x, it's the 'better' card.
You would think so but to some it's not as straight forward. I also forgot to add in that when it comes to compute the 280x is also better. Compute has been used in games like sleeping dogs and tomb raider to good effect. Future games could all be making good use of this as now the consoles have decent compute chips in them.
Of course there is. Some games perform better on nvidia, nvidia and amd have completely different control panels, Nvidia cards generally run quieter, nvidia users can try 3d with those funky glasses, amd users can use mantle and true Audio, The fact still remains they both play games at the same settings within a few fps.
What you are trying to point out is that memory bus and vram and specs is the reason 'you' would buy a card?
Now amd has regularly had more vram and bandwidth than nvidia cards so why would anyone buy any nvidia card, well I will tell you why I bought my last 2.
The 670 was faster in farcry 3 and fallout 3 at the time so I bought one over a similar priced 7950.
The 780 I bought because I liked the look of it and it is faster than most regular 290's on the games I play.
Surely this is straight forward?
Both cards are just as quick as each other, winning some and losing with such small margins that in game, you wouldn't notice the difference.
So..unless you prefer nvidia, or desperately want to see physx..
Imo opinion, I'd say get the 280x, it's the 'better' card.
Why is it better than a 770.
It's not they are the same in real world gaming they are the same how can they perform the same but the 280 is better, I just don't understand.
At OP: I would generally ignore the people who repeatedly make the same points over and over again as they're probably trying to push their own bias which is fine... but the truth is the cards perform very similarly.
Compare the unique features of each and other things such as reliability, drivers etc. Then look at the price and hardware differences too. Then make your choice.
Don't be swayed by tedious fanboys who push their agenda as absolute when there's many things to consider.
All things considered I would go for a 280X for the reasons already mentioned: it is as fast, has a good games package, is slightly more future proof and is a good card. If you choose the 770 then that also is a good card.
In a nutshell you really can't go wrong with either.
Compare the unique features of each and other things such as reliability, drivers etc. Then look at the price and hardware differences too. Then make your choice.
Don't be swayed by tedious fanboys who push their agenda as absolute when there's many things to consider.
All things considered I would go for a 280X for the reasons already mentioned: it is as fast, has a good games package, is slightly more future proof and is a good card. If you choose the 770 then that also is a good card.
In a nutshell you really can't go wrong with either.
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This all matters little as in just about every game the cards perform to similar level's. So again it comes down to spec which the 280x wins in all areas. The 670 was only faster due to the low clocks on the 7950 which was way cheaper if i remember correctly for the majority of the time. When prices were normal you could have got a 7970 as the 670 was usually priced similar.
The 290 again is a higher spec but in that case Vram is not on the limit so it's a little different.
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At OP: I would generally ignore the people who repeatedly make the same points over and over again as they're probably trying to push their own bias which is fine... but the truth is the cards perform very similarly.
Compare the unique features of each and other things such as reliability, drivers etc. Then look at the price and hardware differences too. Then make your choice.
Don't be swayed by tedious fanboys who push their agenda as absolute when there's many things to consider.
All things considered I would go for a 280X for the reasons already mentioned: it is as fast, has a good games package, is slightly more future proof and is a good card. If you choose the 770 then that also is a good card.
In a nutshell you really can't go wrong with either.
So we should all ignore you then lol. Joking. I have a point of view and i am sticking with it. Good to know you agree with me on choice as well.
Seriously though Rusty when you think you have a point you will agrue blind for days to drive that point home. Thats what is happening hear so don't go trying to turn this into some Fanboi crap.
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more raw horsepower which is better shown in benches and when overclocked.
I prefer people to make their recommendations and move on - it's horrendous to read pages and pages of people disagreeing with a recommendation by conveniently ignoring other peoples point of view.
I prefer when people just do some research instead of polluting the GPU section with the same garbage questions over and over.
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We are debating our point of views end of story. For the most part i do as you said above it's just now and then things like this come around. Look at your post count compared to mine and when we both joined. You are more guilty of this than me tbh.
No, you're contributing towards tedium by saying the same thing over and over in a different way.
Yes because that is all I post about
. I disagree with some of the reasons people recommend card X and card Y. I'm not about to make posts and posts about it. That's their choice to recommend that card and I respect that.
I've made my point - move on.
I don't have a problem with that personally.
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No, you're contributing towards tedium by saying the same thing over and over in a different way.
Yes because that is all I post about
I disagree with some of the reasons people recommend card X and card Y. I'm not about to make posts and posts about it. That's their choice to recommend that card and I respect that.
I've made my point - move on.
We are not talking about recommendations now. It's obvious what our recommendations are or our points of view. Seriously if you don't like it butt out and move on. I see you in debates all the time and i am sometimes involved. They are usually just as tedious with you spewing the same old if it's not 100% i can't believe it.
Anyhow am out of this thread.
I recommend the 280x the same as Rusty.
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280x has more raw horsepower, its gonna be more future proof, there's no way around it. And it gains more from ocing.
the 770 on the other hand has some Nv specific features that some might want, and might be worth sacrificing a bit performance for. Like Physx, Nv shield, Cuda, Shadowplay.
Thats basically it.
the 770 on the other hand has some Nv specific features that some might want, and might be worth sacrificing a bit performance for. Like Physx, Nv shield, Cuda, Shadowplay.
Thats basically it.