£300 graphics card range—which one would you choose?

[almighty15]

Dude your CPU will be fine at 4Ghz.... It's much faster then any CPU AMD currently sells and should push a single GPU with no problems at all.

If you were thinking of running 2 or more GPU's then I would say change your CPU but with 1 GPU it's plenty.

 

[DarkHorizon472]

Dude your CPU will be fine at 4Ghz.... It's much faster then any CPU AMD currently sells and should push a single GPU with no problems at all.

If you were thinking of running 2 or more GPU's then I would say change your CPU but with 1 GPU it's plenty.

My i5-760 @ 3.4Ghz will push a 280x on ultra, playing BF4 at 1080p to 100% at times. At @4.0 you should be fine unless you really want the extra performance and have money to spend.

 

[rolypolyman]

@£300 only the R290 is a contender to be honest. Agree with some of the guys re cpu. Seems high overclocks on cpus are not that important in gaming, benching yes but not gaming. Save some money and consider a xeon 1230v2 or v3. Basically an i7 without the graphics or huge overclock potential.

 

[Vipernet]

Keep the i5 get a 290. End of.

 

[los]

I'd wait for a 290 to come on today only, I've seen them for about £300 and see how it is in your system, then decide if you want/need to upgarde the cpu etc then.
I suspect you will be happy with the gains you get

 

[gerico]

Thanks lads

 

[the1gooner]

Yeah it will defo bottleneck a 290/280
Didn't notice you edit them in, will still give you a boost over the 5870, though yeah, will be limited by your CPU.

Your wrong, an i5 750 at 4.0Ghz is plenty even for a 290X in most situations.

I had an i5 760 at 4.0Ghz when I first got my 290X and it was plenty fast enough for what I ran, mainly BF4.

I have some comparisons of benchmarks with the i5 760 versus i7 4770K and in most things the difference is minimal when running anything gpu intensive.

An i5 750 at 4.0Ghz running with a 280X or even a 290 would be very good indeed.

 

[old gamer]

If it were me then i would get a 290 and see how it goes, if the i5 750 is holding the 290 back worry about it then

 

[LtMatt]

Your wrong, an i5 750 at 4.0Ghz is plenty even for a 290X in most situations.

I had an i5 760 at 4.0Ghz when I first got my 290X and it was plenty fast enough for what I ran, mainly BF4.

I have some comparisons of benchmarks with the i5 760 versus i7 4770K and in most things the difference is minimal when running anything gpu intensive.

An i5 750 at 4.0Ghz running with a 280X or even a 290 would be very good indeed.

Post those benchmarks mate.

 

[Wilko_Dog]

If it was me i would just get the 290 and test it to see how it ran in your system you can always swap the CPU and mobo at a later date and just transfer the 290

 

[the1gooner]

Post those benchmarks mate.

Will compile the results and post in a bit.

 

[the1gooner]

Here is a comparison between an i5 760 and i7 4770K running with an R9 290X in some of the popular benchmarks.

Both i5 760 and i7 4770K are at 4.0Ghz and the Windforce R9 290X is at stock.

Obviously the physics tests favour the i7 4770K but in the gaming/gpu tests the difference is minimal.

Not sure if this of any help or importance but there you go.

Based on the above I think an i5 760 at 4.0Ghz would just about match a stock i7 4770K in all but physics tests.

 

[LtMatt]

Good work mate and nice results. Any game benchmarks? Expect the difference would be smaller.

 

[the1gooner]

Good work mate and nice results. Any game benchmarks? Expect the difference would be smaller.

Unfortunately I sold off my i5 760 setup before I had a chance to do any major gaming benchmarks.

I did play a bit of BF4 though with the 760 and I remember it holding an almost constant 60fps with vsync enabled something which of course the 4770K does with ease also.

In a dual card configuration the 4770K would definitely be the one to have but if running a single card, especially a 290 or below then something like an i5 750/760 at 4.0Ghz would be plenty quick enough in all but the most demanding games.