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750ti or R9 270?

Blame said:
Building a pc for a friend and budget comes down to these cards. which would u guys recommend?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270 Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £131.99
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 750Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
Total : £261.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

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No competition. R270 all day long. Those cards are not even in the same ball park. 750TI compares to the R260X, which it is slightly faster than, and the R265 which is it slower than.
 
you've all missed the point of the 750ti

the 270 is a power house compared to the 750ti

you can run a very small 300 w PSU with your computer saving your £££ on PSU and electricity...
 
Svyper1 said:
you've all missed the point of the 750ti

the 270 is a power house compared to the 750ti

you can run a very small 300 w PSU with your computer saving your £££ on PSU and electricity...
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The 750ti is fantastic, that much grunt for such little wattage/heat. However, it's priced within a few quid of cards that run rings all over the 750ti, as for saving ££££...yeah right!! The 270 and 660 would both run on 300w PSUs (no saving there!) and the wattage per year, probs a tenner saving.
 
Power consumption wasn't mentioned as a factor in this instance. True though, the 750ti has very impressive figures. However, more often than not, when people ask for a suggestion for a new card, power consumption doesn't tend to be the number one priority. I think it would have been a different case had the 750ti been a tier up in performance.
 
That power saving argument...

If he gamed 3 hours a day, every day for a year, he would save almost enough cash to buy two pints at my local pub. Don't think electricity cost should come into lower spec gaming card choices.
 
Nah 270 it cant run on 300W it needs a PCI connector, they give something like 75W a piece and it needs 180 W max TDP

Minimum branded 430W is needed really...

But you do realise what you've said?

~£10 less per year...

its equivalent of saying

Purchase £119 vs 131
end of year 1 £119 vs 141
end of year 2 £119 vs £151

or thats equivalent of £89 vs £131

then upgrade

saving of £30 before upgrade in a 2 year span...that could be spent on ram/cpu/upgrade graphics

A saving is a saving

the 270 is a better performing card no doubt but in low budget scenarios the long term cost comes into it also for the ROI

at 60W it's still better than a gtx 480 and thats an old but decent card that can still run demanding games...
 
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It is not £10 a year, it is closer to half that and that's IF he games 3 hours a day everyday for a year. Which is more than the vast majority of people.

180W is peak power not normal power consumption in game.
 
Svyper1 said:
Snip - loads of tosh
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K mate ;)
270 uses about 140w, i also never gave exact power savings. I said "probs a tenner saving"

It's probably a lot less, it also doesn't stop the 270 from being >>>>> that much faster, and cost only > much more.

Also you can run a 270 on a 300w PSU :) The one thing you cannot do with the 270 is run in a low profile case ;) You never said that though :rolleyes:
 
peak power happens all the time, it's just not constant...it happens in blips

all that would happen is you'd get instant restarts with a 41 kernal error code due to insufficient power only due to a spike in power usage...You wouldnt be able to register it because it's only an instant spike...

It happens most when you add something the power supply has to deliver more amps
 
At that price difference it isn't even worth thinking about, the 270 is way ahead. The 750 is meant for low power environments, but im not yet convinced of its value considering the price difference between it and much more powerful cards is so marginal.
 
But moving passed the PSU argument, i do agree that nvidia have sold it a little too much and there is still a void between 740 and 760 that the 750 ti still can't quite match up to the inbetween...

should be something like £100 for max ti as it's main point is the "green" efficiency
 
Don't think anyone has mentioned that it's the first of the new 'maxwell' architecture that will be used over the next few years hence part of the price premium. New tech vs old tech. But for gamers is the performance that matters so 270 probalby best option.
 
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750TI vs R265 = R265 Wins but uses 30% more power. Do you want 10fps extra performance or to save 40watts?

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http://www.techspot.com/review/783-geforce-gtx-750-ti-vs-radeon-r7-265/
 
Svyper1 said:
peak power happens all the time, it's just not constant...it happens in blips

all that would happen is you'd get instant restarts with a 41 kernal error code due to insufficient power only due to a spike in power usage...You wouldnt be able to register it because it's only an instant spike...

It happens most when you add something the power supply has to deliver more amps
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I happily ran a 7950 on a 450w PSU, a decent 300w will easily run a 270.
 
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