Cannot decide!

[3lackMamba]

Hey guys!

Been having a stressful few days trying to decide on what GFX to get, and its really starting to affect my uni work as all I'm doing most of the time is researching, researching and researching some more on graphics cards, so I need some help on bringing this madness that's going on inside my head to a close

So for the past couple of years I've been (very happily) rocking the GTX 550Ti, but after trying out the BF4 beta, I have realised it's time to upgrade, my budget is £250, give or take £20 if it's really worth it.

I have been a Nvidia guy for the past 6 years or so, but seeing all these AMD's and going by price to performance ratio's, AMD seems to be the way forward!

So I've came up with some cards that I CANNOT decide between, and here they are:

Asus HD 7970 Matrix Platinum

MSI Radeon R9 280X or Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Toxic (When its released)

MSI GeForce GTX 760 4GB

Please if anyone has suggestions or experience on/with any of these cards, don't be shy!

 

[3lackMamba]

Can I just ask, why? I mean why the 280x Toxic over the 760, the standard clock speeds are pretty dang close, yet the 760 is £30 cheaper. Is the R9 range great at overclocking or something, and would it be something to do with this mantle also?

 

[3lackMamba]

Alright guys minds been made, 280x Toxic ordered

Thanks all!

 

[3lackMamba]

Now get back to studying

Haha, yeah will defo take a load of my mind

 

[3lackMamba]

Another mild barge into the thread, but why the "MSI Radeon R9 280X" is this significantly better than the other makes etc?
Or is it just the better cooling for one of the cheaper prices?

Well I put that there because MSI is just a personal preference, I like the look and my previous cards have been MSI and always done me well. But yes your right the cooler is great, on every boot up the fans spin backwards for 5 seconds or so, which keeps dust levels to a minimum, also MSI cards can be used with Afterburner which is a great over clocking utility.

Sorry to barge in on this thread, but what PSU would you need, 650W etc ?

I beleive the minimum/recommended for the R9 280x Toxic is a 600w PSU