Graphics card choice

Russell2014 · 12 May 2014 at 23:16

Hi fellow people

I'm looking at upgrading my graphics card, I currently have a asus gtx 570 with a ocz750 psu,
I have the choice of 2 cards :-

1st one is:
Gigabyte R9 270x 2gig DDR5

Or

2nd one is:
Msi R9 270 Gaming 2gig Ddr 5

So which is best, and I have allways had Nvidia cards never had a ati card.

varkanoid · 12 May 2014 at 23:42

270x is the better card

AlamoX · 12 May 2014 at 23:43

270X is faster than 270.
if im not wrong performance wise, 270 is like 570, and 270X is like 580, slightly faster on AMD cards, but still dont know if the performance jump is enough for you.
the 280X would definitly be a significant boost

Russell2014 · 13 May 2014 at 00:33

Is my psu good enough fir those cards please I'll probably go for the 270x then.

AlamoX · 13 May 2014 at 00:46

750 psu is enough yes

Russell2014 · 13 May 2014 at 15:26

A slight update i have found this card Sapphire Technology AMD Radeon R9 270X 1020MHz 4GB GDDR5 going for £10 more than the other 2 but it has more ram is it worth paying a bit more for the extra ram?

snips86x · 13 May 2014 at 15:28

Not unless you are running a resolution higher than 1080p. Have you looked for a cheap 280x? They are re-branded 7970s! A well known auction site had a few going for £150-£170 ish.

Russell2014 · 13 May 2014 at 15:30

£150 is to much

Russell2014 · 13 May 2014 at 15:31

The cheapest 280x i can find around around £200 which is to much

Russell2014 · 13 May 2014 at 15:35

Correction i have found this Sapphire Dual-X AMD Radeon R9 280X OC 3GB is this a good card is worth going for?

ghost.florian · 13 May 2014 at 16:04

If you can afford it, then yes it is! Your power supply should be fine for a 280x as well.
You will find there is a significant difference between the 270x and the 280x.

Russell2014 · 13 May 2014 at 17:52

Yes my budget can just stretch tovthat card Btw it is a used card but I dnt mind that. Do the 280x cards run hot?

Russell2014 · 26 May 2014 at 01:06

The sapphire r9 280x of 3gb card I have heard lots of horror stories about the sapphire card haveing lots of problem with a black screen from the gpu and the fans catching on the graphics card case.
Do I need to worry and what is sapphire support like.

Russell2014 · 2 Jun 2014 at 12:53

Hi people sorry to revie this thread again but I have found a potential used graphics card on gu****e and I need to know is it a good card? The card is MSI AMD Radeon 7950 oc boost 3gb DDR5.

But from.what I have been reading this card runs very hot eg 60-70 degrees which is quite hot, the card is on sale for £100 is it worth it

arc@css · 2 Jun 2014 at 13:03

What cpu & psu do you have?

Load temps of 60 -70 are more than okay. Sounds like a good deal to me.

thefogo · 2 Jun 2014 at 13:07

Russell2014 said:
Hi people sorry to revie this thread again but I have found a potential used graphics card on gu****e and I need to know is it a good card? The card is MSI AMD Radeon 7950 oc boost 3gb DDR5.

But from.what I have been reading this card runs very hot eg 60-70 degrees which is quite hot, the card is on sale for £100 is it worth it

60 degrees is very cool.

Russell2014 · 2 Jun 2014 at 13:08

Hi thank you for the quick reply I have a amd fx 8130 I think it's the 8 core cpu clocked to 3.8 I can't get it clocked anymore which is a shame.

My Psu is a Ocz 750 is that good enough?
And I though 60-70 is to hot for these graphics card?

Russell2014 · 2 Jun 2014 at 13:11

So it won't damage the gpu on the card running at 60-70 all the time and it should be good enough card to last me a for a few years then yeah and run games at high and ultra detail.

arc@css · 2 Jun 2014 at 13:13

No, as said, 60 - 70 degrees at load is more than acceptable. Your cpu and psu are fine.

Russell2014 · 2 Jun 2014 at 13:19

And the card will be much better than the card I'm running atm which is a Nvidia gtx 570?