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Graphics card decisions :/

JDMtom

JDMtom

JDMtom

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Hello All,

I am in the process deciding upon a new Graphics Card, As I have been out of the PC world for a few years im all lost now.

Here are my current specs :

Intel I5 650 running at 3.8ghz
Corsair XMS3 8GB 1600mhz RAM
600w Power Supply/
EVGA GTX550ti 1gb Running 2 monitors.

I have a budget of around £200 can increase it if needs be.

I have been looking at both a 4gb R9 270x and a 2gb GTX770

Which would see me have better performance?

PC is used for games and video capturing/editing.
 
JDMtom said:
Hello All,

I am in the process deciding upon a new Graphics Card, As I have been out of the PC world for a few years im all lost now.

Here are my current specs :

Intel I5 650 running at 3.8ghz
Corsair XMS3 8GB 1600mhz RAM
600w Power Supply/
EVGA GTX550ti 1gb Running 2 monitors.

I have a budget of around £200 can increase it if needs be.

I have been looking at both a 4gb R9 270x and a 2gb GTX770

Which would see me have better performance?

PC is used for games and video capturing/editing.
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A 4GB 270X is pointless. (not enough muscle to need that much vRam)

GTX 770 or 280X, as they both perform and cost about the same; if it was me i would go for the 280X as it has more vRam.
Better future proofing.
 
Cheers for the replies guys,

Is there any particular advantage to different brandings of the various cards?

Or is it merely a case of how they look/what is bundled with it ?
 
Bit of a bump.

Was chatting to a friend and he has offered me two sapphire radeon r9 270x dual-x oc 2gb cards for £200.

What sort of performance would I see running these in crossfire?
 
How much you gain from multiple cards - in an ideal world two identical cards would be twice as fast as 1 but in practise it varies by game, from actually slower than one up to nearly twice as fast. That's one reason why most people favour a single, faster card
 
JDMtom said:
Noob moment,

Scaling?

Also good to see another Norwich fellow :D
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How much performance in % terms the second card adds to the first. Crossfire scales very well in most respectable games, assuming you have the cpu to provide the grunt required.

Not proud of it. :p Not born and bred, just living here with the other half. I'm a Bristol boy. :D
 
Not born and Bred either, Lincoln initially.

My cpu is an i5 650 running at 3.8ghz. Generally only play CSS, CS GO, BF3/4 and DayZ.

Then when it is out Watchdogs.

I'm in so many different minds, If only I could just buy a Titan or 3 :D
 
I coped alright with an i3 540 and a 7850 gpu,your chip might struggle a bit on cpu bound games like bf3/4 (being a dual core)I didn't play those I tested with l.a.noire though and it ran that ok

so any card above that would or should be ok,whatever one you can get which offers best price/performance
 
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