I'm interested in a new graphics card but am really struggling as to what to get. I'm not even sure if it's worthwhile to get one as I have a overclocked 7850 @ 1050MHz at the moment and I currently play games on a 1920x1080. I'm really looking forward to playing BF4 and will be playing many upcoming next-gen games. I will also be overclocking but I doubt I will ever want to alter the voltages.
The main 3 I was looking at was:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Vapor-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £257.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £229.99
Total : £769.97 (includes shipping : £10.00).
The Gigabyte card seems nice because of it's 3 year warranty, UK RMA centre and I quite like it's design. I heard some people, in reviews, complain about the noise though and that it hangs a little in the case.
The MSI card has a very nice price with also a 3 year warranty but many people avoid this brand because of failures or problems or that they use low quality parts.
The Sapphire only has 2 years warranty and I plan to have this card for as long as possible (well, that's my goal anyways
) however, it has the best looks imo and it's cooling is meant to be decent. I also vaguely remember a review saying it was a little noisy.
I also get the feeling I should be looking at the Sapphire toxic as well, but am put off a little by it's extra power consumption, design and colour but will happily consider it if it's a fair bit better. I was also considering the ASUS (not platinum) but that would really be stretching my wallet as £260 is already rather high
And my final question is:
Will a 650W OCZ ZS PSU power this card with a overclocked 8350, ASUS sabertooth, 1x SSD, 2x HDD, sound card and have room for future additions to the system?
Thank you in advance!
The main 3 I was looking at was:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Vapor-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £257.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £229.99
Total : £769.97 (includes shipping : £10.00).
The Gigabyte card seems nice because of it's 3 year warranty, UK RMA centre and I quite like it's design. I heard some people, in reviews, complain about the noise though and that it hangs a little in the case.
The MSI card has a very nice price with also a 3 year warranty but many people avoid this brand because of failures or problems or that they use low quality parts.
The Sapphire only has 2 years warranty and I plan to have this card for as long as possible (well, that's my goal anyways
) however, it has the best looks imo and it's cooling is meant to be decent. I also vaguely remember a review saying it was a little noisy.I also get the feeling I should be looking at the Sapphire toxic as well, but am put off a little by it's extra power consumption, design and colour but will happily consider it if it's a fair bit better. I was also considering the ASUS (not platinum) but that would really be stretching my wallet as £260 is already rather high
And my final question is:
Will a 650W OCZ ZS PSU power this card with a overclocked 8350, ASUS sabertooth, 1x SSD, 2x HDD, sound card and have room for future additions to the system?
Thank you in advance!
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I am leaning towards the Gigabyte but the more I look at all the brands the more confused I get haha 