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| Thread ID: 135199 | 2013-10-07 04:56:00 | Gaming PC Build! Need advice :) | LiMiT (16997) | Press F1 |
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| 1355282 | 2013-10-09 22:33:00 | OT: The way things are going I may have to stop building PC's for a while, the last few "upgrades" haven't really been needed so I may be down to just a graphics card evey 18 months or so until games catch up to current hardware, depressing I love building my new machine most years. Maybe I should start saving up for a high end beast in a couple of years :) You so should...a big CM HAF 932 case or a Corsair 900D with quad SLI. Yum. @LiMiT just a get a 760, it'll serve you well. That is if you can't wait for the mantle cards... |
ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1355283 | 2013-10-09 22:40:00 | Supercase TU-377 Looks like a raidmax re-badge. Would avoid. |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1355284 | 2013-10-09 22:47:00 | +1 | ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1355285 | 2013-10-09 23:57:00 | Unless you really want physx or need CUDA cores for adobe applications and the like you may aswell get something with slightly higher performance, better specs (for showyness) and a cheaper price point. And I would advise not getting any of the new AMD cards unless its the top of the line one. Btw all GCN AMD cards meaning everything in the 7xxx range and up will support mantle | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1355286 | 2013-10-10 02:34:00 | You can get a 7950 for $350-$400. Pretty decent deal. Looks like the 760 is faster in BF3, Crysis and Bioshock (newer games). If you're really into those games the 760 is the better buy. Mantle is a cool idea and if you played a tonne of BF4 buying into it might be worth it but unless other games pick it up it's probably something I'd wait and see on. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1355287 | 2013-10-15 00:53:00 | So what you guys think of the 280x? better than 760? | LiMiT (16997) | ||
| 1355288 | 2013-10-15 02:02:00 | Yes, it's better. But so it should be, given the price difference. | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1355289 | 2013-10-15 02:27:00 | Yes, it's better. But so it should be, given the price difference. :+1: However it's not always that simple, if you have a good idea of what games you will be playing go look some benchmarks and then decide. For me for example as mainly a World of Warcraft junkie Nvidia cards are significantly better at that game and my 7970 has trouble maintaining smooth framerates at ultra whereas my much older and slower in theory gtx 580 was always over 60fps (replaced due to case limitations not performance) |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1355290 | 2013-10-15 04:43:00 | :+1: However it's not always that simple, if you have a good idea of what games you will be playing go look some benchmarks and then decide. For me for example as mainly a World of Warcraft junkie Nvidia cards are significantly better at that game and my 7970 has trouble maintaining smooth framerates at ultra whereas my much older and slower in theory gtx 580 was always over 60fps (replaced due to case limitations not performance) +1 Checkout the benchmarks and look for user feedback on specific games which you think you'll play with whatever graphics card you're looking into buying. In regards to the 280x, it's pretty much a 7970 rebadge with new firmware. Nothing wrong with that but because of launch hype you're going to be much better off (price wise) getting a 7970 as they go on clearance than trying to get a 280x. |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1355291 | 2013-10-15 05:18:00 | if your going to get one of AMD's new cards its only really worth going small or going big, their R7 260x and the R9 290x are the only two cards which are really new and offer their new gpu based sound visualization. otherwise you may as well get the equivalent card from the old generation that will still have the exact same performance. | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
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