graphic card upgrade quest buggy

[Caryyad]

I got a job where I have to upgrade a installed DFL Radeon R9 GR8 3G.

Budget: 165$, price of the installed GPU in Shop 160$.
Possible new GPU for upgrade are may GTX 1050 ti, a RX 560 or a MSI R9 280 GAMING 3G LE.

Tested two different 1050 ti and the RX 560, not accepted. Only the MSI R9 280 are working correctly und finising the job.

I run 3D Mark with the RX 560, score was 2100, with the old DFL 280 only 2052. And with the accepted MSI 280 the score was 2086, lower as the not accepted RX 560.

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Originally posted by Caryyad:

I got a job where I have to upgrade a installed DFL Radeon R9 GR8 3G.

Exactly which card was in the computer when you got it? "DFL Radeon R9 GR8 3G" is not a model number. R9 what?

[Caryyad]

Oh, sorry. R9 280, forgot the model number

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Originally posted by Caryyad:

Oh, sorry. R9 280, forgot the model number

Just so you know, in real life:
GTX 1050 Ti is -9% slower than R9 280.
RX 560 is -29% slower than R9 280.

This is not a bug. These cards are not faster in real life, and as such they're also not faster in-game. Most likely you had a stock speed R9 280 and then the replacement R9 280 you bought is an upgraded model that came with a factory overclock.

You need to actually pick cards that are actually faster for them to be an upgrade. You just didn't pick the right parts. You should refer to the part-ranking app in-game.