Video Card Help Radeon R5 230

[Tophat Stupify]

So i bought the Radeon R5 230 which is a 2GB video card but for some reason i am still having problems playing some games in High Detail. like Deus ex and Lotro. i curently have a 3.1 Ghz Processor 2 GB Video Card and 8GB Ram. is there something im missing?

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akiranyo の投稿を引用：

Yepp, this is often a marketing trick by the lowend videocards, putting a RAM ammount like on the better cards and hope that it will sell. Those cards cannot even use that much RAM, due the weak chip or/and the low 64bit memory interface is basically bottlenecking itself.
I myself can also "boast" in my old machine with a 512MB Geforce 6200, which was noticably weaker as the 256MB 6600GT. Though that PC wasnt used for gaming to begin with.

And good choice. Both the R270 and the GTX 760 are real gaming cards.

Ok so in your opinion which one would i better off getting, between the Radeon R7 270 or the GTX 760?

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Tophat Stupify の投稿を引用：

akiranyo の投稿を引用：

Yepp, this is often a marketing trick by the lowend videocards, putting a RAM ammount like on the better cards and hope that it will sell. Those cards cannot even use that much RAM, due the weak chip or/and the low 64bit memory interface is basically bottlenecking itself.
I myself can also "boast" in my old machine with a 512MB Geforce 6200, which was noticably weaker as the 256MB 6600GT. Though that PC wasnt used for gaming to begin with.

And good choice. Both the R270 and the GTX 760 are real gaming cards.

Ok so in your opinion which one would i better off getting, between the Radeon R7 270 or the GTX 760?

Not sure if I can you a good answer in that, cause I'm a nVidia fangirl since I owned my first modern computer (not counting the ones in the 386-486 era) and I was so happy with them that never had the idea to go to their rivals.
But as long I need to check often hardware due my work, I can try to sum my experience with current situation:

Nvidia is not for nothing is marked as the "green team". They cards run less hot, eat less power, great drivers which raise the performance by a certain % in games, but usually more expensive and if you want performance you pay simply more. Also I think they are a bit more compatible, cause you will see their logo in games much more often as their rivals.
Their latest Maxwell cards have a stunningly low power comsumption (60W compared over 100W by Radeons of same class) though even the best GTX 750 Ti is mediocre for hardcore gamers. The release date of the high-end models based on Maxwell is not yet known.

AMD Radeon is the red. Great performance at lower price, but they seem to eat more power and heat a bit more. Though as GPU's are built extremly heat tolerant, doesnt needs to show up on the lifetime. AMD reacted on Maxwell with lowering their prices, so you can get a much better card for the same price or same power card for much less. Radeon also is a good idea if you own a AMD CPU.

Perhaps people who have experience with both can give a better answer.

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akiranyo の投稿を引用：

Tophat Stupify の投稿を引用：

Ok so in your opinion which one would i better off getting, between the Radeon R7 270 or the GTX 760?

Radeon also is a good idea if you own a AMD CPU.

Wat???
no...

Anyways, AMDs drivers have seriously caught up(Nvidia still has a slight edge admitedly), and the amount of AMD Sponsered games has also probably evened or maybe passed the amount of Nvidia games. Last year around this time there was a whole big thing about all the Square Enix Games coming out supporting AMD(Sleeping Dogs, Hitman absolution, and ending with tomb raider) and some controversy that the ridiculous hair physics in tomb raider bombed Nvidia cards but didnt effect amd too bad.

Thing is...Nvidia has Physx that does the same thing, only they dont leave it open for amd at all. so rather than bad performance at launch, amd cards are just screwd. That said, not that many games use physx anyways so its not too big a deal.

ANYWAYS, im getting off topic. Both are actually great. It honestly doesn't matter, both companies have put out quality cards at this point in time. In the past it has shifted back and forth, but for now, their even so pick whatever.