Video Card Decisions

[memorysin]

I hope I can get some help making a decision, as I'm terrible at making decisions.
I'm currently upgrading my gaming computer, I've decided on a cpu ( Intel i5 4570), I've decided on a motherboard (MSI h87-g43 gaming) and I've decided on RAM (8gb kingston 1600mhz).

But I'm just having a teeth nashing time on a video card. I had thought foolishly that I had finally come to a decision but well now I'm stuck again.

So I've narrowed it down to here:

R9 270 (OR 270X)
Geforce 760
or
R9 280 (XFX or MSI)

Help me decided because I can't!

Games I like are along the lines of shogun, starcraft 2 to path of exile, black gold online and titanfall :3

[Stymie]

From those choices, I'd say the Geforce 760. If you can spend more for the R9 280x, then I'd go with that one.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3NTfH

No point really going with older Haswell and H87 chipset when you can get better Haswell refresh CPU and H97 board for same price.

[Nagas-Saki]

Buy the best you can afford now, so you can go longer without worrying about an upgrade. I'd go with the r9 280.

[Alex704]

get the i5 4670k and im pretty sure the h87 cant overclock if you decide to get into that get a z87 based solution

Messaggio originale di Rumpelcrutchskin:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3NTfH

No point really going with older Haswell and H87 chipset when you can get better Haswell refresh CPU and H97 board for same price.

or get z97 hes right you also get sata express with up to 10gbs per second

[SilentHorizon]

geforce gtx 760.

[Billzahar]

id say geforce 760

[memorysin]

Messaggio originale di Rumpelcrutchskin:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3NTfH

No point really going with older Haswell and H87 chipset when you can get better Haswell refresh CPU and H97 board for same price.

I actually already purchased the intel i5 4570 and got it at 75.00 from staples and the mobo I've already bought at 70 from amazon. So it's quite a bit cheaper going with the 4570 and the h87. I picked them as a mid line processor and mobo as just basic items that will get me thru hopefully 3 years of gaming or more and I'll upgrade again. And going for them allows me to justify spending 200 ish on a good video card :)


I don't plan on overclocking at least not my cpu, I've considered the video card to overclock basically because of the 280.

And while I think the eyefinity setup is sick, I don't think I'd ever utilize more than two monitors.

[SilentHorizon]

Messaggio originale di memorysin:

Messaggio originale di Rumpelcrutchskin:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3NTfH

No point really going with older Haswell and H87 chipset when you can get better Haswell refresh CPU and H97 board for same price.

I actually already purchased the intel i5 4570 and got it at 75.00 from staples and the mobo I've already bought at 70 from amazon. So it's quite a bit cheaper going with the 4570 and the h87. I picked them as a mid line processor and mobo as just basic items that will get me thru hopefully 3 years of gaming or more and I'll upgrade again. And going for them allows me to justify spending 200 ish on a good video card :)


I don't plan on overclocking at least not my cpu, I've considered the video card to overclock basically because of the 280.

And while I think the eyefinity setup is sick, I don't think I'd ever utilize more than two monitors.

No way! You got a i5 4570 for 70 bucks!! Nice deal, on other sites their 200 bucks.

Well if you have an eyefinity setup, definantly go with a r9 280.

[memorysin]

Hehehe Yes I know, it was combination microcenter price and promo code, Plus the rep competitive priced it and knocked some more off :3

I feel like I should go with the r9 280 just because it's the exact same price of the r9 270x.

Is there a reason to NOT get the r9 280? I only have one monitor setup right now honestly and my current living arrangement is small so I don't have the room to expand to a second monitor anyways. My dream is to move my computer into the same room as my 40" 1080 led/lcd hd tv and utilize that. But that's months down the line unfortunately.

[Panjojo]

another vote for the geeeeforce

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Messaggio originale di BDK:

If you can get a 280X for the same price as a 270X, that's really a no brainer. GET IT. If there should be any reason whatsoever NOT to get this card, it would be your power supply. Is it up for the task? It's a 250W TDP compared to the 180W TDP of the 270X. In Furmark it will draw roughly 100W more, but not in games however. So if you play Furmark (dot dot dot) be cautious ;)

If you use a single monitor (1080p) it can play them all maxed out no prob at all. I rarely enounter games that I cannot max out on my 270X in 1080p, so a 280X should have absolutely no problems.

R9 280 is not R9 280X, it's new card, takes 200W of power and is somewhere between GTX 760 and R9 280X in performance.

[SilentHorizon]

Messaggio originale di Rumpelcrutchskin:

Messaggio originale di BDK:

If you can get a 280X for the same price as a 270X, that's really a no brainer. GET IT. If there should be any reason whatsoever NOT to get this card, it would be your power supply. Is it up for the task? It's a 250W TDP compared to the 180W TDP of the 270X. In Furmark it will draw roughly 100W more, but not in games however. So if you play Furmark (dot dot dot) be cautious ;)

If you use a single monitor (1080p) it can play them all maxed out no prob at all. I rarely enounter games that I cannot max out on my 270X in 1080p, so a 280X should have absolutely no problems.

R9 280 is not R9 280X, it's new card, takes 200W of power and is somewhere between GTX 760 and R9 280X in performance.

LOL, before I made my first comment on this thread I was going to say the r9 280, thinkin that he was talkin about r9 280X but at least I caught myself at last minute lol.

[memorysin]

Thanks for all the advice, I think I'll be going with the r9 280 after all, as I've been seeing one for $199 and that's about the same as the r9 270x. Though I wish the free games had better options lol.

[SilentHorizon]

np, have fun with your new card!