R7 260 or R7 260X , worth the $100-110 upgrade from a 6750 ?

[WeeHawky]

With the 6750 not quiet cutting it for High Skyrim, Saints Row 4 Medium, I'm thinking about upgrading.

With the Athlon II X4 640, I don't see any reason to go over a 750ti either, so I decided I might as well wait on a $100 - 110 card again.

Which, looks like might have happened:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r7-260-review,3736-3.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r7-260-review,3736-5.html

The 260x and 260 non-x seem to be doing just fine even at 1080p. However, for some reason it was tested on Low Metro Last Light.

Either way, I might just ride out the 6750.


Edit: Ah here we are. http://www.anandtech.com/show/7754/the-amd-radeon-r7-265-r7-260-review-feat-sapphire-asus/5

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7754/the-amd-radeon-r7-265-r7-260-review-feat-sapphire-asus/8

Reducing the 1080p , down to my 1440x900 monitor and I imagine I'd come out ahead of the 6750 , but enough to really warrant a $100 upgrade ? I'm not sure.

I don't think power draw would start being an issue ? http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-280x-r9-270x-r7-260x,3635-18.html

XFX 550. ( Athlon II X4 640, 4GBs of RAM, WD Black hard drive , 1 USB external powered from USB, and 1 USB external powered from wall).

Edit2: I'd probably buy a HIS again BTW: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161461&cm_re=R7_260-_-14-161-461-_-Product

[Mozendo]

Some R7 270 models go for $100, if you were to upgrade I'd go for those.
And now power consumption will not be an issue.

[WeeHawky]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Mozendo:

Some R7 270 models go for $100, if you were to upgrade I'd go for those.

That's what I linked :p

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131545

[WeeHawky]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Rumpelcrutchskin:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131545

Why that one over the HIS ?

Can it benefit from the extra 1 GB?

[Mozendo]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από weehawky:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Mozendo:

Some R7 270 models go for $100, if you were to upgrade I'd go for those.

That's what I linked :p

I only see you talking about the weaker 26X line

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από weehawky:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Rumpelcrutchskin:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131545

Why that one over the HIS ?

Can it benefit from the extra 1 GB?

HIS you linked is R7 260X, it's much weaker card then R9 270 I linked and not just because of amount of VRAM.

[ARmodder]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από weehawky:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Rumpelcrutchskin:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131545

Why that one over the HIS ?

Can it benefit from the extra 1 GB?

The more RAM a GPU has the less it uses from your actual system RAM which improves system wide performance, I have a R7 260X and it is a great GPU for the buy and will play Skyrim on Very High settings, it also plays many other popular games such as FC3, Payday2, COH2, and others at a solid framerate and high-very high settings to put it into perspective, I played all the aformentioned games at High settings with a 2009 XFX Radeon HD 5750, or in other words half the GPU the R7 260X is! the cheapest on Amazon is $115 but it's worth paying $15 more.

FYI if your a framrate junky save your money and get a R9 270X or a EVGA GTX 760 ACX 2.0 4GB SC Graphics card.

[WeeHawky]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Rumpelcrutchskin:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από weehawky:

Why that one over the HIS ?

Can it benefit from the extra 1 GB?

HIS you linked is R7 260X, it's much weaker card then R9 270 I linked and not just because of amount of VRAM.

Oh I see , it's out of the price range too and competes with the x50's ?

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από weehawky:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Rumpelcrutchskin:

HIS you linked is R7 260X, it's much weaker card then R9 270 I linked and not just because of amount of VRAM.

Oh I see , it's out of the price range too and competes with the x50's ?

It's $100 with rebate deal and is more powerful then GTX 750 Ti.

[WeeHawky]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Rumpelcrutchskin:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από weehawky:

Oh I see , it's out of the price range too and competes with the x50's ?

It's $100 with rebate deal and is more powerful then GTX 750 Ti.

I'll see what I can do. If the 6750 can pull GTAV, I don't really NEED an upgrade.. The only game that I noticed issues with is Saints Row 4 for some reason. 3 runs perfectly fine on Medium.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από weehawky:

I'll see what I can do. If the 6750 can pull GTAV, I don't really NEED an upgrade.. The only game that I noticed issues with is Saints Row 4 for some reason. 3 runs perfectly fine on Medium.

I really doubt you can get anything even remotely good with GTA V on your current graphics card. Reason why Saints Row 4 has issues is that it's modern game that needs more powerful graphics card.

[WeeHawky]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Rumpelcrutchskin:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από weehawky:

I'll see what I can do. If the 6750 can pull GTAV, I don't really NEED an upgrade.. The only game that I noticed issues with is Saints Row 4 for some reason. 3 runs perfectly fine on Medium.

I really doubt you can get anything even remotely good with GTA V on your current graphics card. Reason why Saints Row 4 has issues is that it's modern game that needs more powerful graphics card.

SR3 on media and Sleeping Dogs wtih HD pack ran fine.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από weehawky:

SR3 on media and Sleeping Dogs wtih HD pack ran fine.

It's because they are both older games with smaller hardware requirements.
SR4 has much higher requirements then SR3.

[ARmodder]

If your looking for just a stopgap GPU here are the best options for your price range and if you can wait till you get more money then I'd wait and get an R9 270X, GTX 660 or GTX 760.

http://www.amazon.com/MSI-R7-260-1GD5-OC/dp/B00I5HIVTM/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1417247233&sr=8-13&keywords=r7+260x

http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Version-PCI-Express-Graphics-11222-06-20G/dp/B00HJOKCZI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417247233&sr=8-1&keywords=r7+260x

This is a little cheaper than the second one but is not as good as the others.

http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GDDR5-2GB-2xDVI-I-Graphics-GV-N750OC-2GI/dp/B00JSI7VUC/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1417247233&sr=8-8&keywords=r7+260x

[WeeHawky]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από ARmodder PFC Collins 1st MEF:

If your looking for just a stopgap GPU here are the best options for your price range and if you can wait till you get more money then I'd wait and get an R9 270X, GTX 660 or GTX 760.

http://www.amazon.com/MSI-R7-260-1GD5-OC/dp/B00I5HIVTM/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1417247233&sr=8-13&keywords=r7+260x

http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Version-PCI-Express-Graphics-11222-06-20G/dp/B00HJOKCZI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417247233&sr=8-1&keywords=r7+260x

This is a little cheaper than the second one but is not as good as the others.

http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GDDR5-2GB-2xDVI-I-Graphics-GV-N750OC-2GI/dp/B00JSI7VUC/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1417247233&sr=8-8&keywords=r7+260x

Isn't the 660 and 760 over killing the Athlon II X4 and 1440x900 ?