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Graphics Card Comparison help.

Lawlypops
Level 7

‎04-27-2015 02:15 PM - last edited on ‎03-06-2024 03:08 AM by Community Admin

I found 3 GPUs that seem to be cheaper than my currently chosen one for my build, and i want to confirm if they truly are.
Original:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150705&cm_re=xfx_r9_280-_-14-150-705-_-Prod...

1st New:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127843&cm_re=MSI_GTX_960-_-14-127-843-_-Pro...

2nd New:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127844&cm_re=MSI_GTX_960-_-14-127-844-_-Pro...

3rd New:
--(Newegg) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127860&cm_re=MSI_GTX_960-_-14-127-860-_-Pro...
--(Amazon) http://www.amazon.com/MSI-GTX-960-GAMING-4G/dp/B00V4HY522/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1430168962&sr=...

The 3rd is the same as the 1st but with 4GB instead of 2

Here is my Build in case you need it. (I am currently buying everything. The only things i have bought so far is the Case, the HDD, and the SSD)

Motherboard - Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z
GPU - XFX Black Edition Double D R9-280A-TDBD
PSU - Rosewill Photon-1200
Monitor - ASUS VX VX248H 24-Inch Monitor
Keyboard - Razer BlackWidow Chroma
CPU - AMD FX-Series 8-Core Black Edition
RAM - G.SKILL Trident X Series 16GB DDR3 2400
Case - ThermalTake Overseer RX-I
HDD - WD Black 1TB 7200 RPM
SSD - Samsung 850 EVO 120GB
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Korth
Level 14

‎04-27-2015 07:39 PM

It looks like you're willing to spend up to ~USD$240. And, I suspect from your choices, you prefer faster factory overclocks.

I would go with an R9-280X, it will certainly outperform an R9-280 (it has more processing power and is a little faster in every way, with or without overclocking). It will generally outperform a GTX 960 (although some games are better optimized for the things - mostly PhysX - that NVidia GPUs do a little better, so you might want to check online benchmark results for these cards on the particular games you play).
Another good choice is an R9-285. Newer technologies, a little less of this and more of that, but it benches almost exactly equivalent to an R9-280X in terms of actual performance/fps.

The best http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202137&cm_re=r9_280x-_-14-202-137-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125726&cm_re=r9_280x-_-14-125-726-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127839&cm_re=r9_285-_-14-127-839-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125679&cm_re=r9_285-_-14-125-679-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150721&cm_re=r9_285-_-14-150-721-_-Product
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Antronman
Level 10

‎04-27-2015 09:41 PM

The R9 280 is never worth buying.

The R9 285 is better, the 280x is better.

Don't buy the R9 280, whatever you do.
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01_Wolverine
Level 12
In response to Antronman

‎04-28-2015 06:25 AM

Newegg has a Sapphire Tri-x 290 $249.99 after rebate. That will keep you going for along time

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202143
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