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November 18, 2013 9:09:52 PM

I'm looking to buy either a gtx 770 or an r9 280x. I want the 770 but I am unsure about the future of nvidia due to mantle coming out and hearing amd cards are going to get a massive boost in performance. What do you guys recommend?

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November 18, 2013 9:18:10 PM

Mantle won't kill off Nvidia since it's still a developer thing, individual developers have to support it through developing games using the API, and even then they will 100% still develop for directx and openGL because those 2 are standard.

As of right now only a certain number of developers have signed on to the whole Mantle deal, but it's still not clear whether this will be an industry moving phenomenon. And since BF4, the first game that will introduce a patch for the game to utilize Mantle, isn't even at that point yet (the patch hits December) we have no idea what kind of effect it will have on gameplay anyway.

If you want the GTX 770 then go for it, it won't be obsolete for a very long time and has interesting trinkets from Nvidia such as Shadowplay if that is a concern of yours. I personally would choose the R9 280x (but only because I prefer it and not because of anything AMD has to offer or because Nvidia is bad or anything) but Nvidia cards are strong and always have my recommendation.
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