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November 19, 2013 1:59:11 PM

I want to upgrade my GPU at Christmas, I am more inclined to get an AMD card because I play a lot of BF4 and I think mantle could be interesting. I am not ruling out NVIDIA though. Budget £500.

My current PC:

CPU: AMD FX-6100 - 6 core processor - 3.30 Ghz

RAM: 8gb of Corsair Vengeance.

GPU: AMD 7850

PSU: I don't actually know but I can get a good enough PSU if needed.

Xmas Upgrade:

CPU: AMD 8350 - 8 core

RAM: -same-

GPU: Best to get at a £500 budget

PSU: New one if needed

Cards I have considered:

AMD 7990 - Looks phenomenal for the price

R9 290 - New and cool

GTX 780 - Great just struggling to decide

GTX 780 ti - A bit too much but if I could get the money, should I?

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November 19, 2013 2:05:22 PM

If you can afford the 290x or 780 TI, those would be quite amazing. However, your PSU should be around 650W give or take, so as long as you have that you should be good. If those are too expensive for you though, I would say a 7970 or 780(non-ti) would be great either way. I'm a huge fan Nvidia personally, So that's what I point towards, but either way you go, you're gonna be happy. I'm curious about mantle myself and how it will truly affect the gameplay.

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November 19, 2013 3:12:44 PM

deadmaufive said:
If you can afford the 290x or 780 TI, those would be quite amazing. However, your PSU should be around 650W give or take, so as long as you have that you should be good. If those are too expensive for you though, I would say a 7970 or 780(non-ti) would be great either way. I'm a huge fan Nvidia personally, So that's what I point towards, but either way you go, you're gonna be happy. I'm curious about mantle myself and how it will truly affect the gameplay.

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I looked at the 780 ti but it looks a bit too much, If I can it is in the top 3. Would you say getting the 290x would be better than a 7990? Also the 290 is almost the exact same as the 290x (give or take 1 frame), It has even been said you can bios flash it to make it run like a 290x.
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November 19, 2013 4:06:00 PM

the 290x has more stream processors but the rest of it is about the same, and if you feel comfortable flashing the bios I don't see an issue with that.

and as for the 7990, if you can afford it, I'd say go for it, since a 7990 is just 2 7970s in CF built into 1 card it will be an amazing card to have, just make sure you can fit it in your case with adequate cooling. a single 7970 card is on par with the 280x so if you have 2 of them it will be, at least in theory since I havn't actually done this myself, better than a 290/x
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