GTX 760 vs. R9 270x

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brendanbledsoe10

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Hello,

I'm building a PC and was wondering which would be better for me. I think that the GTX 760 would give me better frames, but by how much(720p)? I will also be playing ALOT of Battlefield 4. Since I'll be playing a ton of BF4, should i get the R9 270x or the GTX. I will also be playing most other titles that are coming out, as I am abandoning console gaming.

Thank You.
 
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BEST GTX760 (IMO): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127745

*Look at the 145 customer reviews of 5/5 average!

HWCOMPARE often has mistakes or is misleading. Only go by reliable BENCHMARKS.

The GTX760 is slightly faster on average if you compare stock-to-stock or OC-to-OC. There are also other factors such as:
- Shadowplay
- G-Sync
- PhysX
- Shield/streaming

Someone will get mad if I don't point out that AMD has Mantle but that's ONLY for games that use it which is none until the BF4 update is out then we don't even know the next game after that.

*You need to compare SEVERAL GAMES and stock/stock or OC/OC as mentioned for a fair comparison...
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Generally speaking, both are overkill if you're only ever going to game at 720p, though in BF4 it might be defensible. Its got a resolution scale slider that goes up to 200%, so it can almost always use more GPU horsepower if you've got it.

I say go with the R9 270X. The GTX 760 is faster and more expensive and you just don't need to be in that performance category for 720p. Definitely consider a new monitor, though. Guaranteed native 1080p (or bigger) gaming with no framerate cap is like the biggest reason to game on a PC over a console.

At 1080p, I'd switch recommendation to the 760, though that doesn't mean the R9 270X would be a poor choice. Its not really a fair comparison when they aren't the same price.



I'm pretty sure the 760 is quite a bit faster; the R9 270X is effectively a rebranded HD 7870, and the GTX 760 is more comparable to the HD 7950 or GTX 670.
 
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BEST GTX760 (IMO): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127745

*Look at the 145 customer reviews of 5/5 average!

HWCOMPARE often has mistakes or is misleading. Only go by reliable BENCHMARKS.

The GTX760 is slightly faster on average if you compare stock-to-stock or OC-to-OC. There are also other factors such as:
- Shadowplay
- G-Sync
- PhysX
- Shield/streaming

Someone will get mad if I don't point out that AMD has Mantle but that's ONLY for games that use it which is none until the BF4 update is out then we don't even know the next game after that.

*You need to compare SEVERAL GAMES and stock/stock or OC/OC as mentioned for a fair comparison:
http://www.legitreviews.com/gigabyte-radeon-r9-270x-video-card-review_129819/3
 
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What's the rest of your system?

I play BF4 on mostly low/medium at 1080p at about 50-60 FPS, with a GTX 460 (about half as fast as the 760..), Core i5-750 and 8 GB of RAM. Its hard to put a number on it, but I think either card would get you to really high settings at 720p and great performance if you've got a decent processor to back it up.
 
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brendanbledsoe10

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I've got an fx 6300, and 8gb of ram
 
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BF4 isn't very bottlenecked by the CPU:
http://www.techspot.com/review/734-battlefield-4-benchmarks/page6.html

Here's relative GPU performance at 1680x1050:
http://www.techspot.com/review/734-battlefield-4-benchmarks/page2.html

Mantle (for recent AMD cards):
If BF4 would be a game you play a lot, I suggest you hold off until BF4/Mantle benchmarks are released. It WAS supposed to be this December but the game has so many issues that's indefinitely on hold. I'd frankly be surprised if it came out before March.

PRICING:
The R9-270X appears to have stock and/or price issues.
 
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With my gtx 760 evga superclockeed 4 gb VRAM I have 70min -100+ fps on ultra everything 4xmsa 1080p
 
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