D Double4free Honorable Jan 11, 2014 93 0 10,630 Jan 21, 2014 #1 Really quick question. Any help would be wonderful. Gigabyte r9 270 2GB or XFX Radeon HD 7870 2GB Thanks so much!
Really quick question. Any help would be wonderful. Gigabyte r9 270 2GB or XFX Radeon HD 7870 2GB Thanks so much!
smorizio Titan Jan 22, 2010 30,984 9 125,315 Jan 21, 2014 #2 the newer 270 is a better card for the money. Upvote 0 Downvote
D Double4free Honorable Jan 11, 2014 93 0 10,630 Jan 21, 2014 #3 Both cars a are 180$ right now. Will I get better performance out of the r9 270? It's not the x just the plain r9 270 Upvote 0 Downvote
Both cars a are 180$ right now. Will I get better performance out of the r9 270? It's not the x just the plain r9 270
H huilun02 Splendid Feb 29, 2008 4,324 0 24,960 Jan 21, 2014 #4 Get the Gigabyte 270. You can overclock it to match the 270X anyway. To me I would avoid both Gigabyte and XFX cards. Gigabyte is one foot in the grave but XFX is six feet under. Upvote 0 Downvote
Get the Gigabyte 270. You can overclock it to match the 270X anyway. To me I would avoid both Gigabyte and XFX cards. Gigabyte is one foot in the grave but XFX is six feet under.
D Double4free Honorable Jan 11, 2014 93 0 10,630 Jan 21, 2014 #5 Are Gigabyte cards bad? Upvote 0 Downvote
H huilun02 Splendid Feb 29, 2008 4,324 0 24,960 Jan 21, 2014 #6 No I just don't like their boring Windforce cooler which quite a number of people have found badly seated on the GPU. Upvote 0 Downvote
No I just don't like their boring Windforce cooler which quite a number of people have found badly seated on the GPU.
D Double4free Honorable Jan 11, 2014 93 0 10,630 Jan 21, 2014 #7 I'm still on the fence about deciding. Between the two it seems in benchmarks the 7870 does better. Upvote 0 Downvote