amd r9 270x 2gb vs amd r9 270x 4gb

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Zack Zarrouk

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So im looking to buy a MSI Radeon R9 270X, but there are three options and i was wandering what would be the best for both price and performance, MSI Radeon R9 270X HAWK 2GB orMSI Radeon R9 270X TwinFrozr IV GAMING OC 2GB or MSI Radeon R9 270X Twin Frozr IV GAMING OC 4GB.
 
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4GB works wonders on a multi-montior set up. But if you're just sticking to the regular 1080p (or lower) on a single monitor set up 2GB would be sufficient. The Twin Frozr cooler is great at keeping this GPU cool.

Best Luck
 
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4GB >1080p, 2GB is 1080p sweet spot
Unless you're going to get more than one monitor 4gb will not make any difference from 2gb.
 
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resolution cant be the only factor effected by gpu memory what about reder distance and shadow redering etc those need memory to be stored.
 
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I would recommend gettings the 2gb card as everyone else has, but I prefer a crossfire set up for the 2 cards. I basically run 2 2gb r9 270x cards on my 800watt psu. What I found was, the extra vram lets you have higher anti aliasing settings which will give u a clearer picture at 1080p than at higher resolutions. Also, the soft shadow rendering and distance rendering will be equivalent to a ps4, so if you feel that is enough for you then get the single 4gb card. Lastly, if you have $70 to $120 more (than the price of the 4gb card) to spare I recommend getting two cards and running new games in crossfire, which will get u distance and shadow rendering almost equal to that of the 290x in a games like assassins creed (new amd drivers fixed the xfire problem), and battlefield 4(2 270x and I'm getting 90fps at 100% distance rendering on all ultra settings, msaa x4, with the mantel api). The only downside to crossfire is that older games might not support it; but then again, the 270x alone is more than capable of running old games at good render speeds. For the future computers are headed for 4k/2 or 2560x1600 gaming resolutions so getting that extra vram might be helpful. In the future (when those god damn 4k T.Vs are sold for around $500-900) I think I will get 1 more 270x since I got the space on my motherboard and since I will need that extra vram to keep my game on high anti-aliasing at 1440-1600p resolutions.
 
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hey bro get the 7950 as its price have been really slashed... and i just saw a deal that the vapor x radeon 7950(950mhz) is just 23$ extra than the r9 270x... so its a proper deal.. it hasd got 3 gb vram and also 384 bit bus to fully utilize the memory...
 
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This card is so close the 7950, The price increase is not worth it, I should have got a 4GB version of the R9 270X instead of getting the R9 270. AMD should have actually made all the 270's 3GB cards instead of 2GB cards. That would have made them a better improvement over the 7870 and would have made the re-label more justifiable. And would have made them better suitable as a R9 series card, I honestly can't understand why the 270's are not in he R7 series.
 
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You people are telling r9 270x 2gb is better and enough on single montior....then why all recent game requirements are 3gb vRAM or more specially for Assassin 's Creed unity. 2GB VRAM will be sufficient for AC unity?
 
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Newer games are starting to use more than 2GB VRAM for Ultra settings. However, midrange cards like the R9 270x simply don't have the horsepower to drive ultra settings on those games with a decent framerate regardless of how much memory they have, so getting extra VRAM on a card of that class is kind of pointless unless you plan on running two of them in Crossfire.
 
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