pc devil r9 270x or r9 270x toxic

bat27man · Feb 21, 2014

I'm looking for a new card and couldn't decide between these:

1. Sapphire R9 270X TOXIC
2. GIGABYTE GV-R927XOC-4GD Radeon R9 270X 4GB
3. Power Color 270x Devil

Anyone know which card is the best and please if you can back it up with some numbers. I have gotten a lot of "fans" for one card maker or another. I need to know which one will give me a nerd-gasim. Thanks in advance for your help guys. I'm already running an asus 7950 but I'm looking to crossfire without spending 900 dollars on a card that I got 7 months ago on sale for 330 dollars. I'm not sure if the cards are compatible or not every other website says you can or you can't. So I want to be happy with the new card cause I'll probably get two.

photonboy · Feb 21, 2014

Your post is a little confusing to me.

1) Do you plan to get another HD7950 to Crossfire if you can't use the R9-270X to Crossfire with your HD7950?

2) Where did the $900 figure come from?

3) You said "I'll probably get two" so does that mean you're planning to sell your HD7950 and just go 2xR9-270X?

POINTS:

1. You CAN apparently Crossfire old with new but an HD7950 requires an R9-280X.
http://www.techpowerup.com/192295/radeon-r9-280x-crossfire-compatible-with-radeon-hd-7900-series.html

2. It's generally best to stick with a SINGLE card to avoid all the issues that multi-GPU has. Mainly the "smoothness" of the game (less stutter). DX9 issues still aren't fixed in Crossfire (perceived 30FPS when playing at 60FPS)

Summary:
My advice based on what you've said is to SELL your HD7950 and buy the best SINGLE card you can afford. AMD cards are actually OVERPRICED right now (compare price to benchmarks).

I think the EVGA GTX780 967MHz model at $490 is about the best high-end card right now.

Also, don't forge the HD7950 is still a fairly powerful card. Some games will already run 60FPS 1920x1080 on highest settings so upgrading would give you little benefit (may be WORSE if it has more stutter in Crossfire).

For the more demanding games you can carefully TWEAK the quality settings to get ALMOST the same visual experience. For example, with my GTX680 in Metro Last Light I get around 30FPS in the Benchmark with everything maxed, but I can get 60FPS by carefully tweaking and it doesn't look much different to me.

bat27man · Feb 22, 2014

photonboy :

Your post is a little confusing to me.

1) Do you plan to get another HD7950 to Crossfire if you can't use the R9-270X to Crossfire with your HD7950?

2) Where did the $900 figure come from?

3) You said "I'll probably get two" so does that mean you're planning to sell your HD7950 and just go 2xR9-270X?

POINTS:

1. You CAN apparently Crossfire old with new but an HD7950 requires an R9-280X.
http://www.techpowerup.com/192295/radeon-r9-280x-crossfire-compatible-with-radeon-hd-7900-series.html

2. It's generally best to stick with a SINGLE card to avoid all the issues that multi-GPU has. Mainly the "smoothness" of the game (less stutter). DX9 issues still aren't fixed in Crossfire (perceived 30FPS when playing at 60FPS)

Summary:
My advice based on what you've said is to SELL your HD7950 and buy the best SINGLE card you can afford. AMD cards are actually OVERPRICED right now (compare price to benchmarks).

I think the EVGA GTX780 967MHz model at $490 is about the best high-end card right now.

Also, don't forge the HD7950 is still a fairly powerful card. Some games will already run 60FPS 1920x1080 on highest settings so upgrading would give you little benefit (may be WORSE if it has more stutter in Crossfire).

For the more demanding games you can carefully TWEAK the quality settings to get ALMOST the same visual experience. For example, with my GTX680 in Metro Last Light I get around 30FPS in the Benchmark with everything maxed, but I can get 60FPS by carefully tweaking and it doesn't look much different to me.

my hd 7950 is selling for upwards of $900 right now, it's the asus. I meant which ever card between was the best I would get and down the road I would crossfire. had bad luck with n-vidia in past (temps)

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