Sapphire R9 280X Toxic or Gigabyte GTX 770 Windforce?

BlackMatrix · Feb 27, 2014

I am looking to buy a new graphics card and I cannot decide what one to choose. The toxic is $30 - $40 cheaper that the Windforce but I would like to know what experiences people have had with both cards and if anyone can tell me what performs better. I live in New Zealand, so the prices are up around $500 and in little stock.

Thanks!

maxiim · Feb 27, 2014

Gigabyte is not bad, as I have a Gigabyte 780. But in this scenario I'd personally go with the Sapphire card, they seem to be the most desirable right now.

mostafa007 · Mar 5, 2014

as said above but you should know that the sapphire toxic is more powerful than the gtx 770

LadyR3venge · Mar 11, 2014

I have both of them and with the Sapphire I had so many problems as you can see on this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgKCmHSXZ3E (you can check the comments to see how many people are having issues with this card). Then I've bought the Gigabyte and I don't have any problem with that, I can say that the 3 fans are really quiter than the Toxic and with a simple 1920x1080 the performance is the same... I will go for the 770

Xiembeest · Mar 11, 2014

mostafa007 :

Objection.
Yes the 280x toxic is one of thee fastest 280x's out there but in games like Far cry, Crysis, Assasins Creed, Bioshock and Skyrim the 770 IS faster. In Battlefield, AMD cards are faster.

LadyR3venge · Mar 11, 2014

Xiembeest :

Yes I agree, as I said I have both and in BF4 I've see that the Toxic could reach more FPS than the 770, but on a normal full HD monitor you won't see any difference, it depends on the way you are gonna use the GPU

Xiembeest · Mar 11, 2014

LadyR3venge :

Xiembeest :

Yes I agree, as I said I have both and in BF4 I've see that the Toxic could reach more FPS than the 770, but on a normal full HD monitor you won't see any difference, it depends on the way you are gonna use the GPU

If you can't see any difference it's best to not get the toxic edition becuase it's clocked SO HIGH some users have stability issues at stock speeds.

mostafa007 · Mar 11, 2014

but still the future for gaming will be amd and mantle is promising plus the gtx 770 is 256 bit card and the 280x is an 384 bit card and the sapphire toxic edition of the 280x is faster than the gigabyte gtx 770 wind force edition

Xiembeest · Mar 11, 2014

mostafa007 :

It just isn't faster, the 770 owns this price point. Next time look at numbers, rather than your gut feeling. Anyway, Take a look a the benchmarks of these 2 cards in links below. The gigabyte 770 is faster in all benchmarks that match those of the toxic 280x. Yes, in the graphs of the 280x toxic there a 770 but it is a stock 770. For a GOOD comparison, look the frame rates from the 280x toxic and the gigabyte 770. THESE ARE ON SEPARATE PAGES for good note.

Also, DirectX 12 is coming (confirmed by microsoft). This means Mantle is no longer a valid excuse for buying amd cards since directx 12 will also communicate directly to the gpu.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7406/the-sapphire-r9-280x-toxic-review/3
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7392/the-geforce-gtx-770-roundup-evga-gigabyte-and-msi-compared/4

mostafa007 · Mar 12, 2014

that is not true there was only 2 games that were the same in the bench marks bt3 and hitman its true that the gtx 770 got better result in that game but the 280x got better result in the hitman game plus 280x is better in bt4 than the gtx 770 and when i say gtx 770 i mean the gigabyte one and the toxic for the 280x but in the end i have to say if you can find the sapphire toxci 280x cheaper than the gigabyte wind force the get the toxic one and if the opposite then get the gtx770 simply because the diff in performance is so minimal go fore the cheaper one both are great but the sapphire toxic 280x is better for me cause it has better result in the games that i like to play like battle field 4

Embra · Mar 12, 2014

Both cards are very close. It would ber hard to notice much difference between the two, each have slight advantages in certain games.
For $30-40 less I would get the 280x. Sapphire only makes AMD cards and they are the most consist and best at it. The Toxic is a very nice card.
Really a matter of preference other the the price difference.

Xiembeest · Mar 12, 2014

mostafa007 :

that is not true there was only 2 games that were the same in the bench marks bt3 and hitman its true that the gtx 770 got better result in that game but the 280x got better result in the hitman game plus 280x is better in bt4 than the gtx 770 and when i say gtx 770 i mean the gigabyte one and the toxic for the 280x but in the end i have to say if you can find the sapphire toxci 280x cheaper than the gigabyte wind force the get the toxic one and if the opposite then get the gtx770 simply because the diff in performance is so minimal go fore the cheaper one both are great but the sapphire toxic 280x is better for me cause it has better result in the games that i like to play like battle field 4

Your opinion is irrelevant. I'm out.

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