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R9 280x vs Gtx 770, which card is better

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  • 770
  • Intel i5
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  • 4670k
  • r9 280x
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March 16, 2014 10:09:01 PM

I've been switching back and forth between the two cards and cannot make up my mind. I just want to know which would perform better on my i5-4670k for modern high end games

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March 16, 2014 10:12:34 PM

Depends on a lot of factors. What games will you be playing? What resolution will you be using? How long do you want the card to go before an upgrade? Do you plan to SLI/CrossFire in the future?
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March 16, 2014 10:14:49 PM

game dependent. Some the 770 some the 280x. I prefer the 280x because i'm 1440p and the extra vram does make a difference.
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March 16, 2014 10:18:07 PM

I plan on playing games like BF4, Crysis 3, Farcry 3 and other high end games like that. I'll be playing in 1080p, and would like the card to last a couple years before upgrading.
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March 16, 2014 10:19:34 PM

What reolution and what games are you be playing.The 770 has more CUDA performance while the 280X has more compute performance.A 770 2GB is just enough for 1440p resolution and the fact I require from you is which games are you gonna play??
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March 16, 2014 10:21:43 PM

subhadeep082012 said:
What reolution and what games are you be playing.The 770 has more CUDA performance while the 280X has more compute performance.A 770 2GB is just enough for 1440p resolution and the fact I require from you is which games are you gonna play??


I plan on playing games like BF4, Crysis 3, Farcry 3 and other high end games like that. I'll be playing in 1080p.
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March 16, 2014 10:22:15 PM

Both the cards shall perform well on those games but my personal recommendation is the 280X since it gives you that price/performance ratio and 3GB VRAM is not that advantage but it is futureproof when games shall require it
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March 16, 2014 10:23:43 PM

BF4 and Crysis are usually driven well by AMD GPU's for there drivers
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March 16, 2014 10:23:50 PM

hoboslayer546 said:
subhadeep082012 said:
What reolution and what games are you be playing.The 770 has more CUDA performance while the 280X has more compute performance.A 770 2GB is just enough for 1440p resolution and the fact I require from you is which games are you gonna play??


I plan on playing games like BF4, Crysis 3, Farcry 3 and other high end games like that. I'll be playing in 1080p.


the 770 is all you need, despite amd optimizations
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March 16, 2014 10:28:15 PM

If your happy to go AMD than yes 280x, i can totally recommend. I got two of them. This could have some significance in future gammes also, given console mainstays are all on AMD hardware and like when BF4 was ported over to PC it played slightly better on 280x. Porting to PC is an increasing trend also, because consoles is where the money is for developers.
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March 16, 2014 10:31:08 PM

subhadeep082012 said:
What reolution and what games are you be playing.The 770 has more CUDA performance while the 280X has more compute performance.A 770 2GB is just enough for 1440p resolution and the fact I require from you is which games are you gonna play??


Then why can i tell the difference easily between gtx 680 and 280x at 1440p?

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March 16, 2014 10:36:59 PM

Gee Bee said:
subhadeep082012 said:
What reolution and what games are you be playing.The 770 has more CUDA performance while the 280X has more compute performance.A 770 2GB is just enough for 1440p resolution and the fact I require from you is which games are you gonna play??


Then why can i tell the difference easily between gtx 680 and 280x at 1440p?



The difference is not caused by VRAM the 2gb vram is enough for 1440p especially when you have got a powerful GPU like the 770 and the difference between 280x and gtx 680 in games is significantly due to its shader configuration rather than its VRAM
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March 16, 2014 10:44:19 PM

subhadeep082012 said:
Gee Bee said:
subhadeep082012 said:
What reolution and what games are you be playing.The 770 has more CUDA performance while the 280X has more compute performance.A 770 2GB is just enough for 1440p resolution and the fact I require from you is which games are you gonna play??


Then why can i tell the difference easily between gtx 680 and 280x at 1440p?




The difference is not caused by VRAM the 2gb vram is enough for 1440p especially when you have got a powerful GPU like the 770 and the difference between 280x and gtx 680 in games is significantly due to its shader configuration rather than its VRAM


Then we will have agree to disagree, I regularly hit 2.3 vram on a single 280x, as do many others. That is not even on max settings. The general consensus is BF4 on 1080p performms better with 3gbs vram. Even if benches don't bare that out.
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