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is it worth upgrading form Radeon 7850 to R9 270X

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April 3, 2014 9:06:22 AM

Hi,

I've been reading the article about the R9 270's replacing the 7800 line of cards on this site and it appears to be worth upgrading to them but I'm still a little on the fence so wondered what the communities view is on this. I've read through a few posts but can't really seem to find anyone that has a similar rig to mine to see if i would really see a performance increase. another part of the reason I'm doing this is recently my motherboard and CPU died and had to replace it with the parts below.

Current Rig
CPU: AMD A8-5600K 3.6GHz Quad-Core
Motherboard: Asus A88XM-A Micro ATX FM2+
RAM: Corsair XMS3 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1333
GPU: PowerColor Radeon HD 7850 2GB
SSD: OCZ Vertex 2 60GB 2.5" SSD
PSU: XFX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V


i looked at this GPU: Sapphire R9 270X VAPOR-X OC 2GB £150, with selling my old GPU (currently worth £60 CeX.co.uk) this would only cost £90

http://www.ebuyer.com/580905-sapphire-r9-270x-vapor-x-o...


thanks in advance for any pointers you can give.

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April 3, 2014 9:12:51 AM

no its not, the r9 270x is a rebrand of the HD7870, you will see minimal performance increase,in fact if you overclock your current GPU i' pretty sure you would surpass the standard performance of the 270x.
a small but still descent upgrade would be a 280x and a big (worth it IMO) upgrade would be a r9 290 or 290x
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April 3, 2014 9:16:52 AM

thanks for the speedy response I'll try the OC first and foremost, and wait for the 290's to drop in price i think
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April 3, 2014 9:18:02 AM

leemuk said:
thanks for the speedy response I'll try the OC first and foremost, and wait for the 290's to drop in price i think

two very good ideas, have fun !
If you need any help with overclocking just ask!

oh and btw if a new r9 270x is worth 150 where you at, then your used 7850 should be worth at least a good 100 IMHO
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