- Jan 22, 2010
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Hello guys!
I have had a GTX 460 working well enough for my needs, but it causes stability problems and needs to be replaced.
I've narrowed down the choices to a few:
Those are my prices (converted to USD).
I am a student (although only 1 semester remaining), but I don't care much for graphics, more for the game itself and not for full settings.
I work mostly on dual display setup with a lot of open windows, but when I game, its on one screen in full HD.
Also linux support is very important... I've read a lot of reviews (too much), and I still cant tell what is best choice, their price/performance ratio is almost IDENTICAL!
My system is AMD Phenom II 965BE Quad Core on Asus M5A97 R2.0 with 16GB ram, SSD drive (for linux) and 1TB hdd for windows.
I also have Xbox360 at home, so I tend to choose either the 750 or 260X, as no sense in wasting money on vcard, while old Xbox runs the same games and more... while for the games I DO play (EVE-Online mostly), those mid-range are enough.
But even then, I don't know what is better - 7850 or 260X.. both 3 years warranty, one is more expensive a bit, but warranty covers OC.
Even the Linux related tests and reviews on Phoronix does not give me enough information to choose one over the other.
Please assist, any other aspects to consider? Will AMD cease drive support of one or the other sooner?
Thanks!
I have had a GTX 460 working well enough for my needs, but it causes stability problems and needs to be replaced.
I've narrowed down the choices to a few:
HD 7850 ~182$
R7 260X 2GB gddr5 OC edition ~200$
R9 270 ~265$
R9 270x ~285$
R9 270x 4GB OC edition ~314$
Those are my prices (converted to USD).
I am a student (although only 1 semester remaining), but I don't care much for graphics, more for the game itself and not for full settings.
I work mostly on dual display setup with a lot of open windows, but when I game, its on one screen in full HD.
Also linux support is very important... I've read a lot of reviews (too much), and I still cant tell what is best choice, their price/performance ratio is almost IDENTICAL!
My system is AMD Phenom II 965BE Quad Core on Asus M5A97 R2.0 with 16GB ram, SSD drive (for linux) and 1TB hdd for windows.
I also have Xbox360 at home, so I tend to choose either the 750 or 260X, as no sense in wasting money on vcard, while old Xbox runs the same games and more... while for the games I DO play (EVE-Online mostly), those mid-range are enough.
But even then, I don't know what is better - 7850 or 260X.. both 3 years warranty, one is more expensive a bit, but warranty covers OC.
Even the Linux related tests and reviews on Phoronix does not give me enough information to choose one over the other.
Please assist, any other aspects to consider? Will AMD cease drive support of one or the other sooner?
Thanks!
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