What GPU to choose?

lordas · May 22, 2014

Hi guys, im planning to buy a new graphics card soon and i thought id should get some opinions first.
Im looking at the asus R9 280x DCU2 top .

budget 0-300€
first of all the
specs :
cpu i7 2600 2.40GHZ
mobo gigabyte z77x UD3H
16Gb crosair ram
800w corsair psu
h60 corsair cooler
current gpu amd XFX Radeon HD 6850
SSD 120GB Samsung 840 EVO
HDD 1TB wd green < is getting replaced with WD 1TB caviar black
win 764bit.

games I play/will thief 4. all assassins creed series.
tomb rider, crysis, farcry, gta v (when it comes out) , bioshock infinite watch dogs and generally all that kind of games,
games i wont play : dota, lol, wow , bf4-3 COD . etc,
All games in maximum settings if cpu can handle it

only 1 monitor, 21.5" 1920x1080
overclocking :no
sli/corssfire: no
watercooling: no
i dont care about physX

What are your recommendations ?
thanks for your time

cabudinen · May 22, 2014

Get a GTX 770 or an R9 280X, these are great cards and inside your budget.

lordas · May 22, 2014

cabudinen :

any specific brand like asus msi zotac ?etc, ? what do you thnk of the card i listed ?

cabudinen · May 22, 2014

lordas :

They are good, but I would recommend EVGA for their costumer support and warranty.

EVGA.- Costumer Support, Warranty
MSI.- Great quality at a cheaper price
Gigabyte.- Best Cooling

They all perform about the same, just pick what best suits you.

Zaza101 · May 22, 2014

if you are going to go with the AMD side, I'd get Sapphire Vapor-x, or ASUS DirectCU 2. I'm currently using 2x Gigabyte 7950's in corssfire, cant say i'm that impressed with cooling/noise ratio.

lordas · May 22, 2014

3 fans doesn't always mean better cooling

in the summer my pc is in air condition room 20c. during winter, it doesnt get hot, so its not a problem, i have plenty of airflow too in my case too .

17seconds · May 22, 2014

lordas :

Just wanted to point out that AC4 is a GPU accelerated PhysX game, so maximum settings won't be available with an AMD card. The same goes for Watch Dogs, which features several Nvidia exclusive graphics settings. Otherwise, I like the Asus TOP series and wouldn't hesitate to place that model at #1 on my list.

lordas · May 22, 2014

but i can still play full settings without physX. right

17seconds · May 22, 2014

You will not have access to the settings for PhysX and TXAA. You might have access to HBAO+, but your performance hit will be disproportionate and likely not worth it to enable. To me, by definition, that's not truly "full, maximum settings" if you are unable to turn on all the settings.

lordas · May 23, 2014

wtf, i posted a reply yesterday but it didnt post... ?
> PhysX is not a big problem for me, i dont bother not having some extra particles/fog that i wont even notice they are missing

im also looking at the GTX 770 as cabudinen suggested .

update>
I actually started re-thinking about it .the gtx has more benefits than then R9 , PhysX gforce expriemce, 3d vision ,Adaptive V-Sync.....and of course 2gb vs 3gb ..

lordas · May 25, 2014

thread dead already ?

smeezekitty · May 25, 2014

Physx is really a hack in rather than detail enhancement. And in some games it can be enabled in CPU
so that logic is just fanboyism. Geforce experience really gains you nothing. Manual tweaking will generally give you
the best balance of settings in most cases.

3D vision is nice if you have/want a 3D monitor because AMD 3D sucks
Adaptive vsync can be used on AMD cards with RadeonPRO.

If you have a monitor that supports it, NVidia does have gsync

lordas · May 30, 2014

i just installed The Asus R9. the only bad thing, its the ridiculous coilwhine , its insane!! i also get screen tearing in crysis.(theres no Vsync option) which didnt happen before wiht my amdxfx 6850...fucking shit

smeezekitty · May 30, 2014

lordas :

Either the game or CCC should have the option to enable vsync

lordas · May 30, 2014

i have already enabled it on ccc and triple buffering. still screen tearing. which is the fucking R9 faults, since my weak 6850 could handle the game better

Zaza101 · May 30, 2014

try this www.overclock.net/t/1217206/can-you-turn-on-vsync-in-crysis

lordas · May 31, 2014

ive seen that too, i downloaded crysis patch, which has vsynq option,i will test it when i find some doors.
but i have that problem in A.V.A too. i have vsync in max, in CCC and in game, AA is crap.
also check this album. http://imgur.com/a/uotQz#0

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