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So i decided to build my first gaming pc and reading online i found out that for my mid-range build a Radeon R270x would be really good in terms of quality and price, since it costs like the GTX 750 Ti, but has higher specs. I wanted to know if someone who has tried out the 270x could tell me if it's worth buying it or there are other Graphic Cards that can do better even if the price is not so different (For example GTX 760). I was wondering even about the noise it makes, the cooling and even the power it needs, because i read that u'll need a particular PSU.

I would like also to know which advantages would i get buying a 4GB r270 over a 2GB one. There's a lot of difference? Or would it pretty much be the same?

 
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As an R9 270 owner (overclocked to be the same as an R9 270X), I'd say it's the best budget card at the moment. Runs everything I've tried on High or Ultra at 1080P and 60 FPS. I own the MSI GAMING R9 270, but alternatively I'd go for either ASUS, Gigabyte or Sapphire, depends on what has the best price at the time. If you end up with an R9 270 and not a 270X, simply download MSI Afterburner and use these clocks: http://i.imgur.com/lwVHXq1.png .

If you can afford an R9 280 it's also a great card. Unfortunately when I picked up my R9 270 the prices were still high from the mining craze and couldn't get an R9 280 or 280X. But at ~$150 the R9 270 is the best card you can get hands down.

If you're at 1080P there's no reason to get the 4...
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The r9 270x is a great gpu. Buying a 4 gb r270 will not make much of a difference unless you game on 4k and on multiple screens. You could consider these Gpu's in the same price bracket:
You can consider an r9 280 from powercolor which is $ 229 in newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131570
The gtx 760 is not as good as the r9 280 and still costs more. Currently, in gaming amd graphic cards win because of GCN and mantle. So I suggest getting an r9 280 or even an r9 270x. Both of these are great and can run all current games on 1080p in ultra settings at 50-60 fps or greater depending on game. Or You can just buy a trusted 7870 which costs much less and is more or less almost equal to r9 270x : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131563&cm_re=7870-_-14-131-563-_-Product $ 129.99 after rebate. Having said all this if you have enough money in your wallet go for the r9 280 over the r9 270x.
 
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Thanks a lot. I think i'll go for the r9 270x since it has a quite good price and seems really good in terms of specs. I got just a few questions
1) i would like to use a second monitor for music/websurfing, so you suggest me to get the 4GB one or the 2GB one is still good??
2) What brand would you suggest me?? (i don't know how they're called... but i mean MSI,Gigabyte,Sapphire....
 
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As an R9 270 owner (overclocked to be the same as an R9 270X), I'd say it's the best budget card at the moment. Runs everything I've tried on High or Ultra at 1080P and 60 FPS. I own the MSI GAMING R9 270, but alternatively I'd go for either ASUS, Gigabyte or Sapphire, depends on what has the best price at the time. If you end up with an R9 270 and not a 270X, simply download MSI Afterburner and use these clocks: http://i.imgur.com/lwVHXq1.png .

If you can afford an R9 280 it's also a great card. Unfortunately when I picked up my R9 270 the prices were still high from the mining craze and couldn't get an R9 280 or 280X. But at ~$150 the R9 270 is the best card you can get hands down.

If you're at 1080P there's no reason to get the 4 GB card.

EDIT: If you're just gaming on one monitor and have the other for music/web browsers then the 2 GB card will still be fine.
 
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Ans 1. If you will be using your second monitor for only websurfing/music and no 1080p ultra gaming, I think 2 gb will be enough. However if the price difference between both the variants is not much just get the 4 gb one.
Ans 2. I have a sapphire card and can swear by it. However I do not think the manufacturer makes any difference. Because all they do is attach their coolers to the same card. So you could just buy the gpu which has the lowest price tag.

 
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