Sapphire toxic vs Gigabyte r9 270x (both 2GB)

dpaterno123 · Jul 14, 2014

I am looking for the best r9 270x and so far, from reviews, these are the best. I have heard better about the toxic but they both seem convincing. Which one will give the best performance? Particularly in fps. This will be paired up with an AMD fx-6300

BigBadBeef · Jul 14, 2014

Both are a waste of money, You can get Sapphire R9 280 Dual-X OC for almost the same price.

EasyLover · Jul 14, 2014

Better get R9 280x from Sapphire Vapor-X series. Vapor-X card utilize the vapor chamber tech in cooling is more efficient in keeping the card cool.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100363vx2sr

Ofcourse this would be subject to your budget, otherwise XFX Double Dissipation is a good choice.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r9280xtdfd

joker50060 · Jul 14, 2014

The Sapphire toxic= it has better cooling and more room for OCing as it gives you max everything out of the card
But as BigBadBeef said its a waste of money and you can get a 280 for better gaming http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-r9280gaming3g

BigBadBeef · Jul 14, 2014

The coolers on the "non-x" series are made to work with the "X" series, that is why most non-x radeon cards can easily OC to the X series performance or close...

dpaterno123 · Jul 14, 2014

joker50060 :

would the 280 have noticeably better gaming or just a little?

joker50060 · Jul 14, 2014

dpaterno123 :

Yes
The R9 280 will be more powerful. The r9 270X toxic is more for the people looking for aesthetics.
Also the R9 280 can be overclock to near stock speed of a R9 280X or more depending on your luck
I would totally go 280 and you can't beat a 200$ 280

EasyLover · Jul 14, 2014

Better get R9 280x not R9 280 for much better gaming performance. Otherwise stick with R9 270x.

joker50060 · Jul 14, 2014

EasyLover :

Nah i would save money get a 280 OC it to 280X performance.

EasyLover · Jul 14, 2014

OP: Read or see and decide accordingly

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2072865/280-280x.html

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-280X-vs-Radeon-R9-280

ww.youtube.com/watch?v=yCj3jDW3GNk

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7828/amd-announces-radeon-r9-280-radeon-hd-7950b-returns

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/916373-pc/69413758

dpaterno123 · Jul 14, 2014

EasyLover :

Would you go with the Sapphire or Gigabyte? Which one is more reliable?

dpaterno123 · Jul 14, 2014

joker50060 :

dpaterno123 :

Yes
The R9 280 will be more powerful. The r9 270X toxic is more for the people looking for aesthetics.
Also the R9 280 can be overclock to near stock speed of a R9 280X or more depending on your luck
I would totally go 280 and you can't beat a 200$ 280

Would 600 watts be enough to power it?

joker50060 · Jul 14, 2014

Ya 600W should be plenty

BigBadBeef · Jul 14, 2014

dpaterno123 :

The difference in this case is noticeable, guaranteed playable framerates at max settings, 1080p. Anything above R9 280X doesn't pay off anymore, but I digress.

dpaterno123 · Jul 14, 2014

BigBadBeef :

I also see that the gtx 770 is around the price of the 280x , would you still go with the 280x? and also the 760 is around the same price as the 280

EasyLover · Jul 14, 2014

dpaterno123 :

Sorry for late reply. Definitely Sapphire. In order of preference the brands are EVGA, Sapphire, MSI, Asus, Gigabyte and so on. I would still emphasize to get R9 280X if you have budget.

joker50060 · Jul 14, 2014

dpaterno123 :

When you can get a 280 and OC it to the 280X then you got yourself a card thats better then the 770 and when you get a 280 thats 200$ (MSI) and you have the performance of the 770 and more then i wouldn't beat that
but if you have the money for the 280x you could get it and OC it to the R9 290

I Would go with the 280 and OC it to the 280x OR THE 280X and OC it to the 290

EasyLover · Jul 14, 2014

R9 280X is at apar with 770 and in some games it even beats 770 but again that would depend upon the type of games that you play like BF4 is very r good for Mantle i.e AMD cards while some games heavily used PhysiX which ix exclusive to nVIDIA.

My recommendation to you is R9 280X if you have budget

dpaterno123 · Jul 16, 2014

EasyLover :

So you recommend AMD over Nvidia? When I researched about AMD I have heard about a lot of driver problems are they THAT noticeable that it interrupts gameplay? The games I would play the most are bf4, dayz, arma 3, and others in that sort. My main concern is smooth game play and high quality

joker50060 · Jul 16, 2014

dpaterno123 :

Nonsense that doesn't happen all people have AMD cards and they are all freaking happy and there is no such thing as something that interrupts the gameplay from the driver.
BF4 has mantle support so you'll be doing 60FPS+ on ultra save money and go for AMD

EasyLover · Jul 16, 2014

dpaterno123 :

Please, don't generalize one's experience as a whole. Someone may be having problem with driver or the card but then search the nVIDIA forums as well you will find similar sort of issues there as well. Don't make comparison based on that.

Strictly saying, this thread is purely based on AMD because of your query. So why are you asking that I prefer AMD over nVIDIA?

What do you mean by interrupting the game play?

dpaterno123 · Jul 28, 2014

EasyLover :

dpaterno123 :

Please, don't generalize one's experience as a whole. Someone may be having problem with driver or the card but then search the nVIDIA forums as well you will find similar sort of issues there as well. Don't make comparison based on that.

Strictly saying, this thread is purely based on AMD because of your query. So why are you asking that I prefer AMD over nVIDIA?

What do you mean by interrupting the game play?

because you mentioned nvidia and i see that the they are around the same price, so i was wondering your opinion on the two. and by interrupting the game play i mean bad frame rate drops, flickering, and blue screens, or anything like that, it wasnt just from one person i have heard from a decent number of people.

EasyLover · Jul 28, 2014

dpaterno123 :

EasyLover :

because you mentioned nvidia and i see that the they are around the same price, so i was wondering your opinion on the two. and by interrupting the game play i mean bad frame rate drops, flickering, and blue screens, or anything like that, it wasnt just from one person i have heard from a decent number of people.

nVIDIA was for reference purpose only. Problems which you've mentioned can come on any card regardless of the manufacturer. nVIDIA's drivers also crash. Mine one also crashed in the past but that was due to poor overclocking attempt.

Anyhow, coming over to the subject, Sapphire Toxic is recommended over gigabyte.

Regards and sorry for late reply

Gaidax · Jul 28, 2014

270 Toxic is a bit worthless, for its cost you can land a decent 280 or even 280X, which will be better.

EasyLover · Jul 28, 2014

I did recommend R9 280X to OP. Rest is OP's choice.

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