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What graphics card should I get

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July 21, 2014 12:47:01 AM

I'm looking for a graphics card that is less than 330 dollars ( it would hurt but I can get 350) dollars. I want it to be FASTER than my current one, I also don't care for ram, I want it to have at least 2 though. The graphics card I'm currently using is XFX R9-280X-TDBD, and has a core clock of 1.08Ghz. I want a graphics card that can easily handle almost any game on very good settings. My build, https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Guled/saved/mDK2FT. And would Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Tri-X Toxic Video Card be better.

Link to the sapphire card, https://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-11221...

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a c 343 U Graphics card
July 21, 2014 1:03:06 AM

Gigabyte R9 290 4GB 512-bit Windforce 3X for $339.99 ($20 after rebate) is your absolute best option;

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

It is worth the difference, and is the level up from the R9 280X.

your system including PSU can easily handle that card.
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July 21, 2014 1:09:49 AM

The core clock is slower, does it matter.
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July 21, 2014 1:12:29 AM

no, the core speed doesn't matter in this case, check how many more cores it has, the Vram and wider bus, also faster bandwidth. You can also overclock the card.
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July 21, 2014 1:39:21 AM

Sorry, I'm not that knowledgable about cores. Why would core speed not matter in this case. Plz give me the long answere.
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a c 343 U Graphics card
July 21, 2014 1:47:28 AM

because there are more cores in the GPU itself (2560 vs 2048), and the bandwidth of the memory is far greater on the R9 290 (320GB/s compared to 288GB/s), the core speed is just how fast the cores are set to, which the faster the better but if you have a graphics card with more of them clocked lower, that option will be better as the more cores the better, which higher the clock the better also. What I mean in this comparison the lower cores with higher clock rate does not match more cores with slower clock rate.
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July 21, 2014 2:06:32 AM

What do you think the average fps will be in minecraft and battle field 4
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July 21, 2014 2:14:45 AM

Also how much cores does r9 290 has compared to r9 280
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July 21, 2014 5:13:33 AM

get a 290 or a 770, your choice!
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