MSI 270x or Asus 280?

MrTrickahhh

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I'm in the process of choosing GPU. In my area the MSI r9 270x 2gb gaming and the Asus r9 280 3gb DirectCUII Top cost the same, and I was wondering which one is the best.

It may seem obvious that the 280 is better however I recall hearing that Asus GPUs are bad. Are they or am I just making things up?

Also, is anyone of them easier/better to OC?

Just in case it matters my CPU is amd fx 6300 and my motherboard is ASUS M5A97 R2.0

Thanks.
 
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Asus isn't bad, they have great cards, it's just I don't really care for their aesthetics.

I'd get the r9 280 3GB in a heartbeat, since the gpu has more cores and more vram.

Idk about overclocking, maybe r9 270X is better but it shouldn't really matter.

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Alright, so r9 280 it is, thanks.