Thinking of upgrading my 6970 to r9 280. Worth it?

Makinde

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Hi all,

A couple years ago I got the Radeon 6970, and it has served me well, but with new games - particularly MMOs my card has been starting to show its age. I'm partial to AMD graphics card so I was thinking of upgrading to the r9 280. The price seems fair and it looks to be a marked increase in terms of performance. I'm a little too paranoid to overclock so I'd rather just use it as it comes in the box. What do you guys think? Worth it?

EDIT Sorry, for some reason I posted my system specs but it didn't show up
16GB ram
i7-2600k CPU quad core @ 3.4ghz


Thanks all :)
 
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Hi.
Yes you will see a good performance boost. Up to 20+ more frames at least.In toms GPU chart , your card is equal to R7 265 and 280 is way better. I think it's completely worth it. If you don't want to overclock , I recommend to buy R9 280x. Its like factory overclocked R9 280, a little more pricey
This is the chart .http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

Ali Shayyan

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Hi.
Yes you will see a good performance boost. Up to 20+ more frames at least.In toms GPU chart , your card is equal to R7 265 and 280 is way better. I think it's completely worth it. If you don't want to overclock , I recommend to buy R9 280x. Its like factory overclocked R9 280, a little more pricey
This is the chart .http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html
 
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