- Apr 6, 2012
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So its been awhile, since I upgraded my graphics card. I decided I am going to go with something in the 200-300 range. I am currently running a HD 6870.
I been thinking of going with the R9 280 card.
Would these card be worthwhile:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202112&cm_re=R9_280-_-14-202-112-_-Product
Sapphire DUAL-X R9-280
MSI R9 280
Or should I be looking at other cards? I looked at some benchmarks and there doesn't seem to be a huge difference mainly 3-6 fps on average from the R9 280X. Are there any other brands I should be looking at? I went with XFX twice before (Neither one ever gave me issues), but they don't have as good of deals right now.
I am not a hardcore gamer, so I don't see the benefit of just a couple of fps for something roughly $100 more. Also I normally don't overclock my GPU. Though I like the ability to in the future.
Here are my current specs:
OLD GPU: XFX HD-687A-ZHFC Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-Bit
CPU: Intel i5 3750K
MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD5H
RAM: 8GBs DDR3-1600
PSU: Corsair TX750W 80+ Bronze
I been thinking of going with the R9 280 card.
Would these card be worthwhile:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202112&cm_re=R9_280-_-14-202-112-_-Product
Sapphire DUAL-X R9-280
MSI R9 280
Or should I be looking at other cards? I looked at some benchmarks and there doesn't seem to be a huge difference mainly 3-6 fps on average from the R9 280X. Are there any other brands I should be looking at? I went with XFX twice before (Neither one ever gave me issues), but they don't have as good of deals right now.
I am not a hardcore gamer, so I don't see the benefit of just a couple of fps for something roughly $100 more. Also I normally don't overclock my GPU. Though I like the ability to in the future.
Here are my current specs:
OLD GPU: XFX HD-687A-ZHFC Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-Bit
CPU: Intel i5 3750K
MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD5H
RAM: 8GBs DDR3-1600
PSU: Corsair TX750W 80+ Bronze
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