My 16th birthday is next month,but I really want to upgrade from my XFX 7750HD. I've been shown the R9 270 and it really caught my eye. Problem is,I have a AMD Athlon II 630 Quad-Core CPU. Will it bottleneck at all? I really want to play the new games like Shadow of Mordor and the Evil Within on medium settings at 60fps.
Will my CPU work with this graphics card?
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I don't think there will be any major bottlenecks at all. There may be very very small bottlenecks but nothing noticeable really. Just make sure your PSU is capable of handling the card and the R9 270 is a decent card. What monitor resolution are you running at?
edit: Actually your CPU is a bit old and there may be bottlenecks but it's only more noticeable when you run at smaller resolutions and normally have higher fps. But it won't be bad enough that you cannot play.
edit: Actually your CPU is a bit old and there may be bottlenecks but it's only more noticeable when you run at smaller resolutions and normally have higher fps. But it won't be bad enough that you cannot play.
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You are right on the edge. A minor bottleneck might exist, and there for sure would be bottleneck if you went any higher in performance. You will be fine though.
Btw, at that resolution, your GPU will never be pushed very hard even with max settings.
Btw, at that resolution, your GPU will never be pushed very hard even with max settings.
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Your processor is still pretty solid, considering your graphics card your looking at is pretty well rounded for that cpu. Higher GPU's you may want a different CPU.
Check the specs on your PSU, as long as it has more than 30 amps on the v12 rail you'll be rockin.
Go for it, the 270 is a huge improvement from a 7750.
Benchmark: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1140?vs=1080
Check the specs on your PSU, as long as it has more than 30 amps on the v12 rail you'll be rockin.
Go for it, the 270 is a huge improvement from a 7750.
Benchmark: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1140?vs=1080
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It should.. If you can, I recommend going with newegg just in case 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127769&cm_re=msi_r9_270-_-14-127-769-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127769&cm_re=msi_r9_270-_-14-127-769-_-Product
Dazinek :
It should.. If you can, I recommend going with newegg just in case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127769&cm_re=msi_r9_270-_-14-127-769-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127769&cm_re=msi_r9_270-_-14-127-769-_-Product
I would,but my mom works at Amazon,so I could get 1 day shipping and 10% off
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So,the 270 and the 270X are both the same price,which one should I get?
This one maybe? http://www.bestbuy.com/site/xfx-radeon-r9-270x-2gb-ddr5-pci-express-3-0-graphics-card/2091002.p?id=1219068840893&skuId=2091002&st=amd-offer-126890&cp=1&lp=2
Don't know if the manufacturer really matters.
This one maybe? http://www.bestbuy.com/site/xfx-radeon-r9-270x-2gb-ddr5-pci-express-3-0-graphics-card/2091002.p?id=1219068840893&skuId=2091002&st=amd-offer-126890&cp=1&lp=2
Don't know if the manufacturer really matters.
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XFX is a solid company. Basically, in terms of 270 vs 270x... the 270 is a 7850, and the 270x is a 7870.
The 270 has more OC headroom which can go up to the performance of the 270x, and a little bit over in some cases.
The 270x can also OC pretty well, not as much headroom as the 270, but still pretty solid.
In the end, if the 270 is cheaper, go for the 270. If find a solid deal for the 270x. Get the 270x.
The 270 has more OC headroom which can go up to the performance of the 270x, and a little bit over in some cases.
The 270x can also OC pretty well, not as much headroom as the 270, but still pretty solid.
In the end, if the 270 is cheaper, go for the 270. If find a solid deal for the 270x. Get the 270x.
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Long story short, if they are the same price get the R9 270x, but it doesn't matter really cause you will never reach that level.
If it is even a dollar more, I wouldn't bother. Dazinek is wrong when he said an R9 270 is basically a 7850 while an R9 270x is basically a 7870. The R9 270 cards are nearly identical, they both have the same number of shaders, same amount of ram, same amount of bandwidth. The only thing between them is usually about 100Mhz. Which means the R9 270x is 10% faster but purely because of clock speed. They bin the chips, so higher quality chips end up in the R9 270x so they will more reliably overclock higher, but the R9 270 can overclock close to the same and the difference is really small. There isn't really any valid reason for them being two separate cards.
If it is even a dollar more, I wouldn't bother. Dazinek is wrong when he said an R9 270 is basically a 7850 while an R9 270x is basically a 7870. The R9 270 cards are nearly identical, they both have the same number of shaders, same amount of ram, same amount of bandwidth. The only thing between them is usually about 100Mhz. Which means the R9 270x is 10% faster but purely because of clock speed. They bin the chips, so higher quality chips end up in the R9 270x so they will more reliably overclock higher, but the R9 270 can overclock close to the same and the difference is really small. There isn't really any valid reason for them being two separate cards.
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