Advice on ATI Radeon HD 5850 (used) VS GeForce GTX 750 Ti

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APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE:

Within 2 weeks - 1 month.

BUDGET RANGE:

USD $150- 320 (Please see details below).

USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT:

Gaming
Resolution: 1080p / 720p
Settings: Medium / High
Example games:

-Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
-Assassin's Creed 1/2/3/4
-Batman: Arkham Origins
-The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
-The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
-Dark Souls II

CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY:

Power Supply (planned):

XFX TS Series P1550SXXB9 550W ATX12V 2.2 & ESP12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Bronze Certified Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207013

GPU:

Intel HD Graphics 2500 (i3-3220 Ivy Bridge)

OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS:

CPU: Intel Core i3 3220 (Ivy Bridge)

MEMORY:
Memory Type DDR3
Memory Size 4 GBytes
Channels Single
Memory Frequency 1333 MHz

MOTHERBOARD:

Asus P8H61-M LX3

OVERCLOCKING: NO

SLI OR CROSSFIRE: NO

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920 X 1080

Well, basically a colleague of mine is offering me his HD 5850:

http://i57.tinypic.com/2v99gkh.png (screenshot GPU-Z)

He is willing to sell it for USD 150 (1300 pesos Argentinos - Argentina's currency).

For reference, I could get a:

MSI GAMING N750Ti TF 2GD5/OC G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127783

For what would be USD 335 (2800 pesos argentinos).

I'm on a really tight budget right now... I'm referencing a GTX 750 Ti because it seems it can be compared with the 5850... But I'm tempted to buy the Radeon...

Could you advise if it's worth it to spend the money on the 5850 ? Would it fit my needs ? Or I should REALLY try to get something like a GTX 750 Ti?

Thanks in advance.
 
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get the r9 270
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100006519%2040000048%20600473898&IsNodeId=1
 
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Thanks,

It seems I can get this one:

SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100364VXL Radeon R9 270X 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support OC WITH BOOST Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202059

For like USD 365... Seems like a good option.

There is a myth that ATI has problems with their drivers... which cause all kind of render issues on games... is it true? are Nvidia drivers more stable / reliable?

Is the 5850 out the question?
 
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no problem with amd drivers, i have the 270 myself, no problems at all. and yes, the 5850 is out of the question :) .
 
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Thanks again, can you tell me if the power supply I'm mentioning would support the r9 ?
My i3 supposedly only consumes 55 watts and I only have a caviar blue HD and a DVD rw which I don't really use at all
 
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if you can get that 270 then get it. 750Ti competes more with 260X (to exact 750Ti sits between 260X and 265) although it is the fastest card currently available that doesn't need extra power from power supply. your current power supply will easily power 270. as for the drivers i don't think there is any serious problem with it.
 
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yes,ihave that psu as well, it is great and silent.:)
 
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Just one more thing, do you think my ram (4 GB) would cause a bottleneck on games like the ones on my first post ? I can get a cheap kingston 2gb stick .... If I will upgrade like this it would be a shame to bottleneck such a good card don't you think ?
 
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double check those game minium requirement for RAM. i think apart from Shadow of Mordor and Assassin Creed 4 4GB will be enough on those game. anyway is that 4GB a single stick or two stick 2GB?
 
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4gb is enough, a 2gb stick extra can help in some games you listed, so the extra 2gb stick will be a good option, but if you can, try to buy a second stick of exactly the same ram as you already have, because then it will run in dual channel mode. (but it is more expensive because that is a 4gb stick)
 
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