Gtx 760 or r9 270x for gaming?

SGJguille · Jan 14, 2015

Hi everybody! I'm new to the forums and I recently built my new PC, which has the following parts:

fx 8320 stock
m5a99x evo r2.0
8gb ram kingston 1333
sentey psu 850w 80+

and my question is the following:
Should i pick up an:

gtx 760 twin frozr

or

r9 270x toxic/vapor sapphire

Are this GPUs still powerful for upcoming games?

tsuneo6 · Jan 14, 2015

both of them have similar performance. they are powerfull enough for upcomming games. medium to high settings.

theonerm2 · Jan 14, 2015

Get an R9 270 instead because the 270x is just an overclocked 270. Just get a cheaper R9 270 and overclock it.

Mike Stewart · Jan 14, 2015

r9 270x toxic/vapor sapphire

brispuss · Jan 14, 2015

Yes, very similar performance, but the GTX 760 is very slightly faster overall, and it has just a tad less power consumption.

But otherwise there is not much difference between the two cards.

Get whichever card at the best (cheapest) price.

CaptainTom · Jan 15, 2015

SGJguille :

They have identical performance, so I would get the 270X 4GB or a stronger card like the R9 290. Honestly at $270 the R9 290 is the card EVERYONE should be getting.

theonerm2 · Jan 15, 2015

CaptainTom :

I think this is a great deal on the R9 290. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161459

It's 239.99 after the $20 rebate.

SGJguille · Jan 15, 2015

In my country (argentina) the currency is "pesos". imagine a dollar= 9 "peso":

R9 270x toxic/vapor: 3500 pesos
Gtx 760: 3700 pesos
R9 280x toxic 3 gb: 5100 pesos
R9 290 tri-x: 4800 pesos

As you see, my country's economy is fucked up a ton. So yeah, my budget is up to gtx 760.

Also I found by hance that the r9 280 dual x 3gb (non-toxic) is the same price as the r9 270x toxic. Which is better?

SGJguille · Jan 15, 2015

Also, wich GPUs can produce bottleneck with that cpu?

WhiteSnake91 · Jan 15, 2015

In your case I'd go with the r9 270x and make use of Mantle in whatever games support it for better FPS, it'll make your 8 core cpu age even better. The gtx 760 is slightly stronger though but honestly probably not enough to notice in real world usage. Should play most games on 1080p high-ultra (no taxing msaa would help more)

SGJguille · Jan 15, 2015

WhiteSnake91 :

I play on 1080p, but there aren't a lot of games that use mantle :/

Do you guys think an r9 270x will be enough to play the next years?

WhiteSnake91 · Jan 15, 2015

you'll be fine at that resolution with the r9 270x and Mantle would increase the FPS even more

. I play BF4 64player multiplayer on dx11 ultra 1080p (no msaa) with my 1055t Phenom x6 3.5ghz at high 40s(~45-47)-60 (capped since my monitor is only 60hz anyway) so your 8 core would fair even better in modern titles.

SGJguille · Jan 15, 2015

WhiteSnake91 :

I'm glad to hear that, but still not a lot of games uses mantle. I'm going to play games like far cry, the witcher 3, battlefield 4, league of legends, gta V, (hopefully No man's sky) and many others. But i just got shocked the other day by "the witcher 3" requirements so I wanted to ask here.

http://www.datanex.com.ar/hardware/placas-de-video.html
http://www.gameron.com.ar/index.php?id_category=45&controller=category&id_lang=1

That's the tiny list of available cards in the cheapest argentina's stores. You probably won't undersand anything because it's in spanish, but you can see the prices.

My budget is of 3700 pesos.

tsuneo6 · Jan 15, 2015

http://www.gameron.com.ar/index.php?id_product=268&controller=product&id_lang=1
this is the best you'll get from the 2 shops for the budget.

WhiteSnake91 · Jan 15, 2015

^ yes the r9 280 is also good.

The gtx 760 is stronger than the r9 270x but not by a whole lot. The gtx 760 and r9 280 are on par, they're just like the old gtx 660ti and hd 7950.

if it's any consolidation ever since I've had my i5 and hd 7950 pc I was able to play any game I wanted on 1080p ultra very well, at the worst having to turn off the taxing x4 MSAA which I couldn't really tell a difference anyway.

SGJguille · Jan 15, 2015

Then i guess it will be r9 280, gtx 760 if that isn't avilable, and r9 270x at the last

tsuneo6 · Jan 15, 2015

to correct whitesnake, the r9 280 is def better than the gtx 760.it's somwhere in between the gtx 760 and 770; the r9 720x and gtx 760 are pretty much on par
I had a gtx 7690 myself and I could run bf4 on ultra without AA, and most other games on high/ultra.

SGJguille · Jan 16, 2015

tsuneo6 :

Do you think the r9 270x will be enough for the next 3 years, going down to medium quality if nessesary?

SGJguille · Jan 16, 2015

theonerm2 :

CaptainTom :

I think this is a great deal on the R9 290. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161459

It's 239.99 after the $20 rebate.

In argentina we are not alowed to buy hardware from another countries. Fuck my president.

renz496 · Jan 16, 2015

SGJguille :

clearly 280 will be better. is has more VRAM as well which will be better for future games. but just like 270X the card is based on first gen AMD GCN architecture. some of AMD new feature might not going to be supported on it. but gaming wise it won't be a problem.

SGJguille · Jan 16, 2015

renz496 :

I'm sort of nervous for the temperatures since my country is pretty hot. If I have to choose between this:

http://www.datanex.com.ar/hardware/placas-de-video/msi-gtx760-twin-frozr-gaming-series-oc-2gb.html

this

http://www.datanex.com.ar/hardware/placas-de-video/sapphire-r9-270x-2gb-vapor-x-oc.html:

or this:

http://www.datanex.com.ar/hardware/placas-de-video/sapphire-r9-270x-4gb-dual-x-oc-con-boost.html

Which one do you think will have the lower temperature? Also which one do you think will be best for gaming?

renz496 · Jan 16, 2015

all of them have dual fan. most of the modern non-reference card have good cooler on them. as long as you have good case air flow it won't be too much of a problem. also you can use your own fan curve if you did not satisfied with the auto fan setting.

SGJguille · Jan 16, 2015

renz496 :

Wich one do you think will be the best for gaming? Do you think I will be able to play 1080p at decent (+45) fps in the upcoming games at least at high?

nikoli707 · Jan 17, 2015

the 760 is better than the 270x. the 280 is about the same as the 760 but has more vram. the 760 will run slightly cooler than the 280.

SGJguille · Jan 17, 2015

nikoli707 :

Do you think I will be able to play 1080p at decent (+45) fps in the upcoming games at least at high?

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