- Oct 9, 2016
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So I've been lurking around these forums and internet, trying to find a solution for my problem. I'm currently in the process of building my first gaming PC, and I've pretty much decided all parts apart from the graphics card. I'm getting a freesync monitor with my setup and thus I've leaning towards getting an AMD graphics card. But I can't decide whether I should buy a RX 470 or RX 480, whether it should be 8gb or 4gb model and from which manufacturer.
I'm looking forward to being able to play at 60fps with (almost) maxed out settings games such as Heroes and Generals, Borderlands series, possibly some newer AAA titles, but the first two mentioned are more important. I'd rather get one with good quality and that stays cool, as I'm intending on keeping it for several years at least. I can afford the pricier RX 480s, but I'd rather get a cheaper option, if it still performs good enough. As it is my first build, I'm not planning to overclock or anything fancy (at least in the beginning).
Where I'm buying my parts (mindfactory.de), the 4gb rx 470s are currently going for about 195-215€, the 8gb rx 470s are about 240€, 4gb rx 480s are about 220-245€ and 8gb rx 480s are 260-295€
Here's the rest of my build, if that has any effect on this:
Intel i5-6500 processor
MSI B150m Mortar motherboard
520W Seasonic S12II PSU
250GB Samsung 750 Evo SSD
1000GB Western Digital Blue HDD
16GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4-2133 dual kit RAM
Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo CPU cooler
Deepcool Tesseract SW-RD case
and the monitor is AOC G2460VQ6 24"
I'm looking forward to being able to play at 60fps with (almost) maxed out settings games such as Heroes and Generals, Borderlands series, possibly some newer AAA titles, but the first two mentioned are more important. I'd rather get one with good quality and that stays cool, as I'm intending on keeping it for several years at least. I can afford the pricier RX 480s, but I'd rather get a cheaper option, if it still performs good enough. As it is my first build, I'm not planning to overclock or anything fancy (at least in the beginning).
Where I'm buying my parts (mindfactory.de), the 4gb rx 470s are currently going for about 195-215€, the 8gb rx 470s are about 240€, 4gb rx 480s are about 220-245€ and 8gb rx 480s are 260-295€
Here's the rest of my build, if that has any effect on this:
Intel i5-6500 processor
MSI B150m Mortar motherboard
520W Seasonic S12II PSU
250GB Samsung 750 Evo SSD
1000GB Western Digital Blue HDD
16GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4-2133 dual kit RAM
Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo CPU cooler
Deepcool Tesseract SW-RD case
and the monitor is AOC G2460VQ6 24"
I went for AMD as the freesync monitors are so much cheaper than G-sync. Decided to go with MSI rx 480 Gaming X 8gb model to be good for many years to come. So far I have been very happy with it, after small troubles with the fans in the beginning (turned out to be software issue).
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