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Getting back a little over 400 bucks this year, which is big for me and I am not sure what to spend it on. I am leaning on a GPU upgrade but am unsure what to get. I currently have an R9 380/R9 285 Xfire configuration and the 2GB of VRAM on them is starting to become a limitation,I feel and as I was forced into buying a new MOBO/CPU and RAM combo, due to an H80i simply falling apart and leaking all over the old board and CPU socket (kept cool by an NH D-15 now, no more liquids for me), I thought it may be time to finish the upgrade and beef up my graphics array.First of all, I do 1080p 60Hz gaming, usually without VSNYC, but I do like to use things like AMD's VSR to render at higher res and downscale, for better quality/performance compared to using filters. I, however want to have highest settings and smoothest FPS and frame pacing I can get. I am torn between 3 different choices:
This GTX 1070:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16814487265
Two of these RX 480 in xfire:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137048
Or a single R9 Fury: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202186
I know the Fury will do better than a single 480 and they have really come down in price but two 480's perform as well as a GTX 1080, but a single GTX 1070 will probably do quite nicely and be much more power efficient and doesn't come with the hassles of multi-GPUs. I would go for dual Fury's but I don't know if my PSU can support two of those beasts. Which does anyone think is the best performance overall at ultra settings, of these three options, based on 1080p-1440p 60Hz gaming?
For reference, the rest of my rig is as follows:
Intel i5 6600K @ 4.6 GHz
Asrock Z170 Gaming K4
16GB PC2133 DDR4
2X WD Caviar Blue 1TB
Plextor 512GB SSD
EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze
Most common games played:
Anything with the name "Souls" in it (Dark Souls 1,2 and 3)
Doom (2016)
DBXV 1 and 2
Multiple MMOs
FC3 Blood Dragon
AC3
Dragon Age Inquisition
Most of these already run okay, though some have to have xfire forced and that causes some crazy glitches/crashes
And I am interested in and want to be able to run well:
Mass Effect Andromeda
Titanfall 2
For Honor
SW Battlefront
Watchdogs 2
Personally, I would prefer to stay on team red but if the benefits are greater in team green, I may go there instead.
This GTX 1070:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16814487265
Two of these RX 480 in xfire:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137048
Or a single R9 Fury: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202186
I know the Fury will do better than a single 480 and they have really come down in price but two 480's perform as well as a GTX 1080, but a single GTX 1070 will probably do quite nicely and be much more power efficient and doesn't come with the hassles of multi-GPUs. I would go for dual Fury's but I don't know if my PSU can support two of those beasts. Which does anyone think is the best performance overall at ultra settings, of these three options, based on 1080p-1440p 60Hz gaming?
For reference, the rest of my rig is as follows:
Intel i5 6600K @ 4.6 GHz
Asrock Z170 Gaming K4
16GB PC2133 DDR4
2X WD Caviar Blue 1TB
Plextor 512GB SSD
EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze
Most common games played:
Anything with the name "Souls" in it (Dark Souls 1,2 and 3)
Doom (2016)
DBXV 1 and 2
Multiple MMOs
FC3 Blood Dragon
AC3
Dragon Age Inquisition
Most of these already run okay, though some have to have xfire forced and that causes some crazy glitches/crashes
And I am interested in and want to be able to run well:
Mass Effect Andromeda
Titanfall 2
For Honor
SW Battlefront
Watchdogs 2
Personally, I would prefer to stay on team red but if the benefits are greater in team green, I may go there instead.
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