Need help on GPU options 270x or 280x

[mattyalin]

Hello Everyone

I was hoping a few of you could help me decide between a few GPU iv been looking at! I will add to the bottom my new pc build! But I will be mainly playing on BF4 with the card. does the Vram have a big say in it??

Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Toxic OC 2048MB £185
MSi R9 270X OC 4096mb £200

Or go up to these, but they are at the top end of my budget! Or will the lower end be enough?

Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Toxic £300!!
MSi R9 280X 3gb £229


The rest of the pc is going to be this:

Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Silver
Intel Core i5 4670 K Edition 3.4GHz Haswell Quad Core
Stage 1 OC: Overclock CPU to 4.2GHz
Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Motherboard
Avexir Core white Series 8GB (2x4GB) 1600MHz Dual Channel
Samsung 840 Evo Series 250GB Solid State Drive
Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB Hard Drive
OcUK Value 20x DVDRW ReWriter
Corsair RM Series RM 550 '80+ Gold
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 64 Bit


Thanks for the help, as I’m quite stuck on the GPU situation. The cost verses performance issue!

 

[corvetteguy1994]

go with the 280X. the more ram will only benefit you in the future but is also a stellar performer. i know my 7970 has been a champ since launch and just recently i added another. i can tell you that the 280X can if not just with 2Xmsaa max out BF4.