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Started by richyk1 | | 11 answers
RED or GREEN gpu? Pros and Cons
Sorry if im spamming the chat, but you have to understand me, Its my first time making a pc and I need to know surely. The thing is I cant choose between GTX 760 or R9 280, because 280 is slightly better, but again people say Nvidia has better drivers, shadowplay and stuff, so I dont know which to pick, thats why im asking you guys.!

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August 23, 2014 2:52:42 PM

Thank you guys for the answer, il look at the prices and sum more research and then decide, I think I will go with r9 280..
August 23, 2014 2:47:53 PM

yes r9 285 will be more costly than r9 280x for sure as the r9 265 is more costlier than the r9 260x...
August 23, 2014 2:42:18 PM

Except that the R9 285 looks to be a more expensive gimped version of the 280 with some extras that may or may not be of any use to you. Would definitely go with the 280 over the 760 better card for a lot less money.

(there was meant to be a quote of johnb0118 recommending the 285 but the quote system on this forum is unintuitive as duck)
August 23, 2014 2:35:35 PM

johnb0118 said:
Neither... AMD just announced the R9 285 today. Go with that.

Honestly though, it always depends on the game(s) you're playing. If your game performs better with Nvidia GPUs, go with Nvidia. If it performs better with AMD, go with AMD.


this is one thing i like about amd that they make a lot of models like r9 260 r9 260x r9 265 and now r9 280 r9 280x and now r9 285 .......
August 23, 2014 2:35:28 PM

richyk1 said:
Tha RED = AMD , GREEN = NVIDIA, was that so hard :D ?


people do not color brands,since if we would color em like that people might misinterpretate for example AMD as communists and NVidia as some enviromentalist braindead PETA hippies which criticised president for slapping a flea.
August 23, 2014 2:34:13 PM

The r9 280 and the gtx 760 trade blows with each other. They're roughly at par. When playing a game like skyrim modded out and enbs, the r9 280 would do better with that extra gb of vRAM.

I haven't had that many problems with the AMD drivers myself.

As for shadowplay, you're buying a fx 8320. You have enough threads to play and record with minimal fps drops already anyways. I have a fx 8350 and a r9 270x, and i only take like a couple fps hit when streaming. The performance hit isn't significant to the point where it ruins gameplay.

AMD does have their own version of shadowplay, but i haven't really used it myself.
August 23, 2014 2:33:19 PM

random5 said:
aint get what you mean by red and green but R9 280 is obviously superior,more memory,more shading units,wider memory bus etc.


by red and green i think he is talking about the amd logo being red and nvidia green :) 
August 23, 2014 2:32:49 PM

Tha RED = AMD , GREEN = NVIDIA, was that so hard :D ?

Best solution chosen by richyk1

August 23, 2014 2:32:26 PM

Neither... AMD just announced the R9 285 today. Go with that.

Honestly though, it always depends on the game(s) you're playing. If your game performs better with Nvidia GPUs, go with Nvidia. If it performs better with AMD, go with AMD.
August 23, 2014 2:32:01 PM

it totally depends on your choice many people have different preference some prefer nvidia because its cooler , have stable drivers, shadowplay and physx on the other hand amd is cheaper and performs really well ................if we compare gtx 760 and r9 280 yes the r9 280 is a little bit faster than gtx 760 but u will get physx feature with nvidia which is good if u like detailing........so if u want that tiny bit of performance and 3 gb vram then go for r9 280 the extra vram will come handy in future gaming and big resolutions but if u are into detailing like cars busting effects sunrays fire and other stuff then go with nvidia........

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