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Started by sando99 | | 19 answers
Suggest a videocard - replacing R9 280X
I'm very disappointed of R9 280X series. Replaced Sapphire R9 280X Vapor-X due to coil whine. And my current Asus R9 280X DCIIT also has coil whine and probably artifacts. Now I am going to search for an Nvidia alternative. I will return my current card and I can pay a small amount of money. Can you suggest me something? I was thinking of GTX770 2GB, but I am afraid that 2GB will be insufficient soon. And I don't really want to spend so much money on the 4GB variant. Is there something better than the GTX770 2GB in that price range.
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September 6, 2014 3:08:06 PM

Is it better than GTX 770?
September 6, 2014 1:18:23 PM

sando99 said:
Hi again, managed to find brand new R9 290 on a really good price. My choices are between XFX, Asus, Sapphire Tri-X and Gigabyte. Can you mark them with numbers from better to worse? Thanks in advance.


The best would be the Sapphire card. Cool and quiet because of the excellent cooler. Then the Gigabyte,XFX, and the Asus DC II are about the same.

September 6, 2014 9:24:07 AM

Hi again, managed to find brand new R9 290 on a really good price. My choices are between XFX, Asus, Sapphire Tri-X and Gigabyte. Can you mark them with numbers from better to worse? Thanks in advance.
August 28, 2014 10:48:17 AM

sando99 said:
I want to test the PSU to see if the noise is from it. Will Corsair CX500 handle the PC?


AMD recommends a 600w, and the CX series from Corsair are lower quality units. I would say no. It may boot up and get to windows, but it may shut down or break if you were to load it down.

August 28, 2014 10:16:36 AM

I want to test the PSU to see if the noise is from it. Will Corsair CX500 handle the PC?
August 28, 2014 4:13:55 AM

Well, I can't play normal Watch Dogs with R9 280X, stutter and problems.
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August 27, 2014 8:48:27 PM

sando99 said:
Do you think that switching from Asus R9 280X DCIIT 3GB to GTX 770 2GB will be a downgrade looking at the VRAM? Which videocard will last longer and will be more future proof?


recently HardOC did a series of articles looking at 4gb vs 3gb vs 2gb... with watchdogs, the basic conclusion was any card with 3gb or better will be able to play watchdogs with ultra textures at 1080p. any card with less won't be able to manage ultra textures without some stuttering at that level. meanwhile 4gb was the min for ultra textures at 1440p or higher with no stuttering.

Of course watchdogs is a uniquely terribly coded game so it's at the extreme limits of what vram you'll need. The issue at play is, we might see more and more games heavy on the vram due to the UNIFIED memory designs of the xb1 and ps4. It seems most of the console ports are leaning heavily on vram... or at least heavier then games in the past used to. so the lazier and sloppier the console port it's probably more likely large vram and huge core numbers will be more and more necessary going forward.
August 27, 2014 12:29:26 PM

sando99 said:
Do you think that switching from Asus R9 280X DCIIT 3GB to GTX 770 2GB will be a downgrade looking at the VRAM? Which videocard will last longer and will be more future proof?


It will pretty much be an even swap. You don't need to worry about vram limitaions unless you have a resolution above 1080p with a 2gb card.
August 27, 2014 12:26:17 PM

Do you think that switching from Asus R9 280X DCIIT 3GB to GTX 770 2GB will be a downgrade looking at the VRAM? Which videocard will last longer and will be more future proof?

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