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Started by Malli Karim | | 14 answers
New build: 760 vs 285
Hello good sirs

So I'm building my friend a new gaming PC and after min-maxing everything we have come to a budget that can be maxed out by either the 760 or 285.

Both of these cards cost the same here, 760 being maybe ~3-4 bucks more expensive.
Cards I'm looking at are the Gygabite 760 and the Sapphire 285 non OC since the OC one costs more and I can do that pretty easily anyway.

And would any of these be bottlenecked by an i3-4160?

Thank you in advance
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September 17, 2014 4:50:24 AM

Ok guys thanks for your input. Gonna go with the 280 as cheaper and actually gives me some room for a more expansive case.

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September 17, 2014 4:42:53 AM

A good quality 500W supply is enough for this system with the R9 280.
You need something with a +12V rating of 36A or 430W.
The R9 285 is a little faster than the R9 280, but I would choose the R9 280 because of the extra VRAM.
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September 17, 2014 4:39:53 AM

The 285 is replacing the 280, It is mot=re energy friendly.
I would get the 280 with 3gb vram. Probably the best price/performance at that level.
September 17, 2014 4:37:14 AM

Oh guys best believe if the case was to be I would have bought the 280x without asking questions. But here, the 280x is almost 70-80$ more expensive than both cards.

Btw, like a fool I forgot to check the price of the 280. And it seems to be 30$! cheaper ( the sapphire and the gygabite one at least ) than both 760 and 285.

Would the 280 perform better or at least on par with both of the aformentioned cards? And if I wouldl buy this 280 one, would I need a 600W PSU? ( gonna get either the 520W from Seasonic or the 620 version )
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a c 102 ) Power supply
a c 158 U Graphics card
September 17, 2014 4:32:09 AM

Sakkura said:
VincentP said:

Look at the benchmarks linked by i7baby above.
There are four benchmarks on that page and the R9 285 manages to beat the GTX 770 in only one of them, one is the same and the GTX 770 is faster in two of them.
Here it is again:
http://techgage.com/article/amds-gtx-760-killer-msi-rad...

Look at the review of the 285 from Tom's Hardware. The R9 285 sits above the GTX 760 in every game, and average performance is 13% higher.


I'm comparing to the GTX 770 and you are comparing to the GTX 760. My mistake since the original post is for the GTX 760.
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September 17, 2014 4:27:31 AM

VincentP said:

Look at the benchmarks linked by i7baby above.
There are four benchmarks on that page and the R9 285 manages to beat the GTX 770 in only one of them, one is the same and the GTX 770 is faster in two of them.
Here it is again:
http://techgage.com/article/amds-gtx-760-killer-msi-rad...

Look at the review of the 285 from Tom's Hardware. The R9 285 sits above the GTX 760 in every game, and average performance is 13% higher.
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a c 102 ) Power supply
a c 158 U Graphics card
September 17, 2014 4:24:43 AM

Sorry, my initial response above was based on the GTX 770, not the GTX 760.
I guess I've never seen anyone compare the GTX 760 to the R9 280, 280X or 285.
It is a slower card, more comparable to the R9 270X.
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a c 102 ) Power supply
a c 158 U Graphics card
September 17, 2014 4:21:49 AM

Sakkura said:
VincentP said:
The core i3-4160 may limit you in some games (e.g. multiplayer battlefield 4 or world of warcraft).
The GTX 760 is faster than the R9 285.
The older R9 280X is the same speed as the R9 285, but has an extra 1GB of VRAM so I would buy this over the R9 285 if the same price.

The R9 285 is slightly faster than the GTX 760, not the other way around. And the R9 280X is significantly faster than both, it's on par with the GTX 770. If you want extra VRAM, look at the R9 280. Its performance is practically the same as the 285.

Look at the benchmarks linked by i7baby above.
There are four benchmarks on that page and the R9 285 manages to beat the GTX 770 in only one of them, one is the same and the GTX 770 is faster in two of them.
Here it is again:
http://techgage.com/article/amds-gtx-760-killer-msi-rad...
September 17, 2014 4:21:33 AM

Skip 2GB cards, those times are over. Go with 280/X.
September 17, 2014 4:20:06 AM

If the GTX 760 is more expensive than the R9 285 I would go with the R9 285.

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