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Started by jamdevo | | 14 answers
r9280x to gtx 970
is it worth upgrading from msi r9 280x gaming 3gb to gtx 970
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September 29, 2014 1:50:52 AM

So you do think I would see significant improvement upgrading from 280x to gtx 970
September 29, 2014 1:49:46 AM

Jonathan Cave said:
As a previous owner of 3 x 280x's i would reccomend the 970.


September 28, 2014 6:14:21 PM

As a previous owner of 3 x 280x's i would reccomend the 970.
September 28, 2014 5:36:37 PM

but it does run cooler than amd cards i think. all in all it all be a gd investment if u got the 280x for a while
September 28, 2014 4:49:07 PM

Came into my mind this morning, that for 1080p gaming there is no significant difference between the 2, I saw many benchmarks that shows the advantage of 970 is higher resolutions and multi dispalys. However for 1080p gaming the R9 280x is good.
September 28, 2014 5:47:03 AM

Yeah if you wanna run Crysis 3 with everything on max, then even a GTX 980 won't get to 60fps on average, maybe if you overclock it a lot.
But most games, even BF4, aren't that overly demanding and you can run those with a 280x on ultra with 60 fps or more, just tweak the AA sometimes if you have to, for example use 4x AA instead of 8x.
September 28, 2014 5:38:44 AM

any idea best intel cpu and motherboard combo for ultra gaming
September 28, 2014 5:34:55 AM

Not true, 280x is powerful. i run BF4 Ultra at 1080p at a solid 60fps with only minimal drops with mantle and fx 8350. depends what game though
September 28, 2014 5:33:05 AM

but 280x cant run past 50fps on ultra settings rite?
September 28, 2014 5:27:58 AM

you can see improvements on the cpu side if you go with an intel haswell rig, moving to a 8320/8350, not that much.

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