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Started by kariotommy | | 8 answers
Which one should I choose? Gigabyte GT 740 1GD5 or Sapphire R7 250 1GD5?
What the tittle says, I'm curious because both have a 5$ difference (being sapphire cheaper).
Both require 400w psu (though GT 740 TDP is lower I believe). GT 740 comes OC while R7 250 comes with default clocks. Which one have better cooling system, etc.
I want which one would fit my system better or/and which one is better with casual games (Online games like, Dragon Nest, TERA, C9, Blade&Soul, Etc) and to play in Med config (1280x1024) games like COD (MW2,3,BO-2)BF 3-4 (SP/MP) and Singleplayer games too.

My system: (Note: I won't overclock anything, I don't like doing that.)
AMD FX 6300 Stock
Corsair Vengeance Blue 8gb (4GBx2) 1600mhz
Asus M5A97 Evo
EVGA 500w Bronze plus (handles 480W on 12v rail)
Seagate HDD 500gb
Dell LCD 19"
Thermaltake V3 Black Edition Case
Zalman Cooler 9500A.

Please answer! Any information would be helpful! (also, which one have more compatibility with those games, pros and cons)Note: 1GD5 means 1GB GDDR5.
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October 16, 2014 7:31:20 PM

rockie_ said:
EVGA 500W can handle even R9 280 from MSI .

R7 250X then , but IF YOU can , get R7 260X 2GB

R7 260X is 50% faster than R7 250X


Ended with 98 bucks left (repeat) >.<. I saw R7 250X too but 1gb and well, if that psu can handle that well then I don't have to worry about the tdp.

My main topic was about those 2 not any 250x or 260x.... why people can't understand.
October 16, 2014 7:13:27 PM

EVGA 500W can handle even R9 280 from MSI .

R7 250X then , but IF YOU can , get R7 260X 2GB

R7 260X is 50% faster than R7 250X
October 16, 2014 7:05:26 PM

rockie_ said:
if you can get GTX 750 ti or R7 260X for real gaming . Unfortunately , i cant open the links above .

R9 250X is faster than GT 740 and R7 250
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

source
http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R7-250X-vs-Radeon-R7-250

Edit:
i suggest
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...


R9 250x or R7? >.<... The thing is that I'm talking about those 2 videocards in specific. Not any higher model or etc. Is because of the price you see.. I wanted to get a GTX 750 but I thought getting a better PSU would be better, so I spent part of my budget and I'm left with 98$ and shipping related stuff takes a bit from it so... these 2 are the only ones I could find in TigerDirect. (Amazon is adding taxes and it sucks, newegg always changing prices when I less expect it...)

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