Trying to decide between Gainward GTX 770 and Sapphire R9 280x
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Next month I am going to let my good old Radeon HD 6950 FleX retire for use in my lan pc (I don't want to carry around a 1000 dollar pc everywhere).
Performance wise they are very similar, and where i live the 770 is only 30 dollars more than the 280x,
and the Gainward 770 looks so freaking badass ( [url]http://www.komplett.se/gainward-geforce-gtx-770-2gb-physx-cuda/782149[/url] ).
BUT, the whole mantle thing makes me uncertain if i really should get it.
My specs:
i5 3470 @3.2Ghz
Radeon HD 6950 FleX
2x 1TB Seagate Barracuda
500w modular powersupply (I also have a 550w one laying around)
8GB 1600Mhz RAM
Help?
Well, the 280X outperforms the 770 by a very small margin, but it still outperforms it so I would suggest it, especially since for you it happens to be cheaper than the 770 where you live.
[QUOTE=Npc_Hydra3;43690168]it happens to be cheaper than the 770 where you live.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but not by much, it's like 20 dollars more if you account for the lower incomes in USA,
also, i read that the R9 suffers heat problems?
Not with an aftermarket cooler.
At this point it comes down to price
If the 280x goes past 330$ then just get a 770 instead
280x has gone way up due to litecoin miners
Get this
[url]http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-n770tf2gd5oc[/url]
[QUOTE=Kevin3212;43693149]280x has gone way up due to litecoin miners
Get this
[url]http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-n770tf2gd5oc[/url][/QUOTE]
Okay...
One: he is not in the U.S.
Two: The 280X happens to be cheaper where he lives.
[QUOTE=Npc_Hydra3;43694164]Okay...
One: he is not in the U.S.
Two: The 280X happens to be cheaper where he lives.[/QUOTE]
I had the prices set to the US
[url]http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvr928xoc3gd[/url]
The gigabyte 280X costs a little bit more than sapphire's but has much better cooling. It's also cheaper and better than the 770.
While the gainward "phantom" coolers are usually the best around, i have no idea how their normal cooler stacks up. I wouldn't pay extra for their 770
It's also really odd, because the MSI twin frozr edition of both cards are almost 100$ cheaper in the norwegian equivalent of this site(while most others are more expensive). Maybe take a look around some other trusted sites in sweden?
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