Hey there teksyndicate mates.
So to be quick, i need advice on choosing new GPU.
Earlier a thought about GeForce GTX 760, but with new AMD cards that looks very nice I.m considering R9280X strongly now.
I use my PC mainly for gaming, some productivity work (photoshop) nothing to extraordinary with a need of monster power. But would like to run games fairly smooth.
My current specs:
CPU : AMD FX8350 8Core 4GHz (oc'ed to 4,3 for why not for start)
CPU Cooling: Xigmatek Dark Knight Night Hawk Edition
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth 990FX Rev2
Memory: Kingston Beast DDR3 2x 4GB 2133MHz XMP CL11
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTS 450 <- from last pc
Monitor Name: SAMSUNG [SyncMaster 2233] 1920x1080
Storage: SAMSUNG HD502HI 500GB Sata
Audio Adapter: ASUS Xonar DS
Mause: Steelseries Diablo III
Headset: Zowe Hammer , cant find exact model name
PSU: LC-POWER 650w LC6650GP3 V2.3,140mm,PCI-E,4x SATA 80+Bronze
Case: NZXT Tempest 210 Midi-Tower - black
Now for the choices I have on AMD:
Radeon R9 280X Asus 3GB MATRIX DDR5 DVI&HDMI&DP (PCI-E) for 1 489 zł (488,10 USD, or 356,48 EU)
Radeon R9 280X MSI 3GB DDR5 DVI&HDMI&DP (PCI-E) for 1 239 zł (406,15 USD, or 296,63 EU)
Asus has 1100 MHz core speed, and 6400 memory clock,
MSi has 1000MHz (boost to 1050) and 6000 memory clock.
Both have 3072mb of memory, Ramdack at 400mhz and 384 memory data bus (or pipeline, cant remember the word)
Links (use google translate from polish):
I'm thinking about asus for its features but what are your thoughts guys ?
also for reference prices:
GeForce GTX 770 Gigabyte 2GB 2xDVI&HDMI&DP (PCI-E) is 1599zł (524,16 USD, 382,82 EUR)
GeForce GTX 760 Gigabyte 2GB 2xDVI&HDMI&DP (PCI-E) is 1019zł (334,03 USD 243,96 EUR)