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I think u should go with the 770... (asus or gigabyte, best gigabyte but asus should be cheaper)

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Hello guys, i can tell right off the bat that this is going to be a very controversial topic, however i was wondering which is better: the Geforce gtx 770 2GB or The r9 280X 3GB? my proccesor is the i7 4790K and i have 8gbs of ram. ignoring the price difference which is the overall better card?

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the 770 outperforms the 280x a little bit.

 

 

What's your budget?

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the 770 outperforms the 280x a little bit.

 

 

What's your budget?

$450 MAXIMUM

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770 is better but id go r9 290 price/performance is amazing 

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770 and 280x are about equal actually. But you could argue the 280x's extra GB of Vram would make it future proof, and the 280x is alot cheaper; Which means you could always upgrade to the 290 which will kick both their butts pretty easily...

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770 and 280x are about equal actually. But you could argue the 280x's extra GB of Vram would make it future proof, and the 280x is alot cheaper; Which means you could always upgrade to the 290 which will kick both their butts pretty easily...

i know but 290 just blows my budget

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i know but 290 just blows my budget

 

Gigabyte has one for around $400 + rebate

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Also a couple of people have told me that Nvidia cards are more reliable. Is that true or complete bs?

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i know but 290 just blows my budget

 

Where are you located (where do you live)?

 

If you are in the U.S. I'm seeing LOTS of R9-290's for under $450.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161459&cm_re=R9_290-_-14-161-459-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127786&cm_re=R9_290-_-14-127-786-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202080&cm_re=R9_290-_-14-202-080-_-Product

 

 

Also a couple of people have told me that Nvidia cards are more reliable. Is that true or complete bs?

 

No, they're about equal. We get problems from both NVidia and AMD cards on the forums here.

You need to remember, NVidia / AMD don't actually make the cards. They just "make" the GPU cores itself (that shiny chip under all the metal and heatsink) . The manufacturers (i.e. EVGA, ASUS, Gigabyte, Sapphire, etc) makes the rest of the entire graphics card.

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I live in Australia where r9 290's are like $500

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I live in Australia where r9 290's are like $500

I know that feel bro...

280x for higher than 1080p

770 for 1080p

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Also a couple of people have told me that Nvidia cards are more reliable. Is that true or complete bs?

BullSHIT. card reliability more often relies on OEM(Gigabyte, Asus, EVGA, ECT) than AMD vs Nvidia....

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Apart from the 290 (ok, is one of the best, we know...) the 770 outperforms the 280x by a little (http://www.futuremark.com/hardware/gpu), but you really have to choose from the software included... AMD is far behind nVidia, not for drivers optimization, but Geforce Experience is really unique... (i know amd has sth similar...)

Also the gtx runs a bit cooler, and i've always had Nvidia cards and they're really good, never let me alone with cpu's graphics... (my old gt340m overclocked double its clock...)

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Ok so putting aside the r9 290 option should i get the 770 over the 280X???

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That gb doesn't really matter, 1440p is just too high for the 280x...

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I think u should go with the 770... (asus or gigabyte, best gigabyte but asus should be cheaper)

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OP if you like PhysX then you have to go Green Team.  Witcher 3 ... PhysX


Also in regards to buying the right card it is all about the price you get the card for. What can you live with?  You can figure this out yourself.

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Apart from the 290 (ok, is one of the best, we know...) the 770 outperforms the 280x by a little (http://www.futuremark.com/hardware/gpu), but you really have to choose from the software included... AMD is far behind nVidia, not for drivers optimization, but Geforce Experience is really unique... (i know amd has sth similar...)

Also the gtx runs a bit cooler, and i've always had Nvidia cards and they're really good, never let me alone with cpu's graphics... (my old gt340m overclocked double its clock...)

 

IMO, you can't really just look a 3D Mark results. It is synthetic benchmarks after all.

You need to consider real in-game results.

 

i.e.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1041?vs=1037

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  • Lian-Li LanCool II Mesh - White

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  • Intel i5-4690K @ 4.8 GHz
  • ASUS ROG Maximus VII Hero Z97
  • Sapphire Vapor-X HD 7950 EVGA GTX 1070 SC Black Edition ACX 3.0
  • 20 GB (8GB X 2 + 4GB X 1) Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHz
  • Corsair A50 air cooler  NZXT X61
  • Crucial MX500 1TB SSD + SanDisk Ultra II 240GB SSD + WD Caviar Black 1TB HDD + Kingston V300 120GB SSD [non-gimped version]
  • Antec New TruePower 550W EVGA G2 650W + White CableMod cables
  • Cooler Master HAF 912 White NZXT S340 Elite w/ white LED stips

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  • FX-8350 @ 4.8 / 4.9 GHz (given up on the 5.0 / 5.1 GHz attempt)
  • ASUS ROG Crosshair V Formula 990FX
  • 12 GB (4 GB X 3) G.Skill RipJawsX DDR3 @ 1866 MHz
  • Sapphire Vapor-X HD 7970 + Sapphire Dual-X HD 7970 in Crossfire  Sapphire NITRO R9-Fury in Crossfire *NONE*
  • Thermaltake Frio w/ Cooler Master JetFlo's in push-pull
  • Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD + Kingston V300 120GB SSD + WD Caviar Black 1TB HDD
  • Corsair TX850 (ver.1)
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