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Morning,

 

     Looking for a new flashy looking card for my recently built gaming rig. Here are my specs-

 

AMD FX 8350

ASUS Sabertooth 990fx R2

8GB GSkill RAM

Corsair H60

Corsair 850W non modular.... yes this is next to go.

XFX Double D R7850 2GB 256bit

Fractal Designs Define R4 Windowed

red LED cold cathode's all around!

 

I want a new single GPU in the AMD family since its all I ever used and never had a problem. My card works fine but its 2 years old and I can get more FPS with something current. Games I mostly play are WoW, Drago Age 1 and 3 when it comes out, Skyrim, TESO in April, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Darksiders 2, and other 3rd person action/RPG titles. No First Person Shooters. Single Monitor at 1080p always. Sometimes hooked up to a 42' LED TV.

 

I am mostly looking for a GPU with a LED on the logo on the side so it pops out when you look in the window. Like the ASUS Matrix or MSI MARS only I do not need 4GB for what I do. 3GN at the most.

 

Thanks in advance

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ThDpXL

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280X but I'd go for NVIDIA due to the price hike from the CryptoC miners

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I want a new single GPU in the AMD family

 

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or MSI MARS 

 

Think about that for a moment! :P

 

and yeah, get a 280x. :)

If you want more power get a 290 with aftermarket cooler.

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If you can find one for cheap, the R9 280X. Otherwise, go for a GTX 770.

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If you have the money a 290 with a custom cooler on is a very solid competitor, same with 280x /w custom cooler.

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I upgraded from my 7850 to a R9 280X and I am very pleased with it :) (Sapphire Vapor-X version)

CPU: AMD FX 8120 @4.5Ghz - CPU cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 240M Watercooling - Mobo: Asus M5A97Pro - GPU: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Vapor-X @ 1200Mhz - Memory: Kingston Hyper X 16GBs DDR3 - Storage: Kingston SSD & Seagate Baracude HDD - PSU: Cooler Master V850W PSU- Case: Cooler Master Cosmost II

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Thank you all for the replies. R9 280x seems to come up a lot but is there a speciffic model eveyone likes? ASUS? Saphirre? XFX? Stock clocks for now as I am not comfortable with OC my new card or new CPU yet. I would go Nvidia for the same reason BlueJay 0 said- stupid miners jacked the AMD prices 80-100 bucks!!!! I should of did this in October... sigh. The other reason to go Nvidia is the green LED GTX logo I seen on google image looks bad ass. I never owned a Nvidia card though and all my faith is in pretty much XFX, ASUS, and AMD. Always read drivers issue this and DOA card that but (knock on wood) I never had this problem... but I do think my beloved Double D 7850 is on its way out.

 

Anyways, I like the look of the ASUS DirectCU R9 280X and the solid blakc XFX R9 but not spiffy looking light up logo on side :/ My case is just a blood red light with one green LED on my Sabertooth... kinda boring...

 

Plus with Nvidia I see some cards are 4GB with 256 bits that are like 40 bucks more then the 2GB with 256bits. More VRAM is better? Or just stick with 2 and 256? Thanks again for the advice!

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Thank you all for the replies. R9 280x seems to come up a lot but is there a speciffic model eveyone likes? ASUS? Saphirre? XFX? Stock clocks for now as I am not comfortable with OC my new card or new CPU yet. I would go Nvidia for the same reason BlueJay 0 said- stupid miners jacked the AMD prices 80-100 bucks!!!! I should of did this in October... sigh. The other reason to go Nvidia is the green LED GTX logo I seen on google image looks bad ass. I never owned a Nvidia card though and all my faith is in pretty much XFX, ASUS, and AMD. Always read drivers issue this and DOA card that but (knock on wood) I never had this problem... but I do think my beloved Double D 7850 is on its way out.

Anyways, I like the look of the ASUS DirectCU R9 280X and the solid blakc XFX R9 but not spiffy looking light up logo on side :/ My case is just a blood red light with one green LED on my Sabertooth... kinda boring...

Plus with Nvidia I see some cards are 4GB with 256 bits that are like 40 bucks more then the 2GB with 256bits. More VRAM is better? Or just stick with 2 and 256? Thanks again for the advice!

The Matrix 280X is the card for you IMO, to answer your 2nd question, 2/3GB is fine for 1080p, more than 3GB is only necessary on higher resolutions.

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IMO, the only "flashy LED" with an AMD part that is right up your alley...is the R9-280X Matrix. (MARS line-up is also ASUS, but for their NVidia cards...not MSi).

 

The other option is a R9-280X Vapor-X card from Sapphire. 

 

I think most of the members here on LTT prefer MSi, ASUS, or Sapphire for AMD cards. XFX is also definitely up there, but their recent "Thermal Ghost" cooling technology is....kind of a failure right now. I had an aftermarket design Radeon HD 5850 from XFX, and that thing was fantastic!

 

Personally, as of now, I'd go with ASUS or Sapphire. I've owned Sapphire cards since the...Radeon (non HD) 9000 series, and I have yet to experience any issues with them.

  • Radeon 9600XT
  • Radeon HD 2600
  • Radeon HD 4850
  • Radeon HD 5850
  • Radeon HD 6870
  • Radeon HD 7970 (aka R9-280X)
     

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Intel X99 Rig (Officially Decommissioned, Dead CPU returned to Intel)

  • i7-8086K @ 5.1 GHz
  • Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master
  • Sapphire NITRO+ RX 6800 XT S.E + EKwb Quantum Vector Full Cover Waterblock
  • 32GB G.Skill TridentZ DDR4-3000 CL14 @ DDR-3400 custom CL15 timings
  • SanDisk 480 GB SSD + 1TB Samsung 860 EVO +  500GB Samsung 980 + 1TB WD SN750
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  • Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum + Corsair K70 (Red LED, anodized black, Cheery MX Browns)

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  • AMD R7-5800X
  • Gigabyte B550 Aorus Pro AC
  • 32GB (16GB X 2) Crucial Ballistix RGB DDR4-3600
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  • EKwb D-RGB 360mm AIO
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  • EVGA P2 850W + White CableMod cables
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  • 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
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  • 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)
  • Cooler Master HAF 932

 

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