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lucidthrowaway
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Hello all, today I would like to know if this is a good upgrade or not. I currently have a EVGA GTX 560 Ti in my girlfriend's build and want to change to an ASUS Radeon R7 260X. Is this a decent upgrade or bad? I don't know how AMD compares to nvidia so I am clueless. If not, is there a cheap upgrade possible? On a budget of less than $200.

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at least get her a r7 265 its faaaaar better 

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There's an R9 265?

 

wat

woops r7 265

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The 260x is more of a side-grade than an upgrade from a 560 Ti. Get a 270: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-r9270gaming2g

 

There's an R9 265?

wat

It's been out for a white. It's a 7850 rebrand.

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woops r7 265

 

Still, I didn't know a 265 was out at all, lool. I didn't mean my 'wat' to be insulting to you, just so you know :)

 

 

It's been out for a white. It's a 7850 rebrand.

 

Man I need to pay more attention. I like Nvidia more, but I like to know whats on the market so I can make recommendations to friends and other people I know just in case.

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What res are you playing at? I'd probably keep the 560Ti or move up to a 760/670 if I could find one cheap enough.

 

670 is faster than 760 and can often be found cheaper used/refurbed.

We don't have the money to upgrade to a 670 or 760. Hence why I was looking at AMD, those seem to be a bit cheaper.

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We don't have the money to upgrade to a 670 or 760. Hence why I was looking at AMD, those seem to be a bit cheaper.

Ya it will be good. Oh and hello fellow Carolinian.

CPU, 8350 @ 4.3 ghz | CPU COOLER, Hyper 212 EVO | ,MOBO, Gigabyte UD3 AM3+ 990FX | RAM, 8 gb  G.Skill ripjaw 1866mhz | GPU, ASUS 7970 | CASE, Corsair 230T black and red | STORAGE, WD caviar blue 1 TB 7200 rpm | PSU, XFX 750 watt 80+ gold | Keyboard, K70 mx blue (black/red) | Mouse Razer naga hex, | Monitors, Asus VG248QE 24in 1080p, Dell 24in monitor 1080p |

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