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Hi i was wondering on a budget range gfx card that will run new games at 1600x900px on high to ultra settings

i dont need 1080p/i and only Xfire. just bought a new board with no sli.

Gona have

8gb ddr3 1600mhz

1tb wd drive

amd fx6300

by new games i mean stuff like bf4.

 

been looking a the Sapphire R9 270x. have Xfire and runs games like bf4 at decent fps. i was just wondering if there were any better cards for the price or cheaper ones.

 

Thx

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I'm confused by this.

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I'm confused by this.

You and me both.

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any Xfire card under $160 that will run BF4  at ultra at decent frame rates

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been looking a the Sapphire R9 270x. have Xfire and runs games like bf4 at decent fps. i was just wondering if there were any better cards for the price or cheaper ones.

 

Thx

The 270X is the best in its class range.

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The 270X is the best in its class range.

is it worth paying £30 more for the 280x?

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One more powerful card is better than two less powerful cards but anyway a 270X is a very good budget card and your parts are very balanced the only thing I would add is one of the cheap PNY SSDs also make sure you don't get a crap PSU, the CX series from Corsair are great and cheap.

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also make sure you don't get a crap PSU

going for a evga supernova 750w

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is it worth paying £30 more for the 280x?

IMO,Yes, you will see a good amount of perfomance boost with the 280X especially if you plan to overclock.

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IMO,Yes, you will see a good amount of perfomance boost with the 280X especially if you plan to overclock.

What if i just overclocked the r9 270x. would i get much better proformance?

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why do you need xfire? do you know what that is?

by xfire i mean crossfire!

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What if i just overclocked the r9 270x. would i get much better proformance?

Yeah you would get close performance to a 280 or a 280X, but then you have to think if you got a 280X, then overclocking it would pull way ahead of the 270X.

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Yeah you would get close performance to a 280 or a 280X, but then you have to think if you got a 280X, then overclocking it would pull way ahead of the 270X.

yeah but price closer to £200 which is like double the price.. do i get double the performance or FPS?

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Yeah you would get close performance to a 280 or a 280X, but then you have to think if you got a 280X, then overclocking it would pull way ahead of the 270X.

yeah but price closer to £200 which is like double the price.. do i get double the performance or FPS?

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i know what xfier and crossfire is. but why the hell do you need it?

more performance for the cards and i can get one now and the next later

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more performance for the cards and i can get one now and the next later

cant you afford it know or what? crossfire doesnt give you more perfomance. all the amd cards have crossfire anyways.

when would you have the money to get the second card?

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cant you afford it know or what? crossfire doesnt give you more perfomance. all the amd cards have crossfire anyways.

when would you have the money to get the second card?

(afford it now)

no its using 2 cards to get better performance than one and getting all my pc parts at end of summer, including the first gpu then seccond one a few months later

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more performance for the cards and i can get one now and the next later

Crossfire only benifits some games not all games, it is wiser to get one beefy card then two smaller cards in crossifre.

 

 

For an example: I have tri 7950's, in some games i see very little performance in crossfire over one single 7950, and scling on 3 cards is just crap, most games only give the 3rd card a 5FPS increase over the first two cards( I use the 3rd card manly for benchmarking and thats it.), but since the 7950 is a powerful card, i can max every game on the market with just one of them.

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Crossfire only benifits some games not all games, it is wiser to get one beefy card then two smaller cards in crossifre.

but i cant run many intensive games on a fx6300 at even remotly decent framerates

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(afford it now)

no its using 2 cards to get better performance than one and getting all my pc parts at end of summer, including the first gpu then seccond one a few months later

but if you dont have two cards it doesnt help you. ok, that makes sense. but the 270 can do crossfire no problemo.

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