AMD or NVIDIA GPU?

[BritishTemplar]

Am looking into buying a brand new high end GPU soo i could replace my old AMD HD 5800 series 1GB my old graphics card can hardly do 60 fps on HIGH settings on BF4 on which my GPU gets overheated quickly due to living in an very hot environment (am living in Cyprus) therefore am using a case whit huge ass twin fan on the on side of the case that am relying on them heavily to do there job at cooling my GPU down and if you are wondering what case am using its called  Windtunel case and am not into Water cooling. Am looking for a high end GPU more like AMD R9 280x or the GTX 780 ti and am more focued into gaming rather than doing photoshoping and editing thats what people say Nvidia, but one thing that i love about Nvidia is that Advanced PhysX that keeps me intrested on buying a GPU but on the outher hand R9 280x is much cheaper and has the CrossfireX for better perfomance soo which one of them would you choose for  gaming? 

 

 

No GPU fanboy wars tnx .

[Askew]

What CPU and PSU do you have?

[thebennyboy]

What's your budget?

[the ginger gamer]

Well they are both good cards but the r9 280x is on par or slightly better than a 770 where as a 780ti is much better and much more money. The 780 is a better deal than the 780ti because it is much cheaper and hardly less performance. Also the r9 290 and 290x are very good and cheap cards. I think you should be considering either the 780 or the r9 290x. Either way both are great but the nvidia drivers are slightly better usually but even still amd usually gets their driver fixed soon after nvidia. 

[Mateyyy]

The R9 290 with an aftermarket cooler is a great choice for the money, GTX 780 performance with quite a bit less money.

If you don't want to deal with some of the general problems with some AMD cards (for example, something that I'm also dealing with on my 290 - memory problems), get a GTX 780 6GB or, if you have the money, 780Ti 6GB. 6GB is going to be more "futureproof", even if you just play at 1080p - 1200p.

If those are too expensive for you, R9 280 and 280X are amazing for the money, or a GTX 770 4GB version.

[nuclear465]

Tell us the rest of your system !

 

Oh and i would stay away from the Asus R9 280X DC2T.

[thebennyboy]

Depends what kind of performance you want. If you want top spec you'd be looking at a 290x or a 780Ti, although the 290x performs about the same as the 780Ti but can usually be found for a better price than the 780Ti. As someone mentioned, avoid the DC2T from Asus.

[BritishTemplar]

this is my currently Mid range gaming PC

 

Intel i7 920

Motherboard Dx58so (Crossfire/Sli)

Saphire ATI 5830 1GB

8GB RAM

500GB hard disk

LG DVD/RW

Super Flower 1000W PSU 

Mugen CPU cooler 

Windtunel Case

 

its old its not the best but it still have enough juice in it to last for 1-2 years on medium settings on some games. I'll be switching my CPU in 6 Months for a i7 4770k. I had this PC for 5 years it did its job now it time for the old beast to rest and let new beast come in.

[SymphonyX7]

 

this is my currently Mid range gaming PC

 

Intel i7 920

Motherboard Dx58so (Crossfire/Sli)

Saphire ATI 5830 1GB

8GB RAM

500GB hard disk

LG DVD/RW

Super Flower 1000W PSU 

Mugen CPU cooler 

Windtunel Case

 

its old its not the best but it still have enough juice in it to last for 1-2 years on medium settings on some games. I'll be switching my CPU in 6 Months for a i7 4770k. I had this PC for 5 years it did its job now it time for the old beast to rest and let new beast come in.

 

R9 280, or 280X/770 at most. The first gen Core i7s are pretty slow and anything faster might bottleneck it. Even a second gen Core i5 will romp that in the benchmarks. The R9 280 is a great deal between $200 and $250.

[SpecTre12345]

 

this is my currently Mid range gaming PC

 

Intel i7 920

Motherboard Dx58so (Crossfire/Sli)

Saphire ATI 5830 1GB

8GB RAM

500GB hard disk

LG DVD/RW

Super Flower 1000W PSU 

Mugen CPU cooler 

Windtunel Case

 

its old its not the best but it still have enough juice in it to last for 1-2 years on medium settings on some games. I'll be switching my CPU in 6 Months for a i7 4770k. I had this PC for 5 years it did its job now it time for the old beast to rest and let new beast come in.

 

 

The 920 is still really good for gaming, if you can overclock it to 4.0GHz it will easily be able to handle any modern title at max settings as long as you pair it with a decent GPU. As far as which GPU goes, best bang for the buck GPU right now is the AMD R9 290. 

[Raxzer]

Well, it all depends on how much you're planning on spending. It's true, nVidia's GPUs often tend to carry a higher price, but in return nVidia-cards often run cooler while staying more power-efficient. Of course, it all comes down to the manufacturer, but there are some clear tendencies. 

 

R9 280X is a decent choice. To be honest I'd go for something like a GTX 770. It's a decent performer which competes with the R9 280X, but beats it on everything but performance (they're pretty much on even ground there).

 

of course, you can stretch to a R9 290, which is a great performance card, even though it does everything wrong except for performance. It runs very hot. Very hot.

 

Well, if you're going big, it's the GTX 780. No question.

 

 

To sum it up:

A decent card for a decent price: GTX 770.

A great value option with compromises: R9 290

SImply the best(and most expensive): GTX 780

[BritishTemplar]

The 920 is still really good for gaming, if you can overclock it to 4.0GHz it will easily be able to handle any modern title at max settings as long as you pair it with a decent GPU. As far as which GPU goes, best bang for the buck GPU right now is the AMD R9 290. 

 

A friend of mine said the same thing about overclocking it how can i overclock my CPU? i haven't used this method yet.

[SpecTre12345]

A friend of mine said the same thing about overclocking it how can i overclock my CPU? i haven't used this method yet.

 

Do you have an aftermarket cooler?

[BritishTemplar]

Am willing to spend big on a GPU but i would waste my money on a Titan GPU  that i have no intrest on buying it.

[BritishTemplar]

Do you have an aftermarket cooler?

No ive bought a seperate cooler

[SpecTre12345]

No ive bought a seperate cooler

 

Which one?

[Guest]

I would save your money and go amd

[BritishTemplar]

Which one?

Mugen CPU cooler 

[Guest]

Am willing to spend big on a GPU but i would waste my money on a Titan GPU that i have no intrest on buying it.

the Titan is a graphics card not a gpu

[SpecTre12345]

Mugen CPU cooler 

 

Follow this guide:

 

http://www.overclock.net/t/538439/guide-to-overclocking-the-core-i7-920-or-930-to-4-0ghz

 

Thread through it thoroughly.

[BritishTemplar]

the Titan is a graphics card not a gpu

It is... what is it then a CPU?

[BritishTemplar]

Follow this guide:

 

http://www.overclock.net/t/538439/guide-to-overclocking-the-core-i7-920-or-930-to-4-0ghz

 

Thread through it thoroughly.

Thanks ill check that out i appreciate for the help.

[Guest]

It is... what is it then a CPU?

the graphics card is a Titan. the gpu is a gk110 I believe.

[Raxzer]

Am willing to spend big on a GPU but i would waste my money on a Titan GPU  that i have no intrest on buying it.

 

The Titan is mainly a compute-card, the GTX 780 Ti is bascially the gaming-version. I'd definitely go for a GTX 780 if you have the money, don't bother with a Titan.

[SymphonyX7]

Well, it all depends on how much you're planning on spending. It's true, nVidia's GPUs often tend to carry a higher price, but in return nVidia-cards often run cooler while staying more power-efficient. Of course, it all comes down to the manufacturer, but there are some clear tendencies. 

 

R9 280X is a decent choice. To be honest I'd go for something like a GTX 770. It's a decent performer which competes with the R9 280X, but beats it on everything but performance (they're pretty much on even ground there).

 

of course, you can stretch to a R9 290, which is a great performance card, even though it does everything wrong except for performance. It runs very hot. Very hot.

 

Well, if you're going big, it's the GTX 780. No question.

 

 

To sum it up:

A decent card for a decent price: GTX 770.

A great value option with compromises: R9 290

SImply the best(and most expensive): GTX 780

Anyone sane enough wouldn't recommend a GTX 770 given its measly 2 GB RAM and 256-bit bus for its relatively high asking price. It's begging to be obsolete by next year, lest you want to play on much lower settings just to skim off the framebuffer usage. Might as well buy a GTX 760 if that's the case, and it's already a given that the R9 280 which costs the same trounces the GTX 760 badly -- and it has 3 GB RAM to boot. http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/msi-r9-280-gaming-v-pny-gtx760-xlr8-185-shootout/22/

"Simply the best and most expensive" is the GTX 780 Ti if single GPU. If we're talking about single cards, then the ultimate for gaming would be the R9 295X2.

The i7 920 is still fast... just not that fast. If you look here: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-5.html, it belongs on the 3rd tier of their gaming CPU hierarchy chart. It will bottleneck, and it will be apparent in CPU intensive games (i.e. BF4 multiplayer) if paired with cards on the level as the R9 290 and GTX 780 or higher. My advice would be to just get the best value 1080p card atm, which is the R9 280, and wait it out for the next-gen cards. Same time next year, we'll probably have a card as fast as the R9 290 and GTX 780 at $200.