Graphics Card Advice

[Niffelheim]

Hey, wondering if anyone out there can give me some advice about what graphics card to get. I currently have an EVGA gtx 670 FTW 2gb and I'm looking to upgrade. I've got an FX6300 oc'd to 4ghz, can push it to 4.5ghz. I'm leaning towards an r9 290, but I'm not sure if my cpu could keep up with that card.

[Jobbe03]

Get a 280x

[Prodigydeadeye]

You would get better frames with a better cpu, even with your current card. I would recommend a cpu upgrade.

[CoolBeans]

Get a 290, it might bottleneck it a little bit

[Katsu-K1L]

R9 290 Tri-x and overclock it, it will have the same performance as a stock 780 ti but the CPU will bottleneck a bit but upgrade it to a 8350 Later on

[Prodigydeadeye]

270x or a 280

....270x would be worse than his current card....

[Jobbe03]

....270x would be worse than his current card....

Yea.. i edited it a second ago lol

[GloriousPain]

Hey, wondering if anyone out there can give me some advice about what graphics card to get. I currently have an EVGA gtx 670 FTW 2gb and I'm looking to upgrade. I've got an FX6300 oc'd to 4ghz, can push it to 4.5ghz. I'm leaning towards an r9 290, but I'm not sure if my cpu could keep up with that card.

I'd Suggest just a R9 280(Non X to save money) and OC the card up to X standards maybe WC it, or CPU upgrade to 8320, or pocket the money you save... unless your playing at 1440 1600 or 2160p then get the 290... 

[Deletive]

280x or gtx 770. the Gtx 670 is still a good card. but I think the 280x would be like a 20-30% upgrade. 

[Niffelheim]

thx for the suggestions, think I'll go with the 280x or just wait and upgrade the cpu as well.

[PepperBurst]

You would get better frames with a better cpu, even with your current card. I would recommend a cpu upgrade.

Lol nope

[Prodigydeadeye]

Lol nope

 

...yes he definitely would. Although I can see why he would want the new graphics card as it would give him more frames now, but a better cpu would balance out his build more, preparing him for the future. The 6300 is nothing special. An i3 will beat it in most games. There are some exceptions however.

[PepperBurst]

...yes he definitely would. Although I can see why he would want the new graphics card as it would give him more frames now, but a better cpu would balance out his build more, preparing him for the future. The 6300 is nothing special. An i3 will beat it in most games. There are some exceptions however.

Yep, that depends if there is some special game out there that would happily support 6 "cores"