Which ITX Graphics card?

[Rising]

Hey LTT, i'm getting a graphics card soon for my rig. I've been debating between the EVGA GTX 750ti SC, or the MSI R9 270x ITX. I like the small design of both the cards, and the benefits i can see for both are:

 

MSI R9 270x ITX Pros:

- It is stronger than the 750ti!

- Includes a cool dragon design and red strips (which would have to be painted blue, and probably void my warranty.)

- Has a hybrid cooling design to reduce NOISE and HEAT, Radial and Axial on one card!

- Mantle!

 

GTX 750Ti Pros:

- Consumes little power

- Cheaper in price

- Could  in theory be painted with blue strips (also, sadly, would void my warranty)

- Does not require a 6/8 pin connecter, no ugly chords; no bad cable management!!

- Does not easily heat-up.

- PhysX!

 

 

I'm not sure on the noise for either of the cards, but i'd like my system to be dead silent.

 

[GhostWindGamer]

Gotta go MSI

[JoshM]

270x demolishes the 750ti period. 

[Rising]

Gotta go MSI

Of all the brands, if i had to fanboy.. itd be MSI.

[Enderman]

I would go 750ti, but thats just me. I actually care about the other stuff more than just pure performance. 270x is obviously much more powerful.

[GhostWindGamer]

Of all the brands, if i had to fanboy.. itd be MSI.

Same except with AMD graphics cards then I'm a fanboy of sapphire

[Rising]

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I would go 750ti, but thats just me. I actually care about the other stuff more than just pure performance. 270x is obviously much more powerful.

Good to see some people understand performance isn't everything

 

On another note if what games i specifically play matter: i tend to play alot of MMO's, and CIV especially. Starcraft, hearthstone. I'm playing the Witcher 2 at the moment. Sniper elite V2, Killing Floor, X-com enemy unknown. i know some cards are better with some games

[Enderman]

Good to see some people understand performance isn't everything

 

On another note if what games i specifically play matter: i tend to play alot of MMO's, and CIV especially. Starcraft, hearthstone. I'm playing the Witcher 2 at the moment. Sniper elite V2, Killing Floor, X-com enemy unknown. i know some cards are better with some games

The 270x will perform better in over 90% of games.

If you have good case airflow then it should be fine.

I'm only one of few people that has a graphics card that costs 1/10th the price of the entire PC.

[Rising]

If you have good case airflow then it should be fine.

I'm only one of few people that has a graphics card that costs 1/10th the price of the entire PC.

I would say the Bitfenix Prodigy has good airflow overall. but i have the windowed version, so the GPU fan is pulling in air directly from a piece of plastic :T

[Enderman]

I would say the Bitfenix Prodigy has good airflow overall. but i have the windowed version, so the GPU fan is pulling in air directly from a piece of plastic :T

hmmm that could be an issue... :unsure:

are you willing to compromise gaming performance for lower temps and power consumption?

keep in mind, the 750ti uses so little power and creates so little heat that you can overclock it pretty far and get a nice performance boost

still won't match the 270x though...

 

but all the 270xs that i've seen are full size graphics cards...i'm not confident this small cooler can handle the heat it puts out...

have you seen the temps for this card anywhere?

[Rising]

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MSI claims it can be up to  "30% cooler" than other R9 270x's.

VR-ZONE said idle it was about 25⁰C and that it never exceeded 70⁰ C 

[Enderman]

MSI claims it can be up to  "30% cooler" than other R9 270x's.

VR-ZONE said idle it was about 25⁰C and that it never exceeded 70⁰ C 

That sounds good...but I would look for at least one more source to confirm it is true

Seems unlikely that a cooler 1/2the size of a regular GPU could cool it just as well...

If it does turn out to be true, then get the 270x

[SnowGhost1212]

It depends on what you are looking for? Cooler performance, better software support and more consumer firendly? 750ti. All the power? AMD. I would personally go for the 750ti but thats just my preference, though I will say if the case you are going with is small and conined you're gonna want the coolest card you can get.