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I'm selling my old card to a friend for $150, i think the $50 would be worth it, but i cand dicide if i want to have the higher core clock/texture rate and such, or if the extra gig of v-ram is worth it. 

 

Ok I am taking it back then. Good choice, well worth it!

 

The 770 is a very nice card and you will most likely never have any issues witht the VRAM, but it might happen, 2GB is not that much anymore.

 

The 280 has almost the same performance and with the coolers they usually slap on these things (I had the MSI 280 TFIV before) you can easily overclock them

and get 280X performance.  I did reach high VRAM levels with that card in high-end games and it was definitely nice to have the 3GB.

Personally I would take the 280.

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I'm running a R9 270x, and I was thinking of upgrading soon. I have a budget of $200, I was thinking of purchasing a GTX 770. (There's a guy in my town who sells them for $200 new) but I'm not sure if i want to drop $200 on last gen hardware. I was also thinking of purchasing a R9 280, or something along those lines.

 

I've come to the forums to seek help!

 

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Gtx 770 is faster than R9 280.

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I'm running a R9 270x, and I was thinking of upgrading soon. I have a budget of $200, I was thinking of purchasing a GTX 770. (There's a guy in my town who sells them for $200 new) but I'm not sure if i want to drop $200 on last gen hardware. I was also thinking of purchasing a R9 280, or something along those lines.

 

I've come to the forums to seek help!

 

Thanks in advance.  

 

I would not do that. Sorry dude. 200$ is too much for the performance gain you will get.....

But that is personal opinion of course, I just think it is not worth it.

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The 770 is faster outright but the extra gig of VRAM on the 280 would suit you better for the long run.

 

I wouldn't say outright faster, maybe in a few specific games.  http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1037?vs=1332

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I would not do that. Sorry dude. 200$ is too much for the performance gain you will get.....

But that is personal opinion of course, I just think it is not worth it.

 

I'm selling my old card to a friend for $150, i think the $50 would be worth it, but i cand dicide if i want to have the higher core clock/texture rate and such, or if the extra gig of v-ram is worth it. 

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I'm selling my old card to a friend for $150, i think the $50 would be worth it, but i cand dicide if i want to have the higher core clock/texture rate and such, or if the extra gig of v-ram is worth it. 

 

Ok I am taking it back then. Good choice, well worth it!

 

The 770 is a very nice card and you will most likely never have any issues witht the VRAM, but it might happen, 2GB is not that much anymore.

 

The 280 has almost the same performance and with the coolers they usually slap on these things (I had the MSI 280 TFIV before) you can easily overclock them

and get 280X performance.  I did reach high VRAM levels with that card in high-end games and it was definitely nice to have the 3GB.

Personally I would take the 280.

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I wouldn't say outright faster, maybe in a few specific games.  http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1037?vs=1332

 

Really? 7 tests where the 280 is faster compared to 23 for the 770 and thats not counting ones where the difference is only around 1.5FPS(as that small of a difference is meaningless), I would call that outright considering that the benchmarks are useless things to considering seeing as no one runs benches all day. That being said the extra gig of VRAM for the 280 is still worth considering unless the 770 the OP is asking about is a 4GB model.

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Really? 7 tests where the 280 is faster compared to 23 for the 770 and thats not counting ones where the difference is only around 1.5FPS(as that small of a difference is meaningless), I would call that outright considering that the benchmarks are useless things to considering seeing as no one runs benches all day. That being said the extra gig of VRAM for the 280 is still worth considering unless the 770 the OP is asking about is a 4GB model.

 

don't get your panties in a bunch. its not outright faster. a 780 is outright faster than a 280, while a 770 is sometimes faster.

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don't get your panties in a bunch. its not outright faster. a 780 is outright faster than a 280, while a 770 is sometimes faster.

 

I don't wear underwear so there's nothing to get bunched, I don't see how 23 to 7 in favor of the 770 only counts as sometimes. Seems like you're the only one who's got something bunched up as I was suggesting that the OP still consider the 280 if the 770 wasn't a 4GB model.

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don't get your panties in a bunch. its not outright faster. a 780 is outright faster than a 280, while a 770 is sometimes faster.

 

A GTX 770 is usually faster than an R9 280X except in the most AMD-optimized of games. It's always faster than a 280.

 

Still, $200 for a GTX 770 is probably fair but not a spectacularly good deal. I'd probably save up for an R9 290 or something.

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