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Soooooooooo,

I noticed online a deal on a HD 7850 2GBx2 falling into my budget line and I wanted to know if it's worth while? It will be used to play MC, CS:GO, BF4/Hardline, TF2, Gmod, Skyrim and maybe GTAV.

I would also be trying out other games aswell.

It would be on a current resolution of 1440x900 monitor and I would potential be getting a second 1080p monitor aswell.

I also noticed deals on for 280xs and GTX 670s putting them at around the same price and depending wether I get the HD 7850 or not, which would better?

Thanks

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So you want to crossfire that card? (an R9 270)

Heard that is not optimal. I would personally go for the 280X because performance an 3GB VRAM

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I would just get a 280x and be done with :D at that resolution it should run everything maxed out

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280X is by far the best chip there. the 670 doesn't come close, xD

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definitely the 280x. You need them vramz for skyrim 

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Soooooooooo,

I noticed online a deal on a HD 7850 2GBx2 falling into my budget line and I wanted to know if it's worth while? It will be used to play MC, CS:GO, BF4/Hardline, TF2, Gmod, Skyrim and maybe GTAV.

I would also be trying out other games aswell.

It would be on a current resolution of 1440x900 monitor and I would potential be getting a second 1080p monitor aswell.

I also noticed deals on for 280xs and GTX 670s putting them at around the same price and depending wether I get the HD 7850 or not, which would better?

Thanks

280x I think.

 

"It would be on a current resolution of 1440x900 monitor and I would potential be getting a second 1080p monitor aswell."

I thought 1440x900 was your monitor resolution. Is the monitor resolution 1920x1080 but you choose to play on 1440x900?

Or do you have more than 1 monitor?

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280x I think.

 

"It would be on a current resolution of 1440x900 monitor and I would potential be getting a second 1080p monitor aswell."

I thought 1440x900 was your monitor resolution. Is the monitor resolution 1920x1080 but you choose to play on 1440x900?

Or do you have more than 1 monitor?

he probably has 1 1440x900 monitor and possibly thinking about a 2nd monitor (which he wants to be 1080p)

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he probably has 1 1440x900 monitor and possibly thinking about a 2nd monitor (which he wants to be 1080p)

Yeah that's the case. Sorry for my bad wording!

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So you want to crossfire that card? (an R9 270)

Heard that is not optimal. I would personally go for the 280X because performance an 3GB VRAM

Nope. Not xfiring it. The card has double the Vramof the standard cards so it's effectively a r9 270 4gb

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Yeah that's the case. Sorry for my bad wording!

Nope. Not xfiring it. The card has double the Vramof the standard cards so it's effectively a r9 270 4gb

Oh, I thought you were to buy 2 270's (or 7850's).

You are better off with a 280X with 3GB VRAM compared to a 270 with 4GB.

The 280X is a better (stronger) card than the 270 so might actually be able to use the 3GB. If they are the same price, go for the 280X.

 

The 670 is a little less good than the 280X with only 2GB VRAM

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the 670=760 and the 280x = 770 so yea

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So you want to crossfire that card? (an R9 270)

Heard that is not optimal. I would personally go for the 280X because performance an 3GB VRAM

It's not a R9 270 , the R9 270 is a 7870 .

The 7850 has less cores .

Recommend what is best, not what you preffer.

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Oh, I thought you were to buy 2 270's (or 7850's).

You are better off with a 280X with 3GB VRAM compared to a 270 with 4GB.

The 280X is a better (stronger) card than the 270 so might actually be able to use the 3GB. If they are the same price, go for the 280X.

The 670 is a little less good than the 280X with only 2GB VRAM

Ok. The situation is that at this place amazing deals come on every so often. In the times I've been looking there have been 3 times where the 280x has gone down to £90. Unfortunately all three times where times when I didn't have my wallet so couldn't buy and they were sold the next day. Today the 670 went down to £80 which was why I asked but has now been sold.

The r9 270 was put down to £50 and as far as I can tell, has not been sold

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