Which video card?

[harutik11]

I'm building my PC and it's coming close to the time for it and I still need help picking a graphics card. I have 3 options:

MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3GTwin Forzr

Or

Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB Windforce

Or

XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation

Here's the current build - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Zy4Rbv

[Lolzious]

I have the XFX 280x and it is great, highly recommended!

Try and ditch that FX chip though, they are very weak and will bottleneck anything above a 270 (most likely)

[Comessy]

I'd go with Msi twin frozr. It's likely that that 6300 will bottleneck it though

[Vek1313]

Gigabyte has best cooling = higher OC. A 280 is the highest I would go with that CPU

[IateMApoo]

I'd go with Msi twin frozr. It's likely that that 6300 will bottleneck it though

It wont bottleneck, dont worry.

[harutik11]

What does bottleneck mean? Please explain it to me. And what CPU should I get if the 6300 isn't good?

[whitedragon101]

What does bottleneck mean? Please explain it to me. And what CPU should I get if the 6300 isn't good?

 

Bottleneck means where part of the system performs more poorly than the rest and slows the whole system down as a result.

 

For gaming AMD are rather behind Intel at the moment CPU wise so at the high end people are sticking to K series i5 or i7 CPUs.  If thats not in your budget AMD do offer lower cost alternatives.  The AMD 8350 seems to be the go to CPU for those who can't afford an i5.

 

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8227/devils-canyon-review-intel-core-i7-4790k-and-i5-4690k/5

[harutik11]

But why not a 6300 or 6350? They have 6 cores, 6 threads, 8MB L3 cache, what's bad about all of that. Also it has high clock speeds

[whitedragon101]

But why not a 6300 or 6350? They have 6 cores, 6 threads, 8MB L3 cache, what's bad about all of that. Also it has high clock speeds

 

Not a huge amount in it on these benchmarks but they are old games.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6396/the-vishera-review-amd-fx8350-fx8320-fx6300-and-fx4300-tested/5

 

Although it seems some modern CPU intensive games like Crysis 3 have a massive difference.  The 8350 doubles the fps of the 6300

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsvMGfNafWo

[TheModMonster]

Those are really bad cards. I would recommend a Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan X Black or this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6AB2FN3703

These are the two most powerful cards on the market.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Those are really bad cards. I would recommend a Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan X Black or this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6AB2FN3703

These are the two most powerful cards on the market.

 

.........?????

[IateMApoo]

Not a huge amount in it on these benchmarks but they are old games.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6396/the-vishera-review-amd-fx8350-fx8320-fx6300-and-fx4300-tested/5

 

Although it seems some modern CPU intensive games like Crysis 3 have a massive difference.  The 8350 doubles the fps of the 6300

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsvMGfNafWo

That benchmark run was flawed, Techno Kitchen in comments said they had several cores disabled on FX 6300, dont ever use this video to assault FX 6300.

[TheModMonster]

.........?????

Yeah. Look at the benchmarks. ATi is actually better.

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Mobility-Radeon-HD-3450-vs-GeForce-GTX-TITAN-X

It just goes to show that getting the worlds most powerful card isn't all that great. Its called that just because of the Nvidia fanboys. The ATi fans got right.