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Hello guys, out of curiosity , is the Radeon HD 7970 better than an R9 270X? And if it is, then is it bettter than a R9 380 as well ?

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It is better than both - yes. The 7970 is the 280x which is quite a bit more powerful than the 270x(7870) and a bit more than the 380

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- Yes

- Yeah, bit better

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7970 is definitely better than R9 270x (which is 7870).

In some games 7970 is better than R9 380 in some the R9 380 is better (R9 380 handles tesselation a bit better).

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It is better than both - yes. The 7970 is the 280x which is quite a bit more powerful than the 270x(7870) and a bit more than the 380

 

- Yes

- Yeah, bit better

I see, thanks for the answer guys, a friend of mine who has that card asked me the question, so I wanted to clarify it .

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I see, thanks for the answer guys, a friend of mine who has that card asked me the question, so I wanted to clarify it .

You can tell him the 7970 and R9 280X use the same graphics chip (so pretty much the same GPU) which is better than the R9 270X and a tiny bit better than the R9 380.

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7970 is definitely better than R9 270x (which is 7870).

In some games 7970 is better than R9 380 in some the R9 380 is better (R9 380 handles tesselation a bit better).

So it all depends on the game? It's interesting to see how a 3 and a half year old card is still so good even to this day.

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So it all depends on the game? It's interesting to see how a 3 and a half year old card is still so good even to this day.

Yea it comes down to a game you play.

Basicaly games that run a lot of tesselation will be better with R9 380 by about 3-5FPS in other games the 7970 will take a slight lead. I would say they are prety much head to head except that 7970 has 3GB VRAM and R9 380 comes with 2GB or 4GB (which is more expensive).

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Yea it comes down to a game you play.

Basicaly games that run a lot of tesselation will be better with R9 380 by about 3-5FPS in other games the 7970 will take a slight lead. I would say they are prety much head to head except that 7970 has 3GB VRAM and R9 380 comes with 2GB or 4GB (which is more expensive).

Yeah , but let's say they're the same price, which one would you buy ?

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Yeah , but let's say they're the same price, which one would you buy ?

R9 380 because it has full Free Sync support and it tends to OC higher.

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It is better than a 270x and will perform similarity to a r9 380 if not a little better. 

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Thank you all for your answers guys, have a good day.

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