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I'm looking to upgrade my PC's graphical capabilities. While my trusty 270X has served me well it has its limitations and I'd like to be able to run games like Witcher 3 and Farcry 4 at high settings with a solid 60 FPS. I've thought about getting a second 270X or maybe just getting a new card. What are your thoughts?

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What is your budget? 

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What is your budget? 

I'd be willing to spend a good chunk of cash to get a nice GPU that would give me high performance. What's the best out there as of now?

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I'd vote for a second 270X, It will outperform most anything out there when both cards are used while costing you the least.

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I'd be willing to spend a good chunk of cash to get a nice GPU that would give me high performance. What's the best out there as of now?

980 ti but its probably overkill for 60 fps if youre only doing 1080p

 

i would go with a 970/390 for 1080p

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I'd be willing to spend a good chunk of cash to get a nice GPU that would give me high performance. What's the best out there as of now?

If you still can get 290x it still a good deal or 390, if you can spend money for 980ti/fury it great cards. It much better for one single card because some crossfire/sli profile is not that good. Linus always say it better to have one card 

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980 ti but its probably overkill for 60 fps if youre only doing 1080p

 

i would go with a 970/390 for 1080p

To be fact 980ti is not really overkill... some games still cant run max on 1080p. 

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To be fact 980ti is not really overkill... some games still cant run max on 1080p. 

Maybe because your cpu is knocking almost 15ps off games that actually need a 980ti for 1080p...

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If you still can get 290x it still a good deal or 390, if you can spend money for 980ti/fury it great cards. It much better for one single card because some crossfire/sli profile is not that good. Linus always say it better to have one card 

How much of a boost would a 390X give in graphical power? Would it be a huge ass upgrade and be able to max out games? Also, I have a Core i7 4770K which I assume will last me for a good while. Is this correct?

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How much of a boost would a 390X give in graphical power? Would it be a huge ass upgrade and be able to max out games? Also, I have a Core i7 4770K which I assume will last me for a good while. Is this correct?

390/390X or even a 980 would be a huge increase for you over a 270X. Currently the 390 is a better bang-for-buck card than a 390X, but there's deals out there. Your 4770K is going to last a really long time, excellent CPU to have.

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Maybe because your cpu is knocking almost 15ps off games that actually need a 980ti for 1080p...

 

mate, it im ssaying from experience from my friend build with 5820k with hybrid 980ti. My build is only running 10-20% slower compare to his. 

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mate, it im ssaying from experience from my friend build with 5820k with hybrid 980ti. My build is only running 10-20% slower compare to his. 

Makes sense. But which games exactly? And AA does not count if it's above 2xMSAA

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390/390X or even a 980 would be a huge increase for you over a 270X. Currently the 390 is a better bang-for-buck card than a 390X, but there's deals out there. Your 4770K is going to last a really long time, excellent CPU to have.

I would get 390x/390 because from diretx 12 benchmark you could see clear win for performance/dollar 

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390/390X or even a 980 would be a huge increase for you over a 270X. Currently the 390 is a better bang-for-buck card than a 390X, but there's deals out there. Your 4770K is going to last a really long time, excellent CPU to have.

I'll probably end up getting a 390X since I like to experiment with the clock speeds on my GPU core and see how high I can get it without any problems with temperature or games and it seems like the best option right now. Would it allow me to run a game like Farcry 4 or Witcher 3 at high settings with a solid 60 FPS? 

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I'll probably end up getting a 390X since I like to experiment with the clock speeds on my GPU core and see how high I can get it without any problems with temperature or games and it seems like the best option right now. Would it allow me to run a game like Farcry 4 or Witcher 3 at high settings with a solid 60 FPS?

My 970 let's me run F4 and Witcher 3 at Ultra settings. A 390x is more powerful than a 970.

You'll be able to happily max out games for quite some time I think, especially with that 8Gb of VRAM backing it up.

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My 970 let's me run F4 and Witcher 3 at Ultra settings. A 390x is more powerful than a 970.

You'll be able to happily max out games for quite some time I think, especially with that 8Gb of VRAM backing it up.

I have 8 GB of RAM currently in my rig. Should I think about upgrading that at all?

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