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cj2tech91
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Ok so I've been having a little trouble deciding whether or not to up grade my gaming gpu on my gaming pc. The thing is I currently have a 2gb Msi Radeon r9 270x oc gaming edition gpu but I currently able to

Upgrade to the 4gb asus adeon r9 380 oc strix for mear $20 US dollars. So my real question is would it be better to wait and get a Msi 8gb r9 390

For a additional $130 is dollars or just get the r9 380.

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R9 390.

Also, avoid Asus

Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280  3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD Red
Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT
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Ok so I've been having a little trouble deciding whether or not to up grade my gaming gpu on my gaming pc. The thing is I currently have a 2gb Msi Radeon r9 270x oc gaming edition gpu but I currently able to

Upgrade to the 4gb asus adeon r9 380 oc strix for mear $20 US dollars. So my real question is would it be better to wait and get a Msi 8gb r9 390

For a additional $130 is dollars or just get the r9 380.

What res are you playing on?

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R9 270x is not THAT much different to the R9 380, of course the R9 380 is a lot more powerfull, but you will notice a lot more difference if you wait for R9 390.

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R9 270x is not THAT much different to the R9 380, of course the R9 380 is a lot more powerfull, but you will notice a lot more difference if you wait for R9 390.

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380 is roughly 40% more powerful

390 is 150%

Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280  3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD Red
Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT
Windows 10 is now MSX! - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/440190-can-we-start-calling-windows-10/page-6

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what @don_svetlio said

Judge a product on its own merits AND the company that made it.

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Why are asus' amd cards bad?

Poor components (VRMs

Poor cooling (coolers copy-pasted from Nvidia cards)

Poor customer support (they have none essentially)

coil whine, lot's and lots of coil whine

Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280  3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD Red
Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT
Windows 10 is now MSX! - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/440190-can-we-start-calling-windows-10/page-6

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2fkQLk

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2fkQLk/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $0.00)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (Purchased For $0.00)

Motherboard: Asus Z97-AR ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (Purchased For $150.00)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For $0.00)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (Purchased For $0.00)

Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $0.00)

Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer (Purchased For $0.00)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (Purchased For $0.00)

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN3800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (Purchased For $0.00)

Total: $150.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-17 09:29 EST-0500

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@cj2tech91 Get a R9 390 or GTX 970 if your budget allows it. Otherwise, the R9 380X fits nice between the 380 and 390.

 

 

Poor components (VRMs
Poor cooling (coolers copy-pasted from Nvidia cards)
Poor customer support (they have none essentially)
coil whine, lot's and lots of coil whine

But muh ASUS 280X has pretty chilly VRMs. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

From salty to bath salty in 2.9 seconds

 

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@cj2tech91 Get a R9 390 or GTX 970 if your budget allows it. Otherwise, the R9 380X fits nice between the 380 and 390.

 

 

But muh ASUS 280X has pretty chilly VRMs. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Yours is the exception rather than the rule :P

Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280  3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD Red
Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT
Windows 10 is now MSX! - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/440190-can-we-start-calling-windows-10/page-6

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Ok I think I'm gonna get the Msi r9 390 even though it is a 100 more then I could spend. The only reason I was looking to only spend 20 cuz I was gonna get the 4790k for a 100 along with the 20 dollar gpu and a new case but I guess the cpu can wait.

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