new GTX 950 vs used R9 270X

[aprofile]

Hi,

I am going to be building a pc later this year (christmas 2016 ish) and am currently trying to decide what I should put in it. I have a budget of roughly £400 ($570 US) total. I am probably going to be playing some of the newer assassins creeds and elder scrolls as well as league and TF2. I have been looking at graphics cards and have seen a used XFX R9 270X on amazon with a one year warranty, good reviews, 2GB of VRAM (DDR5) and a core clock of 1000mhz for £125 ($178 US) and a new MSI gtx 950 also on amazon with whatever warranty MSI has, good reviews, 2GB of VRAM (also DDR5) and a core clock of 1102mhz for £140 ($200 US).

I have decided on most of the system already but am unsure about mobo, CPU and GPU

 

GTX 950 http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B013SUP76U/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=1EYDMRQ8S0AP4&coliid=I2OPJ1LJ57MHOA&psc=1#Ask

R9 270X http://www.amazon.co.uk/XFX-Radeon-Edition-Graphics-GDDR5/dp/B00JB8W8N4/ref=aag_m_pw_dp?ie=UTF8&m=A3EX4AHK0XR1JW

[HelplmChoking]

I have a 270x, and its a really capable little card. I'm planning on upgrading after the new generation is out, but I've been pleasantly surprised by my card. Not sure how it compares with a 950, as I know its a bit older, so I'd suggest finding a few in game benchmarks for what you want to play.

[Sakkura]

Performance is overall about the same, the 950 uses less power and has a more modern feature set.

[asiancorruption]

a 370 is a 270 oc'ed, which performs slightly worse than a 950. so I would spend a bit more on the 950

[Sakkura]

4 minutes ago, asiancorruption said:

a 370 is a 270 oc'ed, which performs slightly worse than a 950. so I would spend a bit more on the 950

No. The 370 is a rebadged 265, weaker than the 270 which is a lower clocked version of the 270X.

[aprofile]

this is the build I am probably going to have if I choose the r9 270X http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/ZBQXCJ