Thinking about R9 270X... Will it bottleneck?

[cnelson3225]

So I have the system in the sig and I want to get into gaming. I want to game 1080p at decent frame rates (30 or above) and my goal is to blow Xbox 360 away in terms of quality. Basically I want to get GTA V for PC when it comes out and I don't want to get it on Xbox

 

Will this card be a good fit? Do you have any other suggestions? Is the rest of my system up for it? Am I crazy in thinking the PC version will look better?

 

Thanks guys.

[qwertywarrior]

by the time GTA comes out (probably  in 6 months)

nvidia will release the 8xx cards

 

just wait  and see

[delet my acc pls]

Bottleneck or be bottlenecked by what ?

[qwertywarrior]

Bottleneck or be bottlenecked by what ?

bottlenecked by the bottleneck

[cnelson3225]

I meant by anything else in the system lol

 

I'm not the best with high end hardware... I usually get what I get and make it work.

[Goldilock]

your i7 920 is quite good actually, no need to worry.

[s3ns3]

yes the card is good and that i7 is fast

[JoshM]

I meant by anything else in the system lol

 

I'm not the best with high end hardware... I usually get what I get and make it work.

Your system is strong, get a decent card and it will be good

[cnelson3225]

Thanks guys. @JoshM Nice pic lol

[JoshM]

Thanks guys. @JoshM Nice pic lol

Cheers man 

[CoolBeans]

No it won't, but get a 7950 for the extra RAM

[cnelson3225]

No it won't, but get a 7950 for the extra RAM

 

Interesting option... That may be stretching the budget a bit though.

[jscho]

No it won't, but get a 7950 for the extra RAM

2GB is still a lot.

[qwertywarrior]

Interesting option... That may be stretching the budget a bit though.

GTA is about 6 months away

buying something now for later is a wrong move

 

in 6 months prices will go down

and new GPUs will arrive

[s3ns3]

2GB is still a lot.

if you think at all the mods you can do with gta the 7950 sounds better.for vram ofc

[jscho]

if you think at all the mods you can do with gta the 7950 sounds better.for vram ofc

I can run GTA IV on 3 screens with texture and shader mods with 2GB at around 30FPS...

 

2GB is more than enough for 1080p gaming at the least.

[Lukiose]

I can run GTA IV on 3 screens with texture and shader mods with 2GB at around 30FPS...

 

2GB is more than enough for 1080p gaming at the least.

Depends on what you're doing

Highly Modded Skyrim & BF4 Beta exceeds 2GB vram even on 1080p so an extensively modded GTA might be pretty demanding on textures

[CoolBeans]

Interesting option... That may be stretching the budget a bit though.

It should be the same price

[CoolBeans]

2GB is still a lot.

3GB is more, and BF4 takes more than 2 at 1080P

[TechFan@ic]

You're* good to go, I would really recommend overclocking your i7 920 though, the 212 EVO will allow you to take it to at least 3.4Ghz.

[s3ns3]

Your good to go, I would really recommend overclocking your i7 920 though, the 212 EVO will allow you to take it to at least 3.4Ghz.

i think that can be done without changing the voltage. it can go higher

[cnelson3225]

Yea, it can probably go higher... Its the cruddy mobo that worries me.

 

Honestly stock is already sooooo much more power than i'm used to. I think I 'll stick with stock.

[Janne]

Depends on what you're doing

Highly Modded Skyrim & BF4 Beta exceeds 2GB vram even on 1080p so an extensively modded GTA might be pretty demanding on textures

 

Exceed 2gb vram on 1080p? bullshit

[Lukiose]

Exceed 2gb vram on 1080p? bullshit

^Obviously someone here hasn't tried out BF4 beta yet. Shame.

[Janne]

^Obviously someone here hasn't tried out BF4 beta yet. Shame.

30h play time. Never got to even 1900mb on ultra