time to upragde my 270x?

[silverjay928]

As the title asks is it time to upgrade my r9 270x 2gb but i play 1080p and plan to go to battlefield 1, will my r9 hold up or should i start looking for something more up to date like a used 290 or 290 or maybe go for a RX 480 with 4gb or 8 gb?

[pcshme33]

you won't really see a big difference for upgrading to a 290... upgrade your gpu when you feel like you want better performance.

[SeanAngelo]

2 minutes ago, silverjay928 said:

As the title asks is it time to upgrade my r9 270x 2gb but i play 1080p and plan to go to battlefield 1, will my r9 hold up or should i start looking for something more up to date like a used 290 or 290 or maybe go for a RX 480 with 4gb or 8 gb?

upgrading to a 290 wont really make a big difference... upgrading to a 1070 might be better.

[ivan134]

6 minutes ago, EnemySp0tt3d said:

you won't really see a big difference for upgrading to a 290... upgrade your gpu when you feel like you want better performance.

What the fuck are you talking about? A 290 is more than twice as fast as a 270x.

[Sakkura]

6 minutes ago, EnemySp0tt3d said:

you won't really see a big difference for upgrading to a 290... upgrade your gpu when you feel like you want better performance.

 

5 minutes ago, SeanAngelo said:

upgrading to a 290 wont really make a big difference... upgrading to a 1070 might be better.

Don't listen to these guys, a 290 is a big upgrade. Literally twice the hardware resources across the board, only thing keeping it short of double the performance is that clocks are somewhat lower.

[AlTech]

9 minutes ago, EnemySp0tt3d said:

you won't really see a big difference for upgrading to a 290... upgrade your gpu when you feel like you want better performance.

This is a complete lie.

 

10 minutes ago, silverjay928 said:

As the title asks is it time to upgrade my r9 270x 2gb but i play 1080p and plan to go to battlefield 1, will my r9 hold up or should i start looking for something more up to date like a used 290 or 290 or maybe go for a RX 480 with 4gb or 8 gb?

A 290X is roughly twice as fast as R9 270. (2816 SPs vs 1280 SPs)

 

RX 480 8GB would also be a good option!

[TheRandomness]

1 minute ago, Sakkura said:

 

Don't listen to these guys, a 290 is a big upgrade. Literally twice the hardware resources across the board, only thing keeping it short of double the performance is that clocks are somewhat lower.

Cool your post count is the same as the SP count of an Fiji chip c:

 

A used 290 would be a great upgrade but make sure your PSU can handle it. 

[silverjay928]

33 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Cool your post count is the same as the SP count of an Fiji chip c:

 

A used 290 would be a great upgrade but make sure your PSU can handle it. 

yeah i believe so, i have a Thermaltake XT 675W. 

[pcshme33]

1 hour ago, Sakkura said:

 

Don't listen to these guys, a 290 is a big upgrade. Literally twice the hardware resources across the board, only thing keeping it short of double the performance is that clocks are somewhat lower.

really? I didn't really follow the 200 series, so I had no clue it was that big of a upgrade..

[TheRandomness]

18 minutes ago, EnemySp0tt3d said:

really? I didn't really follow the 200 series, so I had no clue it was that big of a upgrade..

What's the difference between a 370 and a 390? A huge one. 

46 minutes ago, silverjay928 said:

yeah i believe so, i have a Thermaltake XT 675W. 

The wattage is fine but I'm not sure on the quality... @STRMfrmXMN

[Sakkura]

1 hour ago, silverjay928 said:

yeah i believe so, i have a Thermaltake XT 675W. 

That's good quality and plenty for an R9 290.

1 hour ago, EnemySp0tt3d said:

really? I didn't really follow the 200 series, so I had no clue it was that big of a upgrade..

Yep. 2560 shaders vs. 1280, 160 texture units vs. 80, 64 ROPs vs. 32, 512-bit memory bus vs. 256-bit.

[STRMfrmXMN]

2 hours ago, TheRandomness said:

What's the difference between a 370 and a 390? A huge one. 

The wattage is fine but I'm not sure on the quality... @STRMfrmXMN

It's a Toughpower so it's fine.

[ivan134]

4 hours ago, silverjay928 said:

As the title asks is it time to upgrade my r9 270x 2gb but i play 1080p and plan to go to battlefield 1, will my r9 hold up or should i start looking for something more up to date like a used 290 or 290 or maybe go for a RX 480 with 4gb or 8 gb?

How much is the 290 you're looking at and which model?

 

[silverjay928]

2 hours ago, ivan134 said:

How much is the 290 you're looking at and which model?

 

there are a couple different ones but the are $100 - $200 and i always try and see if they are able to go lower on the price.

[ivan134]

12 minutes ago, silverjay928 said:

there are a couple different ones but the are $100 - $200 and i always try and see if they are able to go lower on the price.

Just be aware that they could have been mined on

[-rascal-]

9 hours ago, EnemySp0tt3d said:

really? I didn't really follow the 200 series, so I had no clue it was that big of a upgrade..

Reference R9-290 versus reference (?) R9-270X

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1068?vs=1043

 

You are looking at about +50% more performance compared to a 270X.

[The Great Tree]

Go for the RX 480, either variant works. The 8 GB is more "future-proof", although I hate using that word.

[silverjay928]

1 hour ago, The Great Tree said:

Go for the RX 480, either variant works. The 8 GB is more "future-proof", although I hate using that word.

i was going to use "future proof" to describe my power supply but the sound of the word made me gag but thanks i think ill go for the 480 in a 8gb variant because im lloking around and alot of people are want their  sell 290s or 390s for $200 so ill just throw in the extra 60 to 80 and get a brand new card.