Is the 240 the best GPU for future proofing?

[ThatNewbieDM]

I was considering buying a 480 with the intention of adding an additional one in the future and be able to play VR and 1080-1440 at high settings 60fps. What do yall think any other recommendations. I am kind of looking to get in cheap now and upgrade later. I will have a gtx 760 soon that I will use until I can buy the 480 in jan. 

Edited December 15, 2016 by NewbieDM

[duckwithanokhat]

1 minute ago, NewbieDM said:

I was considering buying a 240 with the intention of adding an additional one in the future adn be able to play VR and 1080-1440 at high settings 60fps. What do yall think any other recommendations. I am kind of looking to get in cheap now and upgrade later. I will have a gtx 760 soon that I will use until I can buy the 240 in jan. 

What is the 240? I never heard of it.

[Daveeede]

what the hell is a 240?

[System Error Message]

nvidia gt 240? amd r series? Either way its probably an outdated GPU. What have you been looking at?

[SuperShermanTanker]

which 240 gpu are you talking about because the only GPU I know that goes under the name 240 is the R7 240 which can barely run Overwatch at 900p at 30fps

[ThatNewbieDM]

Sorry I edited it I meant the 480 lol. I saw that two 480's were comparable to one 1070 or 1080 (depending on the game) and at a much lower cost. Just curious if that is a reasonable decsion or if I should sit on the 760 and just upgrade to a 1070 in 6 months when I can afford it?

 

[Guest]

8 minutes ago, NewbieDM said:

Sorry I edited it I meant the 480 lol. I saw that two 480's were comparable to one 1070 or 1080 (depending on the game) and at a much lower cost. Just curious if that is a reasonable decsion or if I should sit on the 760 and just upgrade to a 1070 in 6 months when I can afford it?

 

I am upgrading to a 480 from a 760 too!! Yes it is a good upgrade

[aisle9]

>Buys 480

>Saws it in half

>RX 240

[duckwithanokhat]

Just now, aisle9 said:

>Buys 480

>Saws it in half

>RX 240

LOL

 

>be me

>buy nice red gpu

>saw in half for crossfire

>gain power

[Guest]

1 minute ago, aisle9 said:

>Buys 480

>Saws it in half

>RX 240

480 is basically RX 240 in SLI amirite

[Skiiwee29]

14 minutes ago, NewbieDM said:

Sorry I edited it I meant the 480 lol. I saw that two 480's were comparable to one 1070 or 1080 (depending on the game) and at a much lower cost. Just curious if that is a reasonable decsion or if I should sit on the 760 and just upgrade to a 1070 in 6 months when I can afford it?

 

single fastest card is the true answer here. Yes it is comparable, but not all games take advantage of SLI/X-fire and if they do, often times they are buggy and introduce many more problems... 

[Joshua Ondangan]

should do you fine but majority of people who say they will add another gpu in the end doesn't really add another and just buy a whole new gpu together and say they will add another (well not really but you get my point)

 

if you will add another 480 make sure it's in the next payday or something because you will "probably not add it in the future" performance wise I think the 480 is pretty good at it's price and depending on where you buy.

[SLAYR]

29 minutes ago, NewbieDM said:

I was considering buying a 480 with the intention of adding an additional one in the future and be able to play VR and 1080-1440 at high settings 60fps. What do yall think any other recommendations. I am kind of looking to get in cheap now and upgrade later. I will have a gtx 760 soon that I will use until I can buy the 480 in jan. 

You will have to make sure your motherboard supports crossfire, and that your psu can handle two gpus.

 

Crossfire has gotten better nearly to 100% scaling for 2 gpus, but not everything supports crossfire, and it still is far from perfect.

[ThatNewbieDM]

1 minute ago, SLAYR said:

You will have to make sure your motherboard supports crossfire, and that your psu can handle two gpus.

 

Crossfire has gotten better nearly to 100% scaling for 2 gpus, but not everything supports crossfire, and it still is far from perfect.

I was considering the Asus z170-A mobo which i believe supports it

[ShadySocks]

480 is sweet spot king...

[Joshua Ondangan]

8 minutes ago, NewbieDM said:

I was considering the Asus z170-A mobo which i believe supports it

how about your psu? well normally all should be good with a decent brand and enough headroom but just to let you know like what others have said xfire/sli sometimes doesn't work nicely as a single gpu option.

 

well overall everything should be good the 480 is a nice card.

[ThatNewbieDM]

1 minute ago, Joshua Ondangan said:

how about your psu? well normally all should be good with a decent brand and enough headroom but just to let you know like what others have said xfire/sli sometimes doesn't work nicely as a single gpu option.

 

well overall everything should be good the 480 is a nice card.

I have a Corsair cx750m 

[Joshua Ondangan]

2 minutes ago, NewbieDM said:

I have a Corsair cx750m 

then everything else seems sweet. I'm sure the rx480 would serve you well unless you totally hit the lottery jackpot and got a doa or something lol. 

 

overall things should be looking good and you should be able to enjoy the stuff you gonna be doing with it