Which GPU? GTX 770, R9 270x, or R7 265?

[no one in particular]

I'm checking my local KSL Classifieds (my equivalent to Craigslist) for used graphics cards deals. Anything can be better than the crappy Radeon HD 3000 graphics on my motherboard. I've narrowed it down to these three cards:

 

GTX 770 for $100

R9 270x for $75

R7 265 (basically a R9 270) for $60

(Possibly a GTX 750 for $50)

 

Which one of these cards would y'all recommend? I'm looking at doing light gaming (Minecraft and Openspades, no Crysis or Minesweeper here) and some game development (using a Unity-like engine). Keep in mind that I'm running Linux so it would be a little bit harder than usual to overclock any of these cards.

 

Thanks for your feedback!

[Swealteek]

8 minutes ago, no one in particular said:

I'm checking my local KSL Classifieds (my equivalent to Craigslist) for used graphics cards deals. Anything can be better than the crappy Radeon HD 3000 graphics on my motherboard. I've narrowed it down to these three cards:

 

GTX 770 for $100

R9 270x for $75

R7 265 (basically a R9 270) for $60

(Possibly a GTX 750 for $50)

 

Which one of these cards would y'all recommend? I'm looking at doing light gaming (Minecraft and Openspades, no Crysis or Minesweeper here) and some game development (using a Unity-like engine). Keep in mind that I'm running Linux so it would be a little bit harder than usual to overclock any of these cards.

 

Thanks for your feedback!

Try and get the 770 for 90$ easy. in the netherlands the go for 75 euros. Watt PSU do you have ect.

[no one in particular]

4 minutes ago, Swealteek said:

Try and get the 770 for 90$ easy. in the netherlands the go for 75 euros. Watt PSU do you have ect.

I have a Corsair 600W PSU, which is 80+ Bronze certified.

[Swealteek]

Just now, no one in particular said:

I have a Corsair 600W PSU, which is 80+ Bronze certified.

Than your fine go for the 770. try and talk him down and try to get a 4GB if you can.

[Wingfan]

Just now, Swealteek said:

Than your fine go for the 770. try and talk him down and try to get a 4GB if you can.

3.5GB

[Wingfan]

Just now, Wingfan said:

3.5GB

or was that the 970?

[Swealteek]

6 minutes ago, Wingfan said:

or was that the 970?

Its 0.5/4 of what you promest. Thats fure sure

[Sakkura]

The R7 265 is not basically a 270. The 270 and 270X are rebadges of the 7870, the 265 is a rebadge of the 7850.

 

With those prices I might lean towards the 270X, but if you can knock a few bucks off the 770 it would be a nice step up.

[no one in particular]

2 minutes ago, Wingfan said:

or was that the 970?

770. Also, it's a 2GB. I'm not sure whether I'll be able to talk him down, should I go ahead and take the $100 price?

[Swealteek]

3 minutes ago, Sakkura said:

The R7 265 is not basically a 270. The 270 and 270X are rebadges of the 7870, the 265 is a rebadge of the 7850.

 

With those prices I might lean towards the 270X, but if you can knock a few bucks off the 770 it would be a nice step up.

Truw even at 100 USD i wult stil take a hard look at that card. If usedit and i can tell you its a fucking beast. i payed 1 year ago 125 euros voor a MSI whit 4GB. Just ceep looking trust my as some one how is dowing a lot af secend hand trading ect. Just tel him you can do 90 now or you gone look at someing els.

[no one in particular]

1 minute ago, Sakkura said:

The R7 265 is not basically a 270. The 270 and 270X are rebadges of the 7870, the 265 is a rebadge of the 7850.

 

With those prices I might lean towards the 270X, but if you can knock a few bucks off the 770 it would be a nice step up.

Sorry, from what I looked at it looked similar to the 270. Anything would be a nice step up from my graphics

[SteveGrabowski0]

The GTX 770 is the clear choice since you're running Linux. If you were on Windows I'd say the R9 270x would be the obvious choice, but AMD on Linux is a mess from benchmarks I have seen.

[no one in particular]

4 minutes ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

The GTX 770 is the clear choice since you're running Linux. If you were on Windows I'd say the R9 270x would be the obvious choice, but AMD on Linux is a mess from benchmarks I have seen.

Thanks for the info, I had no idea that AMD had problems with Linux.

 

Just for all y'alls information, this is the rest of my build:

 

AMD FX 6300 (I know, not the best)

8GB DDR3 (1600mhz, but my mobo only runs it at 1333 mhz)

Corsair 600W 80+ Bronze PSU

And the rest doesn't affect the graphics card.

[Swealteek]

3 minutes ago, no one in particular said:

Thanks for the info, I had no idea that AMD had problems with Linux.

 

Just for all y'alls information, this is the rest of my build:

 

AMD FX 6300 (I know, not the best)

8GB DDR3 (1600mhz, but my mobo only runs it at 1333 mhz)

Corsair 600W 80+ Bronze PSU

And the rest doesn't affect the graphics card.

Ryzen didt have proper support until a vew weeks ago. The just dont have people to dev new drivers every singel time. Als watt gpu do you have now ?

[SteveGrabowski0]

1 minute ago, no one in particular said:

Thanks for the info, I had no idea that AMD had problems with Linux.

 

Just for all y'alls information, this is the rest of my build:

 

AMD FX 6300 (I know, not the best)

8GB DDR3 (1600mhz, but my mobo only runs it at 1333 mhz)

Corsair 600W 80+ Bronze PSU

And the rest doesn't affect the graphics card.

I remember seeing some benchmarks a couple of years ago where the R9 Fury X performed around the level of the GTX 750 Ti in AAA games in Linux. I doubt AMD has the money to put much into their Linux drivers. It was the same story back when I used to use an ATi card in Linux in the early 2000s.

[no one in particular]

1 minute ago, Swealteek said:

Ryzen didt have proper support until a vew weeks ago. The just dont have people to dev new drivers every singel time. Als watt gpu do you have now ?

I have integrated motherboard graphics, they're called Radeon HD 3000. They're really really really terrible and have to use some of my RAM anyway which is annoying.

[Damascus]

770, the 2 and 4 gb are both awesome cards.

[no one in particular]

6 minutes ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

I remember seeing some benchmarks a couple of years ago where the R9 Fury X performed around the level of the GTX 750 Ti in AAA games in Linux. I doubt AMD has the money to put much into their Linux drivers. It was the same story back when I used to use an ATi card in Linux in the early 2000s.

Interesting. I don't think the 770 guy will take anything under $100, but I'll try to get that anyway.

[no one in particular]

2 minutes ago, Damascus said:

770, the 2 and 4 gb are both awesome cards.

How much impact do you think the lower 2gb will have on game development?

[SteveGrabowski0]

Then again, I wonder if the GTX 750 for $50 might be better. I mean I used to play Minecraft on a GeForce 8400GS paired with an Athlon64x2 4000+ in Linux and it was playable, and userbenchmark has the GTX 750 as 2400% more powerful than the 8400 GS. I don't know the other game you mentioned though.

 

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GeForce-8400-GS-vs-Nvidia-GTX-750/m7917vs3162

[Swealteek]

Just now, no one in particular said:

Interesting. I don't think the 770 guy will take anything under $100, but I'll try to get that anyway.

Yes you can get. No you got

 

try just tell your a broke af student how needs more compute power. Works for my

[Swealteek]

1 minute ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

Then again, I wonder if the GTX 750 for $50 might be better. I mean I used to play Minecraft on a GeForce 8400GS paired with an Athlon64x2 4000+ in Linux and it was playable, and userbenchmark has the GTX 750 as 2400% more powerful than the 8400 GS. I don't know the other game you mentioned though.

 

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GeForce-8400-GS-vs-Nvidia-GTX-750/m7917vs3162

He uses Unity-like engine. Well rip that 750TI than. He needs al the hores power he can get

[SteveGrabowski0]

Just now, Swealteek said:

He uses Unity-like engine. Well rip that 750TI than. He needs al the hores power he can get

Good point. I forgot about that.

[no one in particular]

7 minutes ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

Good point. I forgot about that.

It's called Godot engine, not sure if you've ever heard of it. I haven't been able to run it yet, because of my crappy integrated graphics.

[no one in particular]

11 minutes ago, Swealteek said:

Yes you can get. No you got

 

try just tell your a broke af student how needs more compute power. Works for my

Right on.