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GTX 580 3GB or R9 270 2GB

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I'd like to not spend over 60 if I can help it 

Then i think you should go with the 580 if you wanna save 20$ and spend that on something else because you can just overclock the 580 and it's got 1 more gb of vram

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I found both of these cards for about the same price, I'm thinking the 270 will definitely run cooler and use less power but the 580 has a extra gig of vram, I'm thinking it would make it more future-proof since they both support dx12. 

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nonono, get the 270. Its MUCH faster.

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Not sure where you're from and about prices in your region but I'd also check for a GTX 760. It should have around equal power consumption as the R9 270 but a little bit better performance. The 3GB on the 580 wont help since its just slower in general.

 

EDIT: There are also 760 4GB variants!

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7 minutes ago, Fearless247 said:

I found both of these cards for about the same price, I'm thinking the 270 will definitely run cooler and use less power but the 580 has a extra gig of vram, I'm thinking it would make it more future-proof since they both support dx12. 

Go with the 270

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8 minutes ago, Fearless247 said:

I found both of these cards for about the same price, I'm thinking the 270 will definitely run cooler and use less power but the 580 has a extra gig of vram, I'm thinking it would make it more future-proof since they both support dx12. 

This is a comparison if that helps

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-580-vs-AMD-R9-270/3150vs3149

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760s run about $80 in my area the 580 is $40 and the r9 is $60

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And the 580 has a accelero twin turbo cooler so overclocking could be a option 

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3 minutes ago, Fearless247 said:

760s run about $80 in my area the 580 is $40 and the r9 is $60

What is your budget?

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2 minutes ago, AndeSandwich said:

What is your budget?

I'd like to not spend over 60 if I can help it 

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580 will OC to 1ghz or very close, gains a lot.

R9 270 has 1GB less is faster out of the box and OC's well. Trade off of GPU grunt vs Vram capacity.

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Just now, Fearless247 said:

I'd like to not spend over 60 if I can help it 

Then i think you should go with the 580 if you wanna save 20$ and spend that on something else because you can just overclock the 580 and it's got 1 more gb of vram

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Hopefully I don't bottleneck it too bad, I ran my friends 770 with this system and it was godly 

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1 minute ago, Fearless247 said:

Hopefully I don't bottleneck it too bad, I ran my friends 770 with this system and it was godly 

Clock it to 3.5ghz or higher and you won''t bottleneck a 270 or 580 not even close.

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