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Which gpu for my new computer?

Débuté par TheBunz , oct. 15 2014 02:10

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Posté 15 octobre 2014 - 08:43

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Budget? You can get a decent R9 270x for $170 with Alien: Isolation and Star Citizen bundled in.

 
 

I've seen that deal, it's actually what got me thinking about this. I'm just not sure how well an R9 270x with its 2GB of VRAM is going to handle future ports from consoles with 8GB of VRAM. The recommended specs for "Evil Within" were particularly alarming. Do you know if there would be all that significant of a performance loss if I meet all the recommended specs for a game aside from the VRAM and try to make up the difference with system memory?


You could also do what I did and get a non-X R9 270 for $20 and just overclock it to 270X levels.

The system requirements for The Evil Within (and Shadow of Mordor as well) were ridiculously overblown. Both games run fine on 2GB VRAM and a lower end CPU.

Also, I'm considering picking up a used 7850 for $95 and Crossfiring it. Give me a reason not to.

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Posté 15 octobre 2014 - 08:55

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AFAIK, no. You can't compensate for VRAM with higher clocked RAM directly unless you are using a system that shares GPU and CPU resources (no discrete card) like AMD's APUs, which is what consoles use with their unified memory.

 

What resolution are you on? If you are on 1080p or lower, then 2GB of VRAM should be fine. The landscape might be different nowadays, but I distinctly remember that idea that a video card is more likely to run into issues of processing power (i.e too weak to render at an acceptable framerate) before it runs into issues of VRAM.

 

If you are still worried about it though, look at this. It's an ugly little thing, but is noticeably better than the R9 270x, has 3GB of VRAM and is only $10 more expensive.

Yeah, I'm just using a 1080p monitor. Good to know. I was just thinking I could pick up the slack with system RAM when running hd texture packs because all the tutorials I've watched on youtube have recommended expanding Fallout 3 & NV's memory address to 4GB before installing any 3rd party texture packs. When I tried installing HD textures for Skyrim on the other hand, my GPU just wouldn't have any of it, wasn't fast enough.


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Posté 15 octobre 2014 - 09:12

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R9 270x sucks pal. Go for a R9 280 or GTX 760 at least.

sorry, but thats bullshit. both R9 280 and GTX760 are just a few % faster than the 270X. you wont even notice a performance difference between 270X and 760.
 

The GTX 690 is really good one. It's rare though, and it's about $550 on Amazon. However, it completely outdoes both the GTX 970 and 980, and is only about $60 or so more expensive. If you're willing to shovel out the money, the 690 is your best bet for current-gen.

troll? the GTX690 is maybe 10% faster than the GTX970 and slower than the GTX980. also a GTX970 is not as expensive, has twice the VRAM, consumes far less energy and doesnt have the typical SLI-problems (as long as you are using just one of it of course).


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Posté 15 octobre 2014 - 10:14

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sorry, but thats bullsh*t. both R9 280 and GTX760 are just a few % faster than the 270X. you wont even notice a performance difference between 270X and 760.
 

troll? the GTX690 is maybe 10% faster than the GTX970 and slower than the GTX980. also a GTX970 is not as expensive, has twice the VRAM, consumes far less energy and doesnt have the typical SLI-problems (as long as you are using just one of it of course).

 

Sorry. Anyone who buys any GPU bellow GTX760 or R9 280 in 2014 is stupid unless he is poor or not a gamer.

 

And R9 280 is much better:

http://www.hwcompare...-radeon-r9-280/

 

But sadly in my country it's more expensive than GTX760.


#30
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Posté 15 octobre 2014 - 10:35

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I have a GTX780, works great.


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Posté 15 octobre 2014 - 10:40

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Bunz made a serious thread??????? :o :o :o Never thought I'd see the day...................................


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Posté 15 octobre 2014 - 12:09

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Sorry. Anyone who buys any GPU bellow GTX760 or R9 280 in 2014 is stupid unless he is poor or not a gamer.

 

And R9 280 is much better:

http://www.hwcompare...-radeon-r9-280/

and again thats bullshit, the R9 280 is ~12% faster than the R9 270X which isnt "much better" imo.

@ the linked page: you cant really compare graphic cards with different GPUs by only 3 specs.


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Posté 15 octobre 2014 - 12:40

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I have a GTX780, works great.


I have a GTX 780 Ti. It works great as well but I still recommend the GTX 980 over anything.

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Posté 15 octobre 2014 - 01:54

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and again thats bullshit, the R9 280 is ~12% faster than the R9 270X which isnt "much better" imo.

@ the linked page: you cant really compare graphic cards with different GPUs by only 3 specs.

 

OK. Let people enjoy their 2015 games with 18 frames per second. I warned you all.


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Posté 15 octobre 2014 - 02:35

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Yeah, I'm just using a 1080p monitor. Good to know. I was just thinking I could pick up the slack with system RAM when running hd texture packs because all the tutorials I've watched on youtube have recommended expanding Fallout 3 & NV's memory address to 4GB before installing any 3rd party texture packs. When I tried installing HD textures for Skyrim on the other hand, my GPU just wouldn't have any of it, wasn't fast enough.


Well the RAM contains the actual program data. When you run a program, that piece of code is loaded in an address space found in the RAM. The whole fallout NV will be loaded in your memory and will be executed from the top to the end.

Game software has a continuous set of operations to render on the screen. In this software, you update and modify graphical data then send it through the directX pipeline. This data is stored in the VRAM.

CPU= logical operatiobs GpU = graphical. Only by convention not standard because God can be used for logical **** such as Bitcoin mining and directX has the option to use a software adapted to simulate graphics

#36
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Posté 15 octobre 2014 - 09:48

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Would a 500w PSU be sufficient for the 270x?

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Posté 15 octobre 2014 - 09:53

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a 500W PSU is enough for every single-GPU configuration, at least without hardcore-OC. but buy a good one, no cheap noname crap PSU which will explode when you put more than 60% load on it.


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