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Buying a new graphics card

American said:
Okay, I've done a bit of searching and it appears the Radeon R9 290 is gotten good ratings. Thoughts?
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I bought that too, serious bang for your buck mate.

I can play EVERYTHING on it, only stuff I've had trouble with is processor heavy stuff like Total War Series, Shogun II don't run so well.

But again that's not the card it's the processor, I've been able to play every single game on Ultra at 60 FPS, including Shadow of Mordor and Alien Isolation.

Beauty.
 
XFX Double D R9 290X 1000MHz 4GB DDR5 DP
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 16GB 2133MHz 2x8GB
 
American said:
XFX Double D R9 290X 1000MHz 4GB DDR5 DP
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 16GB 2133MHz 2x8GB
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Mine is the model below, the 2 gig.

Going with the 4 gig will give you even more power, but as far as my limited budget, the 2 gig did me just fine and it came with 3 free games including isolation when I ordered off newegg.

SAPPHIRE DUAL-X R9 285 2GB GDDR5 OC (UEFI)
 
I'm partial to Nvidia, but I recognize that AMD makes good cards, too. But I want to make another suggestion: Go with a cheaper card...but get two of them. For example, two GTX 970's will give much better performance in BF4 than one GTX 980 or one R9 290X. It will probably cost you a bit more, though. But you can go lower than that and still do very well in BF4. Two GTX770's or even GTX680's (You can get them on eBay, I think) will kick ass in that game...even at 1440p. Heck, even two GTX760's will kick ass in BF4 at 1080p. And those are pretty cheap cards. EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P4-2765-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support w/ EVGA ACX Cooler Video Card - Newegg.com





Just thought I would add this:

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Excon said:
As much with anything in life you can quibble over different aspects of a cards performance as well as what is best for your needs in the realm of what you can afford.
Bottom line, it is all a matter of personal preference.


Me, I will be updating to one of the following two.

ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970
Graphics Cards - STRIX-GTX970-DC2OC-4GD5 - ASUS


ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980
Graphics Cards - STRIX-GTX980-DC2OC-4GD5 - ASUS
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Great cards...

I switched to mini itx form factor.....a couple of years ago and never looked back

My upgrade will be this one Asus Points Shrink Ray at GeForce GTX 970, Now Comes in Mini ITX Form | Maximum PC
 
American said:
Thanks for the advice. Back to the graphics card, I'm wondering what the real difference between the 290 and 290X is, besides price.
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Clock speed of the GPU and Memory.
 
Just installed 16GB of SDRAMM
 
Received my XFX Radeon R9 290X card today.
 
PeteEU said:
Not jealous at all.. nooo.. not at all!
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I've noticed a huge improvement. Just have to get my Battlefield 4 account fixed.
 
Oh goodie, my new graphics card FAILED!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Failed??

:2bigcry:
 
American said:
Oh goodie, my new graphics card FAILED!!!!!!!!!!!
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Good. Send it back, get a refund, and get a GTX 970. It outperforms the 290X and literally consumes half as much power. Which makes it run cooler and quieter and also makes it overclock better.

Not that you need to overclock a 970 if you're playing BF4 at 1080p.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2014/09/19/nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-review/6

Addendum: The 290X can perform better in some games at resolutions higher than 1080p, but not by much, and I suspect the superior overclocking capability of the 970 will make up the difference.
 
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whysoserious said:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Hardware problems are the worst.
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They're sending me another.
 
Deuce said:
Good. Send it back, get a refund, and get a GTX 970. It outperforms the 290X and literally consumes half as much power. Which makes it run cooler and quieter and also makes it overclock better.

Not that you need to overclock a 970 if you're playing BF4 at 1080p.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 Review Roundup - Battlefield 4 Performance | bit-tech.net

Addendum: The 290X can perform better in some games at resolutions higher than 1080p, but not by much, and I suspect the superior overclocking capability of the 970 will make up the difference.
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They are sending the same card.
 
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