AMD Radeon R9 380 - Good or not?

[Gripp]

The PC I will be building is around £600 (GBP) And I am looking for a video card that will deliver a good FPS on most games but isnt overpriced. I am told that the R9 380 Will do a small amount less than the GTX 970 But for a much lower price, is this true or is the 380 a bad card to go for?

 

[bignastyid]

The 380 is not a bad card for the price but it is more than a small amount slower than a 970. The 390 is what competes with the 970. The 380 competes with the 960.

 

[rwayne]

The difference between a R9 380 and a R9 390 or a GTX 970 is HUGE. However so is the price.

The R9 380 beats out the GTX960 in most benchmarks and is the better deal at that price point.

You won't be able to max out all games at 1080P with an R9 380 but you will have a very good experience. For the price its great. I would however recommend the 4GB version. I say go for the R9 380 unless you really want to dish out the bucks for the next step up.

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card (£174.99 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280X 3GB TurboDuo Video Card (£176.33 @ CCL Computers)

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Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£238.99 @ Aria PC)



PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor (£85.18 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI B85M-E45 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£47.50 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£238.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£27.10 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£49.98 @ Novatech)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.38 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (£74.95 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £602.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-11 02:43 BST+0100

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£140.47 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI B85M-E45 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£47.50 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280X 3GB TurboDuo Video Card (£176.33 @ CCL Computers)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£27.10 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£49.98 @ Novatech)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.38 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (£74.95 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £594.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-11 02:47 BST+0100


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