Amd Vs Nvidia

[Zarter]

Hi guys i'm debating weather to go with amd in my new build or nvidia. I want to run sli/crossfire. The highest price i will go for each card is $250 ($500 in total). My PSU is 850w sli/crossfire ready. The two cards im mainly trying to decide between is the gtx 760 vs amd r9 270x. The 760 beats the 270x on benches but the 270x running crossfire will be $100 less. I'm also interested in mantle and how the 270x has dedicated sound processing. The resolution i will be playing on is 1920x1080. Also the games i would like to play are; arma 3, battlefield 4, titanfall, the division, and Cod ghosts. If anyone can help me out here that would be great, thanks!

 

[Pinhedd]

Don't bother with SLI or Crossfire on that budget, just get a single high end card such as a 290 or 290X

 

[StarBG]

I hear and read only bad things about sli/crossfire, you get only some % more fps, not 100% more ... http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r9_290x_crossfire_vs_sli_review_benchmarks,23.html
You could got for a single gpu with more power than r9 270x or 760 x2 which also will save you money on electricity bills, the r9 290x maybe with a brand cooling system ..

 

[Supernova1138]

I agree, get a faster single card like a GTX 780 or R9-290 if you are willing to wait for some non reference coolers. SLI and Crossfire are more prone to driver problems, buggy game support, microstuttering, etc. If your dual GPU config doesn't work with a particular game, you're down to one GPU and a lot less performance if you are using slower cards. Multiple GPUs are only really worth it if you need to have more performance than what even the best single card can deliver, and you are willing to put down a lot of cash, and deal with the potential headaches.

 

[enemy1g]

Well a friend of mine just scored two EVGA ACX Cooler 760s for $205 a piece on amazon, brand new. Seems like a much better deal than some alternatives.

 

[Tom Tancredi]

Hi guys i'm debating weather to go with amd in my new build or nvidia. I want to run sli/crossfire. The highest price i will go for each card is $250 ($500 in total). My PSU is 850w sli/crossfire ready. The two cards im mainly trying to decide between is the gtx 760 vs amd r9 270x. The 760 beats the 270x on benches but the 270x running crossfire will be $100 less. I'm also interested in mantle and how the 270x has dedicated sound processing. The resolution i will be playing on is 1920x1080. Also the games i would like to play are; arma 3, battlefield 4, titanfall, the division, and Cod ghosts. If anyone can help me out here that would be great, thanks!

First thing I will say is: What is the rest of the system? If your planning on high end cards (either as suggested single card or as you want dual lower end cards) and pair it on a i3 Core system or WORSE a AMD Cpu (these all rate at i3 level except the most expensive AMD high end only gets to i5 Core) then your wasting MONEY. You will get lagged by having low end CPU and probably memory (DDR2 instead of DDR3 for example, and DD4 is set to release in a couple months).

Second: ATI is nice, UNLESS you want to do more then 60Hz on a display (like those nice high end screens you see at Costco/Walmart playing BlueRays that look lifelike). Many gamers (inlcuding myself) or older people (like myself) got / getting 120Hz displays, to increase the detail and quality of the image (and get that lifelike display) at around 2-3ms (no lag from your screen displaying the data). ATI does NOT support over 60Hz, and refuses to fix the drivers to address the issue. So I (and many others) have jumped to NVidia and not looked back. The added benefit is OpenGL based application (like Second Life) work ALOT better in NVidia, which also improved many of my older games apparrently too, they never performed better nor looked as good.

IMHO Intel/Nvidia combination is the gold standard till AMD(ATI) can either come up with brilliant new TECH as they been trying (combo CPU/GPU) or get thier heads out of their butts and make proper competitive (instead of 'low cost' aka cheapy and sucky performance) performing and cost point products.

 

[Zarter]

Hi guys i'm debating weather to go with amd in my new build or nvidia. I want to run sli/crossfire. The highest price i will go for each card is $250 ($500 in total). My PSU is 850w sli/crossfire ready. The two cards im mainly trying to decide between is the gtx 760 vs amd r9 270x. The 760 beats the 270x on benches but the 270x running crossfire will be $100 less. I'm also interested in mantle and how the 270x has dedicated sound processing. The resolution i will be playing on is 1920x1080. Also the games i would like to play are; arma 3, battlefield 4, titanfall, the division, and Cod ghosts. If anyone can help me out here that would be great, thanks!

First thing I will say is: What is the rest of the system? If your planning on high end cards (either as suggested single card or as you want dual lower end cards) and pair it on a i3 Core system or WORSE a AMD Cpu (these all rate at i3 level except the most expensive AMD high end only gets to i5 Core) then your wasting MONEY. You will get lagged by having low end CPU and probably memory (DDR2 instead of DDR3 for example, and DD4 is set to release in a couple months).

Second: ATI is nice, UNLESS you want to do more then 60Hz on a display (like those nice high end screens you see at Costco/Walmart playing BlueRays that look lifelike). Many gamers (inlcuding myself) or older people (like myself) got / getting 120Hz displays, to increase the detail and quality of the image (and get that lifelike display) at around 2-3ms (no lag from your screen displaying the data). ATI does NOT support over 60Hz, and refuses to fix the drivers to address the issue. So I (and many others) have jumped to NVidia and not looked back. The added benefit is OpenGL based application (like Second Life) work ALOT better in NVidia, which also improved many of my older games apparrently too, they never performed better nor looked as good.

IMHO Intel/Nvidia combination is the gold standard till AMD(ATI) can either come up with brilliant new TECH as they been trying (combo CPU/GPU) or get thier heads out of their butts and make proper competitive (instead of 'low cost' aka cheapy and sucky performance) performing and cost point products.

The build im making is:
i5 4670 or i7 4770 (depends on how much this will all cost)
asrock fata1aty z87 killer
16 gb ddr3 ram at 1866
uncertain on the graphics card still
750w psu
1tb hdd
128 ssd

 

[Tom Tancredi]

Nice that will work as a high end one. Just make sure to pair your intended PSU with the GPu, want to make sure it not only can 'support it' but actually has ALL the connectors necessary! I had that happen before. Also TIP on the SSD, ONLY put OS and large apps (Maya, etc.) on it as games won't get any 'benefit' but will remove the 'slowdown' caused by the OS when gaming. Make sure to map (and you have to do it always manually) your installs to D: (TB Drive) and set all Log/Temp files to the D Drive as well. There is some tips out there for setting up a SSD/TB combo and little things like the Virtual Drive that default is setup for all drives will kill your SSD quickly (SSDs have lower read/write lasting power then HDDs do).

 

[Scoutdrago3]

OK, let me give it to you strait up. Your looking for a gaming build, go for the 7950. Its like 30 bucks more than the R9 270x but it beats the 760 by almost 10 fps in every game bench marked. Now you didn't specify if you wanted to also use applications like Adobe and video/audio editing programs, but if you are mainly doing editing go for a nVidia. Radeon 7950, faster clock speeds, better graphics outputs, works good with high res setups, and it can play even next gen games. It has a good 3GB VRAM buffer and it will fit in any half-full ATX cases. Sorry if I prolonged this post, but there is just no clear answer anywhere above, so heres your full on answer.

Good luck with the build, by the way
-Scoutdrago3