Amd vs Nvidia

[spiers333]

hi im looking to upgrade my crap gpu my cpu is a fx 6300 oc@4.5ghz what gpu will suit my cpu

 

[PapaWood]

The question is, what are your needs? Are you looking to play games intensely? Maybe few games and mostly surfing? What are your other specs?

In order to help you we need to find a card that will fit your case, fit your wattage limitations from your PSU.

 

[spiers333]

The question is, what are your needs? Are you looking to play games intensely? Maybe few games and mostly surfing? What are your other specs?

In order to help you we need to find a card that will fit your case, fit your wattage limitations from your PSU.

im planning on getting a 450d or 750d corsair case my psu is a XFX XTR 650w 80+gold

 

[quilciri]

Please list the make and model of your PSU. The quality of the PSU and voltage on 12v rail is just as important, if not more so, as the total wattage.

 

[quilciri]

Hah, posted just as I asked.

Ok, great! That PSU can handle any single GPU card on the market. With the overclock, your CPU can handle anything on up to a 290X or 970. What is your budget?

 

[PreyTheSun]

hi im looking to upgrade my crap gpu my cpu is a fx 6300 oc@4.5ghz what gpu will suit my cpu

I just recently purchased an MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4GB to upgrade from my Radeon HD 6950 2GB and couldn't be happier. I think you'd be very pleased with this card, Spiers333, .

Definitely go 970 !

 

[PapaWood]

I would pick the 970 as well, seems to be a popular card and several brands you can go with, all about the same some a little more some a little cheaper, I feel you would be very happy with one as I am very happy with my Asus Strix 970.

 

[spiers333]

Hah, posted just as I asked.

Ok, great! That PSU can handle any single GPU card on the market. With the overclock, your CPU can handle anything on up to a 290X or 970. What is your budget?

yeah i really am thinking about the 970 but what should i get the gaming g1 or reference i really like the reference design more

 

[quilciri]

Well, if there's a big difference in price, or if appearance of the card matters more to you than the performance and you don't plan on overclocking the card, then get the reference design.

The G1 has A slight factory overclock, and the factory OC'd chips are more likely to be binned higher than chips on reference speed cards, so you'd be more likely to get a higher manual overclock with them.

Cheers!

 

[spiers333]

Well, if there's a big difference in price, or if appearance of the card matters more to you than the performance and you don't plan on overclocking the card, then get the reference design.

The G1 has A slight factory overclock, and the factory OC'd chips are more likely to be binned higher than chips on reference speed cards, so you'd be more likely to get a higher manual overclock with them.

Cheers!

will i still be able to oc the reference though?

 

[PreyTheSun]

Hah, posted just as I asked.

Ok, great! That PSU can handle any single GPU card on the market. With the overclock, your CPU can handle anything on up to a 290X or 970. What is your budget?

yeah i really am thinking about the 970 but what should i get the gaming g1 or reference i really like the reference design more

Gaming, if you want more power and performance for well....GAMING, lol. You won't even see the design of the card once it's in your case, that is, if you're talking about physical appearance.

 

[quilciri]

will i still be able to oc the reference though?

Yes, but not as much as the G1. Not only is overclocking the reference likely limited by the chip itself, it's also hampered by a weaker cooler.

 

[sora]

hi im looking to upgrade my crap gpu my cpu is a fx 6300 oc@4.5ghz what gpu will suit my cpu

I would personally look at the R9 280 or something.

 

[spiers333]

will i still be able to oc the reference though?

Yes, but not as much as the G1. Not only is overclocking the reference likely limited by the chip itself, it's also hampered by a weaker cooler.

dont refernece coolers keep your system cooler than non

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

If you can wait a little longer, some of the AMD 300 series GPUs are being released later this year. When that happens, you can bet your bottom-dollar that the current R7/R9 cards will see a price drop. Nvidia may even follow suit, depending on how good the 300 series turns out to be.

With regards to reference GPUs, I would avoid them. They run considerably hotter and louder than third-party versions.

 

[quilciri]

dont refernece coolers keep your system cooler than non

Reference coolers are the coolers made by AMD/Nvidia. They are usually worse than the coolers created by individual card manufacturers (Asus, Gigabyte, etc) as far as keeping your GPU cool.

Coolers with a completely closed shroud exhaust heat out of the back of the case, and generally make your overall system a little cooler, but at the cost of worse cooling for the card itself.

You'll rarely see an overclocked card (or a card designed to overclock) with a closed shroud cooler.

 

[quilciri]

This is Nvidia's reference cooler on the GTX 980, which is a closed shroud design, vs. gigabyte's windforce cooler on the G1 (a very open air design).

TL; DR version - the reference cooler hits 80c under load, while the gigabyte tops out at 61.

http://techreport.com/review/27203/geforce-gtx-970-cards-from-msi-and-asus-reviewed/5