MSI TF r9 270 vs. PowerColor PCS+ r9 270x

[dutche99]

I am looking to spend about $200-230 Canadian dollars on a GPU, and currently I am looking at the r9 270 from MSI and the r9 270x from powercolor. Which card is the better buy? Can the MSI card be overlooked past that of a 270x? And is the cooling on the Powercolor good or junk, because it looks a bit cheap to me

 

[Avocade]

What are your system does and what games will you be playing.

 

[dutche99]

What are your system does and what games will you be playing.

I am buying an AMD FX 6300, 4gb RAM @1866mhz, WD 500gb caviar black , windows 7 professional. I would like to play GTA IV, BF3/4, GMod, Crisis 3, Splinter Cell

 

[Avocade]

Well good luck playing those games with that computer my friend. I'd suggest re-thinking your build for something that can actually run them.

 

[GuatoNoP01]

The MSI R9 270 TF http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GMGGZQE is a better quality product and can easily overclock to be as good or better than the PC 270X.

With that system you can play those games but at 1080p you won't be playing above medium/high settings.

 

[Avocade]

GMOD. Yes
GTA. Kinda lower res and no filters low settings. Lots of vehicles and ai and people moving around uses CPU like crazy in this game.
BF3. The ram will really hurt you here only 4Gb's leaving you little to stretch between your system and game. LOW settings even then it will be a bad experience I had a 650 Ti 6gb's of ram and an i5 3330 and i could play the game on low at 720 and get 45-ish FPS
Crysis 3. No not even at it lowest setting other than under 720p. The foliage and large cpu usage is more than harsh enough but this game is hard to run on even my system.

All in all sure you can pay the games but it will be a poor experience and I'm not trying to make you feel bad or be a jerk I'd just say don't spend money of this with those expectations or you'll only end up disappointed.

 

[dutche99]

Well good luck playing those games with that computer my friend. I'd suggest re-thinking your build for something that can actually run them.

What would you suggest for $750 canadian

 

[Avocade]

I'm terrible at making budget builds man. I'd suggest going to the Systems or components forum and post a 700 gaming build thread and see what they come up with for you. If you give them expectations and what you're looking for they'll get it worked out for you. I'm an expensive person so I only look at the higher-highest/most expensive parts.

 

[paitjsu sadff]

Well good luck playing those games with that computer my friend. I'd suggest re-thinking your build for something that can actually run them.

What would you suggest for $750 canadian

There you go, i squeezed every penny out of it, personaly this is what i would go with, this kit will even allow for some good overclocking of the FX-6300 CPU to about 4.2 - 4.4ghz if you want to...my build even include an aftermarket CPU cooler wich is nice, also the graphics card is a 270x by powercolor i saw you asked the question, yes this is a very good GPU it meats all the industry standard and will perform the same as any other 270x from other manufacturer...i included windows 8.1 cause it's vastly superior to windows 7 in every way and it cost the same, you could change it if for some reason you REALLY want windows 7, but trust me on this windows 8 does a much better job in gaming and applications:

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[b]CPU:[/b] [url=http://splashurl.com/pjwzogs FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor[/url] ($124.75 @ Vuugo)
CPU Cooler: [url=http://splashurl.com/qxn8vuc Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler[/url] ($16.79 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: [url=http://splashurl.com/nv3orsq GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard[/url] ($79.00 @ Vuugo)
Memory: [url=http://splashurl.com/qhs4wup Viper 3 Low Profile Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory[/url] ($78.99 @ NCIX)
Storage: [url=http://splashurl.com/npvwkvw Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive[/url] ($57.97 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: [url=http://splashurl.com/perqhky Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card[/url] ($179.99 @ NCIX)
Case: [url=http://splashurl.com/pszgpxz ECA3253-BW ATX Mid Tower Case[/url] ($47.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: [url=http://splashurl.com/nwrb85o 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply[/url] ($44.99 @ Memory Express)
Optical Drive: [url=http://splashurl.com/q2dsc7a SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer[/url] ($16.79 @ DirectCanada)
Operating System: [url=http://splashurl.com/qg4zjkr Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)[/url] ($109.99 @ Canada Computers)
Total: $757.25
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-18 22:16 EDT-0400)

 

[paitjsu sadff]

Well good luck playing those games with that computer my friend. I'd suggest re-thinking your build for something that can actually run them.

What would you suggest for $750 canadian

There you go, i squeezed every penny out of it, personaly this is what i would go with, this kit will even allow for some good overclocking of the FX-6300 CPU to about 4.2 - 4.4ghz if you want to...my build even include an aftermarket CPU cooler wich is nice, also the graphics card is a 270x by powercolor i saw you asked the question, yes this is a very good GPU it meats all the industry standard and will perform the same as any other 270x from other manufacturer...i included windows 8.1 cause it's vastly superior to windows 7 in every way and it cost the same, you could change it if for some reason you REALLY want windows 7, but trust me on this windows 8 does a much better job in gaming and applications:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($124.75 @ Vuugo)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($16.79 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($79.00 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 Low Profile Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($78.99 @ NCIX)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.97 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($179.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Enermax ECA3253-BW ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Memory Express)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($16.79 @ DirectCanada)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($109.99 @ Canada Computers)
Total: $757.25
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-18 22:16 EDT-0400)

 

[dutche99]

GMOD. Yes
GTA. Kinda lower res and no filters low settings. Lots of vehicles and ai and people moving around uses CPU like crazy in this game.
BF3. The ram will really hurt you here only 4Gb's leaving you little to stretch between your system and game. LOW settings even then it will be a bad experience I had a 650 Ti 6gb's of ram and an i5 3330 and i could play the game on low at 720 and get 45-ish FPS
Crysis 3. No not even at it lowest setting other than under 720p. The foliage and large cpu usage is more than harsh enough but this game is hard to run on even my system.

All in all sure you can pay the games but it will be a poor experience and I'm not trying to make you feel bad or be a jerk I'd just say don't spend money of this with those expectations or you'll only end up disappointed.

Just an update i ended up building with the fx6300, 4gb of ram, and the MSI r9 270, and it does ultra x8 AA at 1080p just fine with no overclocking. Mind you im also playing on a 5400rpm 3gb/s laptop drive which slows things down alot