R7 370 or R9 270?

[Noremac999]

Should I get the newer R7 370 or the R9 270? I will be looking to be playing and recording games like Skyrim and Half-Life (though that can run on a potato) at 1080p ultra at 60+fps.
Thanks!

 

[Matteo De Vellis]

r7 370 its faster and uses less power and I think its cheaper too

 

[Gradius1981]

Its a no brainer since r7 370 = rebadged r7-265, so r9 270 would no doubt be better. In my opinion ,just find any r9 280 if they are still in stock cause they are priced similarly to the r9 270 / 270x and alot better than the 2 cards you have mentioned.

 

[Matteo De Vellis]

Its a no brainer since r7 370 = rebadged r7-265, so r9 270 would no doubt be better. In my opinion ,just find any r9 280 if they are still in stock cause they are priced similarly to the r9 270 / 270x and alot better than the 2 cards you have mentioned.

isnt the 370 a rebrand of the 270x?

 

[johnnyb105]

All the r 300 cards are far more money and only offer a few % points of speed maybe 1 to 3 % example r 290 under 250 bucks if you look a r 390 almost 400 bucks why pay for the rebranded ones? If you must wait till the FURY card comes out it should be faster but at a cost of over 600 bucks usd. Besides the 270 is the better card and buy right now!

 

[Gradius1981]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9387/amd-radeon-300-series/2

r7 370 is a rebadged r7 265, 270 /270x have already been eliminated from this line-up ( perhaps to create a more disparity level between the current r7 & r9 performance).

 

[Gradius1981]

All the r 300 cards are far more money and only offer a few % points of speed maybe 1 to 3 % example r 290 under 250 bucks if you look a r 390 almost 400 bucks why pay for the rebranded ones? If you must wait till the FURY card comes out it should be faster but at a cost of over 600 bucks usd. Besides the 270 is the better card and buy right now!

Of the newly released cards now, r9 390x is actually decent cause -
1.) it has 8gb ram over r9 290 /290x s' 4gb
2.) the operating temperature now is a little over 80 degree Celsius over r9 290 / 290x s' 95 degree celsius previously.

so the $100+ premium over r9 290x seems quite fine to me.

 

[RazerZ]

If you're open to buying used I would look into a GTX 670/760 or HD 7950. They can be found for around $100-$120. I believe someone was selling a 760 for $100 in the classfields here.

 

[RazerZ]

All the r 300 cards are far more money and only offer a few % points of speed maybe 1 to 3 % example r 290 under 250 bucks if you look a r 390 almost 400 bucks why pay for the rebranded ones? If you must wait till the FURY card comes out it should be faster but at a cost of over 600 bucks usd. Besides the 270 is the better card and buy right now!

Of the newly released cards now, r9 390x is actually decent cause -
1.) it has 8gb ram over r9 290 /290x s' 4gb
2.) the operating temperature now is a little over 80 degree Celsius over r9 290 / 290x s' 95 degree celsius previously.

so the $100+ premium over r9 290x seems quite fine to me.

The gaming benchmarks for that card are barely above an overclocked 290x in performance. Not worth it imo for a gaming card.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-r9-390x-r9-380-r7-370,4178-6.html

 

[johnnyb105]

That's what I said RAZER LOL NO one listens Toms did a big write up on it anyhow just because it has 8 gig ram don't mean its going to be 2x faster there are a lot of 4 gb cards that cant address the full 4 gigs of ram while the same card that has 2 gig is about equal.

 

[johnnyb105]

All the r 300 cards are far more money and only offer a few % points of speed maybe 1 to 3 % example r 290 under 250 bucks if you look a r 390 almost 400 bucks why pay for the rebranded ones? If you must wait till the FURY card comes out it should be faster but at a cost of over 600 bucks usd. Besides the 270 is the better card and buy right now!

Of the newly released cards now, r9 390x is actually decent cause -
1.) it has 8gb ram over r9 290 /290x s' 4gb
2.) the operating temperature now is a little over 80 degree Celsius over r9 290 / 290x s' 95 degree celsius previously.

so the $100+ premium over r9 290x seems quite fine to me.

That's what I said RAZER LOL NO one listens Toms did a big write up on it anyhow just because it has 8 gig ram don't mean its going to be 2x faster there are a lot of 4 gb cards that cant address the full 4 gigs of ram while the same card that has 2 gig is about equal.

 

[Matteo De Vellis]

That's what I said RAZER LOL NO one listens Toms did a big write up on it anyhow just because it has 8 gig ram don't mean its going to be 2x faster there are a lot of 4 gb cards that cant address the full 4 gigs of ram while the same card that has 2 gig is about equal.

the point of more vram is for less stuttering and a lower chance of having your fps being tanked by lack of vram

 

[johnnyb105]

That's what I said RAZER LOL NO one listens Toms did a big write up on it anyhow just because it has 8 gig ram don't mean its going to be 2x faster there are a lot of 4 gb cards that cant address the full 4 gigs of ram while the same card that has 2 gig is about equal.

the point of more vram is for less stuttering and a lower chance of having your fps being tanked by lack of vram

That is very true but only! if it can access that vram a lot of cards are 4 gig and cant do more then 2 its a ploy in most part to sale a item read up on it also when ddr is slower then gddr also
Also the bigger the bus say 128 vs 256 the 256 is going to be better 99% of the time,,,