R9-270x or GTX760 ?

Warmuro

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Hi my question is simple, i'll either buy R9-270x or GTX760. However, i think mantle support is just for AMD cards, so R9 seems a better choice over GTX. On the other hand, GTX has physx which i wanted to use but never able to. R9 has directx 11.2 support, but i'm not sure if GTX 11.1 or 11.2. Which card should i buy, because today i'm going to buy it and there's minimal price difference in my country (R9=592 and GTX=607). I know GTX760 is better in terms of memory speed and physx. My only concern is mantle and directx support actually, and a bit PSU. I'm sure my Thermaltake Lite Power 600watt PSU will be sufficient for any of these cards. Here's the my rest of the rig;

Thermaltake V3 case, ASUS M5A97, AMD Phenom II X6 1055t 3.2ghz (oc'd), ASUS EAH 6850, Kingstone HyperX 2x4gb DDR3 1600mhz, 6x120mm led fans, 1tb seagate, dvd-rw, creative vx 5.1, ASUS PCE-N10 wireless card.

Edit: R9-270x is ASUS brand, and GTX760 is ZOTAC brand.

 
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go with Asus R9 270x over Zotac's GTX 760. It's better to go with nice brand over little performance difference. Asus motherboard and Asus gpu will make a good match for your configuration. Good luck :)

HillBillyAsian

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up to you, amd is allowing anybody to use mantle, so nvidia COULd use it in the future. as for physx only a few games really utilize it like borderland 2 and batman. either card will work with your psu so its up to you for which one you want.
 

brarboy

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go with Asus R9 270x over Zotac's GTX 760. It's better to go with nice brand over little performance difference. Asus motherboard and Asus gpu will make a good match for your configuration. Good luck :)
 
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Warmuro

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I thought exactly the same. I love ASUS and AMD and i don't trust Nvidia. Also Nvidia may not use mantle so it's not guranteed. I'll stick to the ASUS R9-270x and i hope nothing goes wrong. Thank you, and thanks for the all other answers :)
 

brarboy

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it's not that nvidia can't be trusted, but i would be leaning towards better make quality of gpu that Asus has over Zotac in longer run and quality it provides. GTX 760 is good card if preferred with better brands like Asus, MSI, EVGA, Gigabyte. Anyway, enjoy your rig :)
 

Warmuro

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Zotac 607 TL, Asus 679 TL for GTX760 in my country, Turkey and prices are %30 cheaper in some big stores here today. So i decided to buy ASUS R9-270x which is actually 845 TL but today it is 592 TL! :D Everything here is expensive like hell... Thanks for help :)
 

brarboy

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that is one good deal you got. Enjoy ;)