R9 280x vs Gtx 770, which card is better

[hoboslayer546]

I've been switching back and forth between the two cards and cannot make up my mind. I just want to know which would perform better on my i5-4670k for modern high end games

 

[apcs13]

Depends on a lot of factors. What games will you be playing? What resolution will you be using? How long do you want the card to go before an upgrade? Do you plan to SLI/CrossFire in the future?

 

[Gee Bee]

game dependent. Some the 770 some the 280x. I prefer the 280x because i'm 1440p and the extra vram does make a difference.

 

[hoboslayer546]

I plan on playing games like BF4, Crysis 3, Farcry 3 and other high end games like that. I'll be playing in 1080p, and would like the card to last a couple years before upgrading.

 

[subhadeep082012-1331288]

What reolution and what games are you be playing.The 770 has more CUDA performance while the 280X has more compute performance.A 770 2GB is just enough for 1440p resolution and the fact I require from you is which games are you gonna play??

 

[hoboslayer546]

What reolution and what games are you be playing.The 770 has more CUDA performance while the 280X has more compute performance.A 770 2GB is just enough for 1440p resolution and the fact I require from you is which games are you gonna play??

I plan on playing games like BF4, Crysis 3, Farcry 3 and other high end games like that. I'll be playing in 1080p.

 

[subhadeep082012-1331288]

Both the cards shall perform well on those games but my personal recommendation is the 280X since it gives you that price/performance ratio and 3GB VRAM is not that advantage but it is futureproof when games shall require it

 

[subhadeep082012-1331288]

BF4 and Crysis are usually driven well by AMD GPU's for there drivers

 

[Gee Bee]

What reolution and what games are you be playing.The 770 has more CUDA performance while the 280X has more compute performance.A 770 2GB is just enough for 1440p resolution and the fact I require from you is which games are you gonna play??

I plan on playing games like BF4, Crysis 3, Farcry 3 and other high end games like that. I'll be playing in 1080p.

the 770 is all you need, despite amd optimizations

 

[Gee Bee]

If your happy to go AMD than yes 280x, i can totally recommend. I got two of them. This could have some significance in future gammes also, given console mainstays are all on AMD hardware and like when BF4 was ported over to PC it played slightly better on 280x. Porting to PC is an increasing trend also, because consoles is where the money is for developers.

 

[Gee Bee]

What reolution and what games are you be playing.The 770 has more CUDA performance while the 280X has more compute performance.A 770 2GB is just enough for 1440p resolution and the fact I require from you is which games are you gonna play??

Then why can i tell the difference easily between gtx 680 and 280x at 1440p?

 

[subhadeep082012-1331288]

What reolution and what games are you be playing.The 770 has more CUDA performance while the 280X has more compute performance.A 770 2GB is just enough for 1440p resolution and the fact I require from you is which games are you gonna play??

Then why can i tell the difference easily between gtx 680 and 280x at 1440p?

The difference is not caused by VRAM the 2gb vram is enough for 1440p especially when you have got a powerful GPU like the 770 and the difference between 280x and gtx 680 in games is significantly due to its shader configuration rather than its VRAM

 

[Gee Bee]

What reolution and what games are you be playing.The 770 has more CUDA performance while the 280X has more compute performance.A 770 2GB is just enough for 1440p resolution and the fact I require from you is which games are you gonna play??

Then why can i tell the difference easily between gtx 680 and 280x at 1440p?

The difference is not caused by VRAM the 2gb vram is enough for 1440p especially when you have got a powerful GPU like the 770 and the difference between 280x and gtx 680 in games is significantly due to its shader configuration rather than its VRAM

Then we will have agree to disagree, I regularly hit 2.3 vram on a single 280x, as do many others. That is not even on max settings. The general consensus is BF4 on 1080p performms better with 3gbs vram. Even if benches don't bare that out.