- Dec 18, 2013
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Country of origin: Canada
Parts Preference: No preference for Nvidia or AMD. So long as the manufacturer is reliable I don’t have a preference for that either. I’ve identified the Sapphire R9 290 tri-x OC and Sapphire R9 290 Vapor-X as strong contenders but am open to other cards.
Budget: Top end of the budget is $500 before rebates, taxes etc. Would like to stay under that.
Preferred Websites: Amazon.com (I can import), Amazon.ca, Newegg.ca, Tigerdirect.ca, memoryexpress.ca, futureshop.ca, bestbuy.ca… Anyone else that will ship to Canada.
Purchase date: Today/Tomorrow (April 27th)
Usage: Gaming… This year games like Watch Dogs, The Division, Skyrim with Real Vision ENB, planning on a heavily modded Fallout 3 at some point as well.
Current GPU and power supply: Asus R9 270 DC2OC 2GD5 , Thermaltake Tough Power TP-750P 750W
Other relevant system specs: AMD FX-8320 (currently stock speed, overclocking soon) M5A99X Evo R2.0 , Team Dark Series 8gb DDR3 1600 (upgrading to 16gb). Case is a Rosewill REDBONE currently cooled by 2x 120mm fans and the CPU is cooled by a Cooler Master Evo 212.
Overclocking: Yes, but not beyond what the supplied GPU tool will manage in basic mode (I don’t want to mess with voltages). Intend to Crossfire/SLI to extend the life of the card down the line.
Monitor Resolution: Use a television so 1920x1080p
Additional Comments: Want to upgrade largely because of the ultra requirements for Watch Dogs… According to game debates an R9 290/GTX 780, i7 4770k/AMD FX 9370, 8gb memory. I figure if I can get to that ball park I should be fine for high/ultra settings for quite a while or hopefully the entire console generation with minimal future upgrades. When I bought my original GPU almost nothing else was in stock or at a decent price so I bought it intending to upgrade when the prices came down a bit.
Parts Preference: No preference for Nvidia or AMD. So long as the manufacturer is reliable I don’t have a preference for that either. I’ve identified the Sapphire R9 290 tri-x OC and Sapphire R9 290 Vapor-X as strong contenders but am open to other cards.
Budget: Top end of the budget is $500 before rebates, taxes etc. Would like to stay under that.
Preferred Websites: Amazon.com (I can import), Amazon.ca, Newegg.ca, Tigerdirect.ca, memoryexpress.ca, futureshop.ca, bestbuy.ca… Anyone else that will ship to Canada.
Purchase date: Today/Tomorrow (April 27th)
Usage: Gaming… This year games like Watch Dogs, The Division, Skyrim with Real Vision ENB, planning on a heavily modded Fallout 3 at some point as well.
Current GPU and power supply: Asus R9 270 DC2OC 2GD5 , Thermaltake Tough Power TP-750P 750W
Other relevant system specs: AMD FX-8320 (currently stock speed, overclocking soon) M5A99X Evo R2.0 , Team Dark Series 8gb DDR3 1600 (upgrading to 16gb). Case is a Rosewill REDBONE currently cooled by 2x 120mm fans and the CPU is cooled by a Cooler Master Evo 212.
Overclocking: Yes, but not beyond what the supplied GPU tool will manage in basic mode (I don’t want to mess with voltages). Intend to Crossfire/SLI to extend the life of the card down the line.
Monitor Resolution: Use a television so 1920x1080p
Additional Comments: Want to upgrade largely because of the ultra requirements for Watch Dogs… According to game debates an R9 290/GTX 780, i7 4770k/AMD FX 9370, 8gb memory. I figure if I can get to that ball park I should be fine for high/ultra settings for quite a while or hopefully the entire console generation with minimal future upgrades. When I bought my original GPU almost nothing else was in stock or at a decent price so I bought it intending to upgrade when the prices came down a bit.
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