What Would be a better upgrade for the price under $200

AMD R9-270 vs Nvidia 650 Ti Boost

  • AMD R9-270

    Votes: 5 83.3%
  • Nvidia 650 Ti Boost

    Votes: 1 16.7%

  • Total voters
    6

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OK so I just upgraded my Motherboard and CPU and all I need now is a more powerful GPU to match them. My current build is a ASRock A88X FM2+ mobo, A10-6800K Black Edition, XFX Radeon HD 6770, 8GBs of RAM, and a 630 watt PSU. I know what you're thinking A10 6800K SUCKS!!1 hence the reason I got a FM2+ Motherboard, because I plan on getting the more powerful FM2+ CPU's a few months after they come out. although right now I'm extremely happy with the performance I'm getting right now and might end up waiting a little longer to upgrade.

At the moment I'm looking at the 650 Ti Boost for Nvidia http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133488 <--- I don't care much for PNY so if you know of a better 650 Ti Boost at the same price or cheaper please link it

and for an AMD GPU the R9 270 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121823 <--- which would be my AMD of choice

but if you guys know of a better GPU that won't bottleneck my CPU please do share

 
Here's a better GTX 650Ti Boost: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130909
It's out of stock right now, but give it a week or two (tops) and there will be more 😉 . EVGA s my GPU of choice BTW

The R9 270x is a slightly better card (though I don't care for AMD, just my opinion - not based on facts)
Here's a Tom's thread discussing this very comparison: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1887549/gtx-650-boost-270x.html

Overall I'd say go with the R9 270x. Asus is my second favorite GPU brand.
 


would the 270 Bottleneck my CPU?