will i benefit upgrading from an amd radeon 6900 series to an amd r9 280 or 280x?

[Eddie Robertson]

currently running amd 8150 8 core cpu with 16gb ram on an asus crosshair v formula mobo and an xfx amd radeon 6900 series video card. Was wondering if I would see any benefit with an asus r9 280 or 280X? or possible another xfx?

 

[Coolboy951]

yes youll take advantage of better drivers, newer build, MANTLE and more games are optimized for newer GPU's

 

[spdragoo]

Depends on the particular model of HD 6900. Yes for the 6950, probably for the 6970, iffy for the 6990 (but that's only because the last one is a dual-GPU unit).

The biggest thing, however, is that the 6900 series was released over 4 years ago. The R9 series are rebranded & updated versions of the 7000 series, so if your GPU is nearing the end of its legs it might be time for an upgrade.

 

[junkeymonkey]

not to say its the same but I went from a 6850 to a 7850 and it was better for me -- the 7850 ended up to be a nice card and did see a difference between the two [opinion]