Would the R9 280-dual x 3GB OC be overkill for the following specs?

[Manos Liakos]

I have almost made my decision about buying a dedicated graphics card, spending as much as about 200€. I think that the Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Boost OC fits best that price range (197€) and beats all other GPUs among that range. Take into account the following:

1) My monitor is an ASUS VX229H running at 1920x1080p at 60Hz.
2) My CPU is a Pentium g3258 overclocked to 4.4Ghz at 1.185V with the stock cooler

So, when i get an aftermarket cooler, such as the CM hyper 212 evo, I'm planning on getting this monster to about 4.7, maybe 4.8GHz (considering that with stock cooling I've reached 4.4).

My main questions are:

1) Am I going to benefit from such a graphic's card, while my monitor's refresh rate is being at 60Hz? I mean, max FPS I can get is 60. Will there be any game on 1080p high-ultra settings that this card could play above 60FPS?
Note: I want to play all the latest titles until now.

2) Is the Pentium at 4.7-4.8GHz going to bottleneck that GPU? I think that, so far, most games don't demand a multicore processor, except Watchdogs and FarCry4, which are better playable with a quad+ core CPU, but you can still play them with an overclocked dual core, such as the g3258. If I am wrong correct me.

3) Is the R9 280 dual-x a waste of money? What do you guys suggest anyway?

Thanks for reading down here!

 

[Jomari Gonzales]

for an additional 2€ you get a better card: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100363l

1) Am I going to benefit from such a graphic's card, while my monitor's refresh rate is being at 60Hz? I mean, max FPS I can get is 60. Will there be any game on 1080p high-ultra settings that this card could play above 60FPS?
Note: I want to play all the latest titles until now.

- Actually any given game as long as you have the proper hardware can run at any FPS, 30fps is the baseline mostly for consoles and it does already provide enough playability, for PCs 60fps is the more widely accepted baseline. Now if you are playing professionally fast paced games such as racing or First Person Shooters, getting a 120Hz or 144Hz monitor will give a smoother visual experience, but it does not really have that big of an effect to most people.

2) Is the Pentium at 4.7-4.8GHz going to bottleneck that GPU? I think that, so far, most games don't demand a multicore processor, except Watchdogs and FarCry4, which are better playable with a quad+ core CPU, but you can still play them with an overclocked dual core, such as the g3258. If I am wrong correct me.

- Not really, unless it is a CPU intensive game such as MMORPGs.

3) Is the R9 280 dual-x a waste of money? What do you guys suggest anyway?

as mentioned at the very beginning for another 2€ you get an X-version of the card

 

[Manos Liakos]

Actually that is 200 pounds, not 200 euros. So 200 pounds is 275€, that's a 75€ difference 😛

My first question, isn't reffering to the monitor, I already own a 60Hz monitor and I am not planning on buying a new one. My question was, if an R9 280 dual-x would be overkill for a 60Hz monitor.

 

[Jomari Gonzales]

Actually that is 200 pounds, not 200 euros. So 200 pounds is 275€, that's a 75€ difference 😛

My first question, isn't reffering to the monitor, I already own a 60Hz monitor and I am not planning on buying a new one. My question was, if an R9 280 dual-x would be overkill for a 60Hz monitor.

sorry for the misunderstanding bro, as for your first question regarding the 60Hz monitor, definitely no overkill, even if you run a Titan on a 60Hz, it wont be overkill, unless if resolution is what we're talking about then it is a different matter. That variable just shows how fast your monitor refresh rate is, and usually it only matters on people that are hardcore gamers which rely on smoothness of the screen rate that they have.