XFX r9 280x or EVGA GTX 770 4gb Classified?

[zacw812]

I can get a used XFX r9 280x on ebay for a really good deal, but the card itself has some drawbacks. Or i could get a new EVGA GTX 770 4gb Classified which cost around 450$. What do you guys think i should go with?

XFX R9 280x:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/XFX-AMD-R9-280X-TDFD-3-GB-GDDR5-SDRAM-PCI-Express-3-0-x16-Video-Card-/171323168491?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item27e3a816eb


EVGA GTX 770 4gb Classified:


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130925

 

[XtremeAero426]

I can get a used XFX r9 280x on ebay for a really good deal, but the card itself has some drawbacks. Or i could get a new EVGA GTX 770 4gb Classified which cost around 450$. What do you guys think i should go with?

XFX R9 280x:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/XFX-AMD-R9-280X-TDFD-3-GB-GDDR5-SDRAM-PCI-Express-3-0-x16-Video-Card-/171323168491?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item27e3a816eb


EVGA GTX 770 4gb Classified:


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130925

Truthfully, what to get depends on the circumstances. If you want multi-monitor, get the EVGA GTX-770. If you only need single monitor with Medium-High settings on all games get the R9 280. If you want single monitor with high-ultra settings on all games get the EVGA GTX-770. I know you didn't say it was for gaming but mostly gamers buy these GPU's

 

[ak47jar3d]

Both are great and equal in terms of preformance I would not go for 4 gb 770 since it provides no performance increase over 2 gb model ( maybe 3 frames at best in surround). I would look at features at that point considering the cards are this close. Do prefer physx? Mantle? 3d vision?
I personally like Nvidia feature set better so when evenly priced I will favor Nvidia.

 

[Raheel Hasan]

Dont get used cards and 770 4gb is not a good deal as there is no noticeable performance increase over its 2gb version. Its better to get 770 2gb around $350

 

[zacw812]

I have two monitors and i want to be able to play skyrim with a ton of mods so that is why i want the extra vram

 

[GuatoNoP01]

Personally, I'd go with a brand new MSI R9 280X Gaming http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FR6XPL8. The price to performance ratio is much better than the GTX 770 and 3GB VRAM is plenty for heavily modded Skyrim with only two monitors.

 

[monsta]

Grab the 770 4GB because you are playing Skyrim on multiple monitors.

 

[GuatoNoP01]

Grab the 770 4GB because you are playing Skyrim on multiple monitors.

Don't forget the GTX 770 is only 256-bit which cannot even utilize 4GB VRAM.

 

[ak47jar3d]

It's unrelated. Gtx 770 can use all 4gb regardless of memory bus (I would often make that mistake myself) it just won't improve performance very much with a few frames in surround and none in 1080p or 1440p.