Sapphire has a good reputation for their cards.
This was on OCUK front page "Today only deals" (sat 2nd)
Posting for those who prefer this (looks to have slightly higher clock speed) to the Asus Strix posted a couple of days ago.
If I needed a card and wanted to spend under £200, this would be my go to card. Cracking price.
rev6
2 Jan 16#3
The ASUS Strix version is the same price if you prefer that.
Lukedotv to rev6
2 Jan 16#4
whats the difference.
whiteface
2 Jan 16#5
Pretty much just a 4GB R9 285 clocked at 1010MHz instead of 945, but now rather than 7 months ago, and for £40 more than the cheap Powercolor one I picked up (£120 off ebuyer) - not to knock this card, but that doesn't seem like progress to me. I doubt it's £40 better unless you're at 1440p/2160p, and if you're running that kind of res you're probably already looking more at the 970 end of things (and they're not getting any cheaper either!).
jdanbury to whiteface
3 Jan 16#10
Powercolor? I can see why you're bitter. That's a loud budget brand compared to say, MSI or Sapphire which are the AMD GPU market leaders at the moment for features, noise and quality.
gtx 960 is 128bit, this is within that price/performance range.
foxinthebox12
3 Jan 16#11
Hi guys/girls,
I hope you can advise me. I have i think the first generation quad core i5 '750 @2.67ghz' the system info says. Also I have 8gb of ram and my current GPU is the HD 7850.
My question is if i got the R9 is my processor still going to be up to it with modern games or will it cause a bottleneck? I play at 1080p. Thanks.
Wopsta79 to foxinthebox12
3 Jan 161#12
Bare in mind that you can overclock that chip significantly. I had the 760 at 4GHz for a couple of years.
Wopsta79
3 Jan 161#13
and I ran an R9 280 3GB and it was perfectly fine on modern games at 1080p.
rev6 to Wopsta79
3 Jan 16#14
The 280/7950 is still a capable GPU even today (was released around 2011). You might need to adjust some settings to get 50/60FPS but still a great performer.
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Radeon R9 Nitro 380 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Backplate (11242-13-20G)
Sapphire has a good reputation for their cards.
This was on OCUK front page "Today only deals" (sat 2nd)
Posting for those who prefer this (looks to have slightly higher clock speed) to the Asus Strix posted a couple of days ago.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/asus-radeon-r9-380-directcu-ii-strix-oc-4096mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-149-2364864
Core: 1010MHz, Memory: 4096MB 5800MHz GDDR5, Stream Processors: 1792, DirectX 12 Support, AMD CrossFireX Ready, AMD Eyefinity, Dolby TrueHD, 2 Year Warranty.
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http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/asus-radeon-r9-380-directcu-ii-strix-oc-4096mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-149-2364864
The biggest difference is that the strix turns it's fans off at idle and has a 1yr longer warranty. It's also slightly quieter and warmer.
Comparison in this review (though it's the 2GB Strix): http://www.hardwareluxx.com/index.php/reviews/hardware/vgacards/35903-reviewed-asus-msi-and-sapphire-r9-380.html
I hope you can advise me. I have i think the first generation quad core i5 '750 @2.67ghz' the system info says. Also I have 8gb of ram and my current GPU is the HD 7850.
My question is if i got the R9 is my processor still going to be up to it with modern games or will it cause a bottleneck? I play at 1080p. Thanks.