I'm going to buy two AMD R7 370s graphics cards and put them in crossfire. There are four 4G options available for this graphics card on Amazon. Which brand should I buy and why?
>Asus
>Gigabyte
>Sapphire Radeon
>MSI
>I was given a 3D ready Acer projector (120 Hz, HDMI 2.0) for Christmas that doesn't support Nvidia 3D Vision
You should buy the XFX version of this card, There is a reason why it's more expensive.
You get what you pay for.
>>53049598
Is there? Most people here reccomend Sapphire, or just wait for Polaris/Pascal.
Sapphire. Everyday.
Just remember, it's a pretty shit time to buy a graphics card. Wait for them to go down (6 months max) or buy the new lines.
>>53049627
>Most people here reccomend Sapphire
obvious troll
>>53049724
Kill yourself
>>53049675
What this guy said
>370
>4g
>crossfire
top lmao
>>53049757
>>53049764
Why is that funny?
>>53049787
>reply with laptop
>samefag with cellphone
>>53049834
>>53049627 I'm this poster, sorry to break it to you that more than 1 person reccomends Sapphire, jesus
>>53049525
Are you literally retarded? For the price you need to buy those two poorfag cards you can get a single card solution that will be miles beyond in performance for a quarter of the headaches.
>>53049525
>buying 2 r9 370's
>not just buying a 390x.
>>53049882
>390x
>x
>paying extra for almost no reason
>>53049873
>>53049882
You're not very familiar with 3D gaming. If you want to play games in 3d above 24 fps, you HAVE to have two graphics cards.
It's not optional.
>>53049903
fucking nice meme, actually got a little mad at that.
OP dont be retard, buy the best single card you can afford please.
>>53049525
The 370 is a 270 my son
>>53049525
>Crossfire 370
>Won't work worth shit for VR
>And right before next-gen card releases of 4xx and Pascal
Holy fuck you're retarded.
>>53049525
No reason to crossfire two 370s. Go for a single, more expensive card.
>>53049525
wow thats retarded just get an r9 fury for that price its way better
also always get the sapphire one
if no other option then gigabyte
never even look at msi and asus
ITT: Plebs who have never played a video game in 3D
>>53050069
>2 r7 370s = $139.99 x $139.99 = $279.98
>1 r9 fury = $569.39
>implying the cost of 2 r7 370s is the same as the price for 1 r9 fury
>>53049525
>Sapphire
I wanted a good card.
>Gigabyte
I couldn't afford Sapphire.
>Asus
[Selected by parametric filter.]
>MSI
Dude I was looking at the cards and this one had kick ass red LEDs on it dude.
Is there a place where I can sell the Hitman game code I got with the 390 I just bought?
>>53050176
>implying Sapphire just doesn't have better marketing and you swallowed the Kool-Aid hard
>>53050194
You might be able to give it away on /v/ if you're lucky.
>>53050194
it's a violation of the EULA to sell them
>>53049980
k. if the r9 270 is the same thing as a r7 370, and the r9 270 is nearly twice the price, why not just buy a r7 370?
>>53049980
370 = 4 gigs GDDR5
270 = 2 gigs GDDR5
370 = costs a lot less money
>>53050223
Only if marketing means specifications across the board.
>>53050259
>>53050194
Does that Hitman game require Steam?
>>53049627
I like MSI because of return policy, I'm not saying you should expect to return the card it's good to know that if you do get a lemon you can return it easily. Can you wait for Polaris? I'm thinking to do the same build 2x390s but I think I will wait because my 2x7950s are chugging along quite nicely.
What is the best card for 1440p? The most demanding game for me is probably total war series.
>>53050636
390 or better and 980Ti probably. You want more vram the higher the resolution goes, same with bigger and better textures.
should i switch my r9 280 for r9 380?
>>53050636
Best card? 980ti or pretty much the most expensive card you can buy.
Most sensible? A 970 would do the job, (normal) 980 for sure.
Is a 260x enough for 1600x900 gaming? How strong does the CPU need to be to not bottleneck it?
>>53050308
>>53050330
How the fuck, does a 270 really cost more? Holy shit kek.
>>53051029
my 270 was only 120...
>>53051155
http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Version-PCI-Express-Graphics-11220-00-20G/dp/B00I0D81OG/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1455832628&sr=1-3&keywords=r9+270
>>53051198
Well yeah wow, you could get a 390 for a bit more, why the fuck are sapphire gpus so overpriced? There's literally a gigabyte version for 199 in the comparison thingy. Who would willingly buy a mid-tier gpu for the price of a high end just because it's Muh Sapphire™?
eyy, should i get a 370 on my CX430, or can i go with a 380? i really dont want to wait for polaris since im on a damn 5770, not enough vram.
>>53049824
I can confirm as an owner of a 370 that getting the 4gb is a waste of money and if anything at the 130$-150$ price point someone should get an hd 7950 and at this time to get amd is terrible since polaris will have cards "mid july to early september"
Hey guys, noob here, i already have an old gtx 650 gigabyte, should i buy another one and put them in SLI? How much output can i get from that? Any comparison?
>>53052379
apparently iit doesnt work in SLI. fuck
>>53052379
Do you even have the Mobo and PSU for that?
>>53051718
Sapphire 390 on Amazon is one of the cheaper 390s. Where are you seeing these prices?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B015DXHEAW/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=3NJGOHE30UBO4&coliid=I1G39AH5C72I9K
Unless you're not Amerifree
>>53052468
The anon who I replied to linked me to a sapphire 270 that cost $300, so I replied for a bit more you can get a 390, and that there's a gigabyte 270 for $199 on the same page.
>>53052506
Oh, I thought it was about the Sapphire 390 being more than the other 390s. My bad.
>>53049525
Stop crossfire please just buy one bigfer card then.
Btw. Got VERY bad experience with xfx
>>53049834
>being this autistic
>>53049525
just get a r9 390
Two r9 290x or one r9 390x?
>>53052801
2 290x
>>53052835
Got it, thanks.
>>53052801
>two 290x
I hope you aren't terribly attached to your house.
>>53051718
>why the fuck are sapphire gpus so overpriced?
Generally they have the best coolers on the AMD side.
>>53052801
The 390 isn't that big of an improvement in performance vs the 290. If you're getting 2 290x's though make sure you either watercool the cards or get ones with good coolers.
Astronomically retarded/10 purchase.
>>53052873
As an amd user for about 5 year I'm surprised to say that i haven't burnt my house not even once.
>>53052886
The gigbyte one any good? Considering that i could get it for about a $180
>>53052873
fuck off you memeing underage faggot
>>53049525
>R7 370
>Amazon
Let me stop you right there.
Instead of buying any 4GB R7 370 from Amazon for $179.99, get a Sapphire R9 380 4GB from Newegg.
It's $10 more, but isn't a fucking joke.
Here is link, go nuts.
http://www.newegg.com/Desktop-Graphics-Cards/SubCategory/ID-48
>>53052948
I personally stick with Sapphire because I've had no problem with them (owned a 280 before I bought a 390 and then another), but I know the Gigabyte card has it's voltage locked and still doesn't cool as well as the Sapphire 390.
>GTX 970 - 3.5+0.5 meme card.
>R9 390 - Drivers don't exist.
>GTX 980 - The worst Price:Performance on the market.
What buy for 1080p vidya?
>>53053142
>>R9 390 - Drivers don't exist.
That hasn't been the case for awhile now. Yes AMD has shit driver support on new hardware, but I'm not aware of any driver problems now.
>>53053142
r9 390
>>53053168
>>53053255
Oh. Groovy.
>>53053142
>R9 390
There's your answer
>>53053142
r9 390
>>53053168
>>53053255
>>53053540
>>53053555
AMD meme team out in full force lmao.
Get the 970 of that's your budget limit or 980 if you can afford it. Don't listen to the shills.
Even if AMD drivers aren't awful anymore they're still worse. Less support for non-videogame stuff too.
The second name of AMD polaris should be "AMD finally does something new after 5 years of rebranding HD 7xxx"
>>53053626
>>I was given a 3D ready Acer projector (120 Hz, HDMI 2.0) for Christmas that doesn't support Nvidia 3D Vision
In order to use the 3D functionality of his Christmas present, Op has to purchase an AMD graphics card and install middleware.
>>53053680
None of them were replying to OP, AMDrone.
>>53053626
>>53053723
>nvidiot retard can take that amd is better
A r7 370 will NEVER be able to use 4 gigs of ram. Whoever decided to put 4 gigs of ram on that card is a crackhead.
>>53049525
Are APUs still a meme?
Thinking about going with a I5 + R9 380 but I wouldn't have to cut as many corners if I just go with an APU.
>>53053880
One r7 370 won't be able to use the entire 4 gigs of vram. Two r7 370s in crossfire will.
>>53053626
>Less support for non-videogame stuff too.
Could you explain? I Googled it but can't seem to wrap my head around all the jargon.
>>53050132
>2 r7 370s = $139.99 x $139.99 = $279.98
Damn, that's cheap as fuck. $280 for TWO 4 gig cards?
Gotta love the AMD price-point argument.
>file name
>>53054213
this >>53054248
just get a 390
>>53054248
that's actually better than I expected those two cards to perform in crossfire.
>>53054248
/thread
>>53053888
A modern i5/380 setup would absolutely blow any APU setup out of the fucking water.
APUs were never a good bet for mainstream 3d gaming on desktops and this has never been more true.
>assuming 1080p
All that said, the upcoming die shrink could be worth waiting for if you don't mind slumming it on the i5's integrated graphics for a few months or you have an old card you can recycle. This isn't a typical update or refresh to graphics cards, it's the first die shrink in like 4 or 5 years.
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>>53054248
>unigine
ancient shit
>>53054213
The two cards share the 4 gigs, dipshit. Putting two cards in crossfire doesn't double the available vram.
>>53054248
>58 fps @ 1440p
>$279.98
>filename
>>53054450
god yer dum.
>>53054450
Crossfire can be a pretty insane value proposition provided the game supports it so don't listen to people saying you're retarded.
Still, even in that graph, a single 390 handily beats the crossfired 370s and they can be had for $299 now. It might be a little bit more expensive but it's more foolproof and it performs better.
>>53054450
>58 fps @ 1440p
er, no. that's 58 fps @ 1080p there bub.
>>53054537
Blind as hell dude. Says 1440p bottom left.
Come on. Not even trying.
>>53054386
>All that said, the upcoming die shrink could be worth waiting for if you don't mind slumming it on the i5's integrated graphics for a few months or you have an old card you can recycle. This isn't a typical update or refresh to graphics cards, it's the first die shrink in like 4 or 5 years.
But those cards are going to cost money, maybe 390s will drop in price.
>>53054515
I was always told that if you want to play games in 3D at a decent frame rate, you have to have two cards. One card for each eye.
>>53054450
wow. I admit, I've underestimated what Op is trying to do. I had no idea two of these cards could do that.
>>53054566
That's some sound logic there
>>53054450
I'm very surprised by this chart.
>>53054566
this is mostly true. but then, you need to look at what the frame-rates of a single R7 370 will be when you play Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, because that's what frame-rates you'll be getting if you play that game in 3D.
>>53054949
Good point
