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Cyro

United Kingdom20326 Posts

October 14 2015 16:52 GMT

#11041

On October 15 2015 01:13 xeo1 wrote:
I'm looking to upgrade gtx 460 to r9 380, but my psu is 430w so idk if it could handle it. I got i5 3570k, 8gb ram, 2tb HDD.

Should be fine as long as you have the correct pci-e power connectors

xeo1

United States429 Posts

October 15 2015 01:34 GMT

#11042

On October 15 2015 01:52 Cyro wrote:

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Should be fine as long as you have the correct pci-e power connectors

Not sure, I have the corsair 430cx v2, nonmodular.

Cyro

United Kingdom20326 Posts

October 15 2015 02:42 GMT

#11043

Has one 6+2 connector but some 380's only use one connector i think, there is also the possibility of using an adapter (that's just not ideal). A 960 would also be an option

xeo1

United States429 Posts

October 15 2015 03:19 GMT

#11044

On October 15 2015 11:42 Cyro wrote:
Has one 6+2 connector but some 380's only use one connector i think, there is also the possibility of using an adapter (that's just not ideal). A 960 would also be an option

Ok I read the 380 has a slight advantage fps wise in most games. But I'm not looking to replace the psu right now and the adapter won't cut it. Looks like I'll be going with EVGA CS 4gb, there are a lot of other options tho, not sure what would be best.

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Whisper-Graphics-02G-P4-2966-KR/dp/B00SC6HAS4/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1444878797&sr=1-1&keywords=gtx 960

Chaomantic

20 Posts

October 15 2015 06:44 GMT

#11045

Btw, there's some bad rap going around in regard of the way AMD handles drivers for its GPUs. Is this really a frequent issue with their graphics?

Craton

United States17278 Posts

October 15 2015 06:57 GMT

#11046

In terms of single card performance I don't think there's much of a difference. They've had some advantages over nvidia in places like dx12? support. Apparently their w10 drivers are also doing better.

Cyro

United Kingdom20326 Posts

October 15 2015 07:09 GMT

#11047

On October 15 2015 15:44 Chaomantic wrote:
Btw, there's some bad rap going around in regard of the way AMD handles drivers for its GPUs. Is this really a frequent issue with their graphics?

There are CPU-bound performance problems because of poor optimization for CPU time on their dx11 driver that affects some games but is fairly limited. It just makes it so you'd only get an nvidia GPU if you play WoW, for example.

XenOmega

Canada2822 Posts

October 15 2015 15:30 GMT

#11048

R9 270x refurbished at 99$, worth it?

I have a HD 7850

Cyro

United Kingdom20326 Posts

October 15 2015 16:22 GMT

#11049

On October 16 2015 00:30 XenOmega wrote:
R9 270x refurbished at 99$, worth it?

I have a HD 7850

A 270x is literally a 7870 with a different name written on the side so it's IMO not worth

XenOmega

Canada2822 Posts

October 15 2015 16:42 GMT

#11050

On October 16 2015 01:22 Cyro wrote:

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A 270x is literally a 7870 with a different name written on the site so it's IMO not worth

Thanks for the reply ^^

xeo1

United States429 Posts

October 16 2015 00:35 GMT

#11051

What's the difference between those versions of the gtx 960 linked above? I was looking at the SC 4GB as it is the best price for 4GB, but it only has one fan and the there are other options, so I can't really decide.

Cyro

United Kingdom20326 Posts

October 16 2015 00:39 GMT

#11052

On October 16 2015 09:35 xeo1 wrote:
What's the difference between those versions of the gtx 960 linked above? I was looking at the SC 4GB as it is the best price for 4GB, but it only has one fan and the there are other options, so I can't really decide.

It's a smaller card with a weaker cooler. It would probably need to be noisier than bigger dual fan cooler, though both are probably not a big issue with 960's being as low power GPU as they are.

Different cards may also have different voltages and power limits available which is worth looking into if you want to tweak the GPU yourself. Occasionally it even makes a difference at stock settings

xeo1

United States429 Posts

October 16 2015 01:05 GMT

#11053

Not really looking to tweak it. Does the price difference justify the performance boost? There is a $40 difference between the lowest and highest 4GB versions.

Cyro

United Kingdom20326 Posts

October 16 2015 02:38 GMT

#11054

They're probably pretty similar at stock settings. Even if OCing, the higher ones would probably be gaining convenience and luxury at the cost of a bit of performance/$.

fusefuse

Estonia4644 Posts

October 16 2015 14:48 GMT

#11055

Writing my first post from my freshly built PC, only took 3 hours with the goddamn cooler install being the most complicated thing to figure out :D Not bad for first build, even though there's still lots to do
Plenty of wiring and (HDD and possibly fan) positioning to reconfigure but damn
This thing's quiet, powerful and pretty (although my laptop is a pretty shit comparison for baseline anyway :D)
Time to see what it can do once i get the gfx drivers installed :0 And once stuffs dialed in and set, I'll hopefully look into OCing as well, currently running bone stock 3,1ghz with just XMP-1866 1.5V CL9 enabled
YUM
pictures of mess possibly soon, but already, big thanks to all the helpers from this thread over the (over 6 month) period that I put into putting this spec & build together, huge love

xeo1

United States429 Posts

October 16 2015 15:12 GMT

#11056

Alright I boiled it down to the gigabyte gtx 960 2gb or the sapphire r9 380 4gb. The latter is only $15 more. But I'd need to replace the corsair cx430 v2 if I don't wanna play with an adapter, the disadvantages of which I don't even know. What to do?

Cyro

United Kingdom20326 Posts

October 16 2015 18:24 GMT

#11057

I saw at least one 380 4GB that used a single 6+2 pin IIRC, but it was one of the smaller ones.

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New drivers from both sides

xeo1

United States429 Posts

October 16 2015 22:28 GMT

#11058

On October 17 2015 03:24 Cyro wrote:
I saw at least one 380 4GB that used a single 6+2 pin IIRC, but it was one of the smaller ones.

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New drivers from both sides

I meant gtx 960 and r9 380 :D But I might just spend that extra $100 and get a higher one, either 970 or 390, in order to be able to play VR. It looks like 390 is better with the new driver, cheaper, and it's double the gigs. But I assume it would also have the pin problem with my corsair 430, requiring an adapter.

Cyro

United Kingdom20326 Posts

October 16 2015 23:13 GMT

#11059

That benchmark was for other stuff~

A 390 would need a better PSU as the power consumption is way higher than a 380 / 970. 8GB of VRAM instead of 3.5GB is very relevant and they do seem to be performing quite well recently

xeo1

United States429 Posts

October 16 2015 23:36 GMT

#11060

On October 17 2015 08:13 Cyro wrote:
That benchmark was for other stuff~

A 390 would need a better PSU as the power consumption is way higher than a 380 / 970. 8GB of VRAM instead of 3.5GB is very relevant and they do seem to be performing quite well recently

Could my psu handle the 970? And if I do go with the 390, what psu would you recommend?