Which is the better value?

In this day and age, if you're running an Intel processor, is it actually more cost-effective to go with an AMD Radeon card or stick with Nvidia?

Patrick Miller8 said:In this day and age, if you're running an Intel processor, is it actually more cost-effective to go with an AMD Radeon card or stick with Nvidia?

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Maybe try asking that one more time—but, you know, in a way that actually makes sense to the rest of us. 🤷 ☕

It would be much more helpful if you could just specify which processor model you're running, what kind of power supply you have, and your actual budget for the graphics card—that way, I can give you a clear recommendation on what will actually work best for your setup.

Grace Peterson17 said:😂😂🤣

Maybe try asking that one more time—but, you know, in a way that actually makes sense to the rest of us. 🤷 ☕

So, I'm asking: which is better, ATI Radeon or Nvidia? Specifically when paired with an Intel Core i5-3570K. 🙂

Kimberly Gomez34 said:It would be much more helpful if you could just specify which processor model you're running, what kind of power supply you have, and your actual budget for the graphics card—that way, I can give you a clear recommendation on what will actually work best for your setup.

I'm rocking an ASRock Z77 Extreme 4 motherboard... paired with an Intel Core i5-3570K and a 550W Thermaltake PSU. As for the graphics card, I'm willing to drop whatever the absolute maximum amount is to get the best performance possible.$600

Choosing between a GTX 760 and an R9 270X feels like a solid value play right now if you can snag one for around $15 to $667. Honestly, it won't make much of a difference regardless of which CPU you pair it with. Personally, I tend to lean toward Nvidia
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I honestly don't get why the GTX 760 is priced so high when its rival, the R9 270X, is actually $500. In any case, I still feel like the GTX 760 is the better card... though at this point $167 it probably isn't even worth dropping the cash
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Larry Ortiz5 said:I honestly don't get why the GTX 760 is priced so high when its rival, the R9 270X, is actually $500. In any case, I still feel like the GTX 760 is the better card... though at this point $167 it probably isn't even worth dropping the cash
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It feels like they're just trying to pull the wool over our eyes—if we're talking about a budget in the $100-$$567 range, I'm definitely casting my vote for AMD, but once you move up into a higher bracket like $200-$$867, then I'll happily give my vote to Nvidia graphics cards

David Sanders4 said:Choosing between a GTX 760 and an R9 270X feels like a solid value play right now if you can snag one for around $15 to $667. Honestly, it won't make much of a difference regardless of which CPU you pair it with. Personally, I tend to lean toward Nvidia
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If you ask me, looking at things realistically, the GTX 760 isn't actually worth $167 much more than the R9 270X since their performance levels are pretty much neck-and-neck—but, I’d definitely suggest picking up a GTX 770 over an R9 280X. The prices are basically identical, and the GTX 770 just feels a bit punchier and faster overall...

P.S. It's just a fact of life: AMD tends to dominate the low-to-mid range GPU market, whereas Nvidia is the undisputed king when it comes to high-end cards

Grace Peterson17 said:If you ask me, looking at things realistically, the GTX 760 isn't actually worth $167 much more than the R9 270X since their performance levels are pretty much neck-and-neck—but, I’d definitely suggest picking up a GTX 770 over an R9 280X. The prices are basically identical, and the GTX 770 just feels a bit punchier and faster overall...

P.S. It's just a fact of life: AMD tends to dominate the low-to-mid range GPU market, whereas Nvidia is the undisputed king when it comes to high-end cards

Could you actually guarantee 😂 that Nvidia is the "king" of the high end? You clearly haven't been following recent developments with ATI; even without that, it’s been a toss-up lately. To be fair, Nvidia hasn't really moved the needle much since the older generations, and sometimes it feels like the competition is catching up fast enough to close the gap.🙂

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Robert Adams9 said:Could you actually guarantee 😂 that Nvidia is the "king" of the high end? You clearly haven't been following recent developments with ATI; even without that, it’s been a toss-up lately. To be fair, Nvidia hasn't really moved the needle much since the older generations, and sometimes it feels like the competition is catching up fast enough to close the gap.🙂

Look, it’s true that AMD has rolled out this new Mantle technology—which, let's be honest, is probably going to dominate the scene and eventually push DirectX aside—but if we're being realistic here, we aren't quite there yet. I wasn't claiming the difference was massive enough to write home about, so please, don't go judging me too harshly just yet! Personally, I’m leaning more toward the GTX 770 right now—mostly because it pulls a bit less power, runs cooler, and stays much quieter. Of course, all of that is subject to change once they release the R9 280X with those MSI coolers... and don't even get me started on when the R9 290 and R9 290X hit the market with custom, non-reference coolers; then we'll be talking about a whole different ballgame. At the end of the day, Mantle is really what makes these new AMD cards so impressive and powerful, but—as I mentioned—it's going to take some time before game developers actually learn how to fully leverage that tech. Until then? DirectX is still king.☕

And just to get ahead of any potential fanboy wars—because we all know how that goes—I’ll say this right up front: I actually have an HD 7770 sitting in my rig at home, so I’m more than happy to admit that I’ll always side with whichever company happens to be leading the pack at any given moment.

Robert Adams9 said:Could you actually guarantee 😂 that Nvidia is the "king" of the high end? You clearly haven't been following recent developments with ATI; even without that, it’s been a toss-up lately. To be fair, Nvidia hasn't really moved the needle much since the older generations, and sometimes it feels like the competition is catching up fast enough to close the gap.🙂

Right now, the strongest GPU out there is the GTX 780 Ti (single GPU).

Larry Ortiz5 said:I honestly don't get why the GTX 760 is priced so high when its rival, the R9 270X, is actually $500. In any case, I still feel like the GTX 760 is the better card... though at this point $167 it probably isn't even worth dropping the cash
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That’s the honest truth; I was digging through Game Debate earlier and found that the 760 only offers about a 6% performance bump—wow, truly groundbreaking stuff! xD I completely agree that it isn't worth it when it's $167 more expensive just to get a measly 6% improvement.

Patrick Miller8 said:That’s the honest truth; I was digging through Game Debate earlier and found that the 760 only offers about a 6% performance bump—wow, truly groundbreaking stuff! xD I completely agree that it isn't worth it when it's $167 more expensive just to get a measly 6% improvement.

Regarding Game Debate, honestly, don't let those numbers trip you up. That site is pretty much useless—just total nonsense. I originally thought the GTX 760 was more expensive, and to be fair, it is slightly more powerful than the R9 270X, but still, those $167 small gains don't justify the price-to-performance ratio.

The GTX 760 seems to be about 10% faster... though it's probably around 30% more expensive than the R9 270X

To be fair, if we look at the specific comparison between a Sapphire Toxic R9 270X priced at roughly $567 and an MSI GTX 760 Hawk going for $200, the price gap isn't actually that massive. While you might see a slight edge in FPS with the Nvidia card, the power draw is about the same, the noise levels are nearly identical, and from what I can tell, the Toxic actually runs a bit cooler. But since the MSI gaming model is priced almost exactly the same as the Toxic, there’s really no longer a clear advantage when it comes to value...

Larry Ortiz5 said:Regarding Game Debate, honestly, don't let those numbers trip you up. That site is pretty much useless—just total nonsense. I originally thought the GTX 760 was more expensive, and to be fair, it is slightly more powerful than the R9 270X, but still, those $167 small gains don't justify the price-to-performance ratio.

In my experience, most of those tech sites are pretty useless—some are more biased than others, and you've got plenty of Nvidia fanboys over here and AMD loyalists over there. It’s really not something you can rely on 100% if you want the truth.

Larry Ortiz5 said:Regarding Game Debate, honestly, don't let those numbers trip you up. That site is pretty much useless—just total nonsense. I originally thought the GTX 760 was more expensive, and to be fair, it is slightly more powerful than the R9 270X, but still, those $167 small gains don't justify the price-to-performance ratio.

Alright, 🙂fair enough.

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