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Title: New video card- from r9 270x to a rx480 4g or &g
Post by: spoonseven on October 06, 2016, 05:43:29 PM

To all skuzzy, tech heads, and comp. builders

I built my computer 2 yrs ago. Ga-990fxa-uda3 mobo 8gb corsair vengeance and r9 270x with 2g.  Fx-8350 black edition vishera 8 core 4ghz chip.

I'm looking at upgrading to a rx480 with 4g or 8g and possibly adding another 8g of mem.
I'm getting between 35 to 50 fps with sliders set to mid low range and some items disabled.
Would I get more eye candy? And would 8g on video and memory be overkill?

Thanks to all for help.

Title: Re: New video card- from r9 270x to a rx480 4g or &g
Post by: oboe on October 06, 2016, 05:55:47 PM

What resolution is your monitor?

If you play at 1920x1080 I *think* the 4Gb is plenty.

Title: Re: New video card- from r9 270x to a rx480 4g or &g
Post by: spoonseven on October 06, 2016, 06:11:46 PM

I'm running on 3 led 22" monitors. Waiting for computer to update to get resolution

Title: Re: New video card- from r9 270x to a rx480 4g or &g
Post by: spoonseven on October 06, 2016, 07:11:12 PM

5280x1050 resolution texture size 4096

Title: Re: New video card- from r9 270x to a rx480 4g or &g
Post by: Skuzzy on October 07, 2016, 05:52:19 AM

At that resolution, you will need the fastest video card you can afford, if you want to run with everything (except environment mapping at full) enabled.

4GB, or more, of video RAM will be enough.

Title: Re: New video card- from r9 270x to a rx480 4g or &g
Post by: spoonseven on October 07, 2016, 07:11:29 AM

Thanks for all the input. It's nice to get good feedback. 😄

Title: Re: New video card- from r9 270x to a rx480 4g or &g
Post by: Rich46yo on October 07, 2016, 08:19:49 AM

My GTX 1070 is going to arrive today.  :D

Title: Re: New video card- from r9 270x to a rx480 4g or &g
Post by: Pudgie on October 14, 2016, 11:00:32 AM

Quote from: spoonseven on October 06, 2016, 05:43:29 PM

To all skuzzy, tech heads, and comp. builders

I built my computer 2 yrs ago. Ga-990fxa-uda3 mobo 8gb corsair vengeance and r9 270x with 2g.  Fx-8350 black edition vishera 8 core 4ghz chip.

I'm looking at upgrading to a rx480 with 4g or 8g and possibly adding another 8g of mem.
I'm getting between 35 to 50 fps with sliders set to mid low range and some items disabled.
Would I get more eye candy? And would 8g on video and memory be overkill?

Thanks to all for help.

Hi Spoonseven,

How's it working out?

Curious on the RX 480's performance if you did get 1...........................

 :salute