Where in this thread has anyone used that as reasoning to go for the 280? I'd also like to see the reviews you're reading in which the 770 gives more performance. The cards are more or less neck and neck.
I suggest you try reading things more carefully in future before commenting. He in no way stated the OP should get a 280X because the 770 is a rebrand, he stated that the 680 was more or less the same thing and could be considered a cheaper alternative.
take it easy guys, I'm just asking for honest and unbiased opinions. Im thinking of going the one that the guy posted above. I think 2 generations might be what 2-3 years? If not I think ill stick with the green team although im tempted with the Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Toxic as it gives me same performence as 770.
If you are tempted go for it. It will give you same performance as GTX770 for quite less cash. Can't go wrong there and it's huge upgrade over your GTX470.
Agreed. By the time the lack of support becomes any sort of issue you'll probably be ready to upgrade anyway.
Yep, so you just confirmed that you have selective reading. 280 is not a 7970. It's an overclocked 7870. 280x is a 7970 ghz. Not a 7970. So yeah, orly.
They are both great cards and you really can't go wrong with either one as long as the GTX 770 has 4GB ram and doesn't cost much more. Asus DirectCU II TOP has rather wicked performance and value ratio.
Careful telling an AMD user that a 7970 and a 7970Ghz are the same is fighting words on here..... lol You get the same treatment tell them a 7950 and 7950 boost are the same.
wasnt the bios different on the boost cards?, remember some 7970 owners able to flash ghz bios no problem.
Yeah it was a BIOS Hilberts 7950 boost reference review was his original 7950 and AMD sent home a BIOS to flash it with. I think AMD may have screwed the pooch on the naming of their new cards.
my bad, I meant the 270x is a 7870, 280x (NOT 280) is of course 7970 ghz. Still, 280x and gtx 770 perform about the same, only the 280x will be a fair chunk cheaper, especially compared to a 4gb gtx 770 so it really is a no brainer.
You would have to be mad to go for a 770 at it's current price. If I was buying a card right now and I had to pick between a 770 for over 400 usd and a 280x for 300 I would easily pick the 280.
The thing most Nvidia fans keep ignoring is that AMD have the upper hand in every segment of the market. They offer more performance in majority of the price brackets.
It's not like AMD fans didn't do the same when 600 and 700 series came out. 680/670 were cheaper than 7970, 660 Ti than 7950, 660 than 7870, 770 than 7970 GHz, 760 than 7950, 650 Ti Boost than 7850, etc... It's a never-ending race.
Oh I'm not saying it's always been the case that AMD are cheaper/better in the price brackets. But atm it's true. Because you'll probably be able to buy a 290 for the price of a gtx 770 4gb, which imo is laughable. Same goes for gtx 760 vs r9 280x etc. there is just no contest atm, AMD are much better value/performance within these $200/$300/$400 etc price brackets.