Middle Class Graphics

Gtx Gaming said:
What about 2x gtx 960s?

Total would be R6400 for a pair of asus gtx 960s.
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Is the R9 280X powercolor not better than the GTX960?
Not concerned about power-saving.

Fox1 said:
Get a 3gb an upwards card. 2gb is now bare minimum for the latest games. There's the MSI R280 that's going between R3k-4k at Takealot and Evetech.
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The R9 280X is better than the R280 I thought...
GPUBOSS said:
Reasons to consider R9 280X

R9 280X vs R9 280x

Higher effective memory clock speed 6,000 MHz vs 5,000 MHz 20% higher effective memory clock speed
Slightly better floating-point performance 3,482 GFLOPS vs 2,964 GFLOPS More than 15% better floating-point performance
Higher turbo clock speed 1,000 MHz vs 933 MHz More than 5% higher turbo clock speed
Higher memory clock speed 1,500 MHz vs 1,250 MHz 20% higher memory clock speed


Reasons to consider R9 280

Lower TDP 200W vs 250W 20% lower TDP
http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-280X-vs-Radeon-R9-280
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EDIT:
Question on shipping for wootware (Am in Cape Town, want to ship to panorama area)
Which courier?
Dawn Wing L Overnight (Insured) R39.00
Fastway L - Overnight (Insured) R69.00
FedEx M 2 - 3 Business Days (Insured) R115.00

EDIT2:
One of my monitors is VGA only, but there is no VGA port on the R9 280X
Wootware said:
Display Support:
VGA Output: Yes, By DVI to VGA converter
DVI Output: DL-DVI-I
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Would I need to get an adaptor? Only one I can find online that is direct, which should not have a loss on quality according to Yahoo and Tomshardware.

If there is no loss on quality, has anyone used titan-ice.co.za or know where to get an adaptor within Cape Town (Bayside, Century City or stores within CBD are fine). Would prefer getting it physically over ordering it.
EDIT3: Seems above option is DVI-A to VGA, does it fit?
EDIT4: Seems DVI-A fits on DVI-A, so i can use it to adapt DVI-I to VGA.

The other options would be HDMI to VGA adaptor from wootware at the same time, which I would prefer to get if there is no loss in quality.

Thanks for all the input so far.
 
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came here expecting info-graphics displaying how screwed the middle class is in SA. Disappointing.
 
Johnatan56 said:
Is the R9 280X powercolor not better than the GTX960?
Not concerned about power-saving.

The R9 280X is better than the R280 I thought...
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280x is the faster card out of the lot (280, 285, gtx960)


Johnatan56 said:
EDIT:
Question on shipping for wootware (Am in Cape Town, want to ship to panorama area)
Which courier?
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The cheapest one? It's insured and wootware is less than 50km from where you live.


Johnatan56 said:
EDIT2:
One of my monitors is VGA only, but there is no VGA port on the R9 280X
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Whatever route you choose you are going to end up with analogue(vga) so dvi-vga will be fine and I think there is an adapter included in the box but confirm with wootware.

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From newegg.
 
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Brawler said:
came here expecting info-graphics displaying how screwed the middle class is in SA. Disappointing.
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That is an info graphic and not graphics. The cards between budget and high performance are in the middle, therefore I called it middle class graphics. Deviation from the norm is nice.
ponder said:
280x is the faster card out of the lot (280, 285, gtx960)

The cheapest one? It's insured and wootware is less than 50km from where you live.

Whatever route you choose you are going to end up with analogue(vga) so dvi-vga will be fine and I think there is an adapter included in the box but confirm with wootware.

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From newegg.
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Thanks, will order the rebeltech cable as well anyways, could be useful later down the road.
I picked the second option for couriers, it's only R30 more.

Thanks for all the help/suggestions guys.
 
ponder said:
And what do you get extra for R30 more?
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The ability to check the timetables of delivery :D

Okay, one of the computers is on 6-pin PCI-e short, the card needs a 8 and a 6pin, I have a 6+2pin.
The PSU is rated 550W, so I would like to change some free molexes to 6pins with something like: http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-...4PCIEXADAP/dp/B0007RXDDM/ref=pd_bxgy_pc_img_z or http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/compo...ex-to-6-pin-pcle-cable-10cm-11885888-pdt.html
Any suggestions on where to get something like that locally? Would it work?

EDIT: Okay, found one: http://www.wootware.co.za/2x4pin-to-6pin-for-pci-express-vga-card-converter-oem.html
Going to order it tomorrow, first going to run to the shops and see if they have it.
 
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If it was my choice I'd go either 2 x gtx960's or like others have mentioned, if you can stretch your budget to 10k 2 x gtx970's

Your pc would just run a lot cooler with those options as they much more power efficient.
 
Purply said:
If it was my choice I'd go either 2 x gtx960's or like others have mentioned, if you can stretch your budget to 10k 2 x gtx970's

Your pc would just run a lot cooler with those options as they much more power efficient.
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There are two different machines, not running in SLI.
Machine specs:
1. i5-4690 , 8GB RAM, 1TB SSHD + 1TB HDD, R9 280X Powercolor
2. i7-950 , 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD, R9 280X Powercolor


Both are managing to run ACU and Far Cry 4 on ultra without any lag, have not checked the actual fps.
 
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