Pc restarting during both gaming or browsing internet

[ponder]

The R9 280X is a better card than the R9 380. The 380 is based on the 285 and only has 2GB vram. The 280X is faster than the 285&380 as far as I'm aware and had 3GB of vram vs 2GB. The only downside I can see is that the 280X does not have full dx12 support in hardware. EDIT: Dunno why I thought the 380 only had 2GB vram, apparently it has 4GB but raw fps still favours the 280X from what I gather. EDIT2: Ignore everything before this, I need to double check some stats but everything below this is ok

You really don't need more than 8GB of RAM. If it was me I would try and see if you could rather get a R9 390 in exchange (instead of more ram) by paying in the difference but I suspect the warranty process won't accomodate that but you can try.

Your 4690 ain't gonna bottleneck schite unless you start running some dual high end gpus in x-fire/sli, think 980ti maybe. Don't worry about your cpu, it's fine.

 

[Johnatan56]

The R9 280X is a better card than the R9 380. The 380 is based on the 285 and only has 2GB vram. The 280X is faster than the 285&380 as far as I'm aware and had 3GB of vram vs 2GB. The only downside I can see is that the 280X does not have full dx12 support in hardware. EDIT: Dunno why I thought the 380 only had 2GB vram, apparently it has 4GB but raw fps still favours the 280X from what I gather.

You really don't need more than 8GB of RAM. If it was me I would try and see if you could rather get a R9 390 in exchange (instead of more ram) by paying in the difference but I suspect the warranty process won't accomodate that but you can try.

Your 4690 ain't gonna bottleneck schite unless you start running some dual high end gpus in x-fire/sli, think 980ti maybe. Don't worry about your cpu, it's fine.

Would you kindly elaborate on your mention of the R9 280X not fully supporting DirectX12?
Its GCN architecture so it should support it and AMD declared full DirectX support for the R9 series.

 

[joncoh101]

The R9 280X is a better card than the R9 380. The 380 is based on the 285 and only has 2GB vram. The 280X is faster than the 285&380 as far as I'm aware and had 3GB of vram vs 2GB. The only downside I can see is that the 280X does not have full dx12 support in hardware. EDIT: Dunno why I thought the 380 only had 2GB vram, apparently it has 4GB but raw fps still favours the 280X from what I gather. EDIT2: Ignore everything before this, I need to double check some stats but everything below this is ok

You really don't need more than 8GB of RAM. If it was me I would try and see if you could rather get a R9 390 in exchange (instead of more ram) by paying in the difference but I suspect the warranty process won't accomodate that but you can try.

Your 4690 ain't gonna bottleneck schite unless you start running some dual high end gpus in x-fire/sli, think 980ti maybe. Don't worry about your cpu, it's fine.

LOL, ok well I will try see what happens Im holding thumbs. Problem is if its only warranty exchange then that deminishes the hope of upgrading, not so keen on going sli due to power and heat problems. Plus my As Rock Pro 4 mobo has one pci - e 3 slot and the second is pci- e 2. But aparently this shouldnt affect performance.

 

[joncoh101]

also to add, I read dx 12 is going to support the integration of on board graphics which will allow you to use that performance added to your existing gpu. Pretty badass if you ask me