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Answer» Hello all, I am back. Okay so I got my PC going. For those of you familiar and assisted me on my previous post, it turns out my MOBO didn't have a speaker, so I managed to borrow one and it turned it it wasn't agreeing with the RAM I had installed. Anyway, purchased some other stuff and all it boots now. I am however getting a fair few BSOD's but thats a different matter. Anywho, why I am actually here is to ask for advice on a GPU. I cant seem to find a definitive answer myself, so thought Id ask what you chaps think. Im torn between and EVGA 760 for £200 (HTTP://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-228-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914) or a R9 280X for £230 (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-225-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1842). Does anyone have any views on which of these I should purchase? Thanks ChrisI havent had good luck with MSI products, so I would avoid MSI. Although the MSI card looks to be the better card SPEC wise.I have to agree with Dave, and I would by the EVGA personally, as NVidia are just more reliable.The 280X is faster, but the 7970 is the same card and can SOMETIMES be found cheaper. I too would avoid MSI as a brand though.Owwww, this advice about staying away from MSI isn't exactly what I wanted to hear I shall, however, follow your advice and look elsewhere. I did some more research and it turns out the R9 280X is actually comparable to the 770 but for a fraction of the price. Ill look for other venders of this card. Meanwhile, if anyone has a solution to magically eradicate BSOD's I would be very grateful if you could let me know ChrisThe 7970/R9 280 is faster than the 770, yes. There have been offers on the 7970 for as low as £210 recently, keep looking and something will pop up.What do you make of Sapphire?They've been perfectly fine in my experience, their cards are generally average to good, ditto service and support.Fantastic! Ill get it purchased then! Thanks CalumNo problem shame you weren't in the market a week or so ago, OcUK had the Asus Matrix Platinum 7970 for around £220, bargain of the year IMO!Just missed it! Calum, I'm looking at this card Sapphire card and it appears that it needs an 8 PIN + a 6 PIN power connection, which is fine as I have these, but looking at the images theres no 6 PIN connecter, its just two 8 PINS (http://www.eteknix.com/sapphire-amd-radeon-r9-280x-vapor-x-oc-3gb-graphics-card-review/2/). Third image down. What do you make of it? IVE read a couple of places that it is two 8 PIN connectors. This would be a problem as I only have one 8 PIN connecter Chris Quote from: chriscool9 on October 20, 2013, 11:08:54 AM What do you make of Sapphire? Probably a ring...or a nice necklace...The Vapor-X OC does have 2 8 pin connectors, looks like an error on the OcUK listing. It's plain to see in the review you linked as well as their stock images, they must've made a mistake in the info. What PSU do you have? If you don't have two 8 pin connectors, you could use an ADAPTER, but I generally advise against it on principle. The Vapor-X is unlikely to be that much better than their Dual-X model, which does only require an 8 and 6 pin. I find it irritating that there doesn't seem to be a reference R9 280, or if there is then they're not particularly common, as I always buy reference design cards where possible rather than cards with custom layout boards.

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Hello all,

I am back. Okay so I got my PC going. For those of you familiar and assisted me on my previous post, it turns out my MOBO didn't have a speaker, so I managed to borrow one and it turned it it wasn't agreeing with the RAM I had installed. Anyway, purchased some other stuff and all it boots now. I am however getting a fair few BSOD's but thats a different matter.

Anywho, why I am actually here is to ask for advice on a GPU. I cant seem to find a definitive answer myself, so thought Id ask what you chaps think. Im torn between and EVGA 760 for £200 (HTTP://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-228-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914) or a R9 280X for £230 (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-225-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1842).

Does anyone have any views on which of these I should purchase?

Thanks

ChrisI havent had good luck with MSI products, so I would avoid MSI. Although the MSI card looks to be the better card SPEC wise.I have to agree with Dave, and I would by the EVGA personally, as NVidia are just more reliable.The 280X is faster, but the 7970 is the same card and can SOMETIMES be found cheaper. I too would avoid MSI as a brand though.Owwww, this advice about staying away from MSI isn't exactly what I wanted to hear I shall, however, follow your advice and look elsewhere. I did some more research and it turns out the R9 280X is actually comparable to the 770 but for a fraction of the price.
Ill look for other venders of this card.

Meanwhile, if anyone has a solution to magically eradicate BSOD's I would be very grateful if you could let me know

ChrisThe 7970/R9 280 is faster than the 770, yes. There have been offers on the 7970 for as low as £210 recently, keep looking and something will pop up.What do you make of Sapphire?They've been perfectly fine in my experience, their cards are generally average to good, ditto service and support.Fantastic! Ill get it purchased then! Thanks CalumNo problem shame you weren't in the market a week or so ago, OcUK had the Asus Matrix Platinum 7970 for around £220, bargain of the year IMO!Just missed it! Calum, I'm looking at this card Sapphire card and it appears that it needs an 8 PIN + a 6 PIN power connection, which is fine as I have these, but looking at the images theres no 6 PIN connecter, its just two 8 PINS (http://www.eteknix.com/sapphire-amd-radeon-r9-280x-vapor-x-oc-3gb-graphics-card-review/2/). Third image down.

What do you make of it? IVE read a couple of places that it is two 8 PIN connectors. This would be a problem as I only have one 8 PIN connecter

Chris Quote from: chriscool9 on October 20, 2013, 11:08:54 AM

What do you make of Sapphire?

Probably a ring...or a nice necklace...The Vapor-X OC does have 2 8 pin connectors, looks like an error on the OcUK listing. It's plain to see in the review you linked as well as their stock images, they must've made a mistake in the info.
What PSU do you have? If you don't have two 8 pin connectors, you could use an ADAPTER, but I generally advise against it on principle. The Vapor-X is unlikely to be *that* much better than their Dual-X model, which does only require an 8 and 6 pin.
I find it irritating that there doesn't seem to be a reference R9 280, or if there is then they're not particularly common, as I always buy reference design cards where possible rather than cards with custom layout boards.

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