GeForce GTX 680 vs Radeon R9 280X - Should I upgrade?
Category : Should I Upgrade?
Published by Hiwa Pouri on 12.03.14
A gamer simply can't get enough graphics power in their rig, which makes the upgrade question omnipresent. To show you whether it makes sense to upgrade from one generation to another we created this series of articles, where we will compare graphics cards from different generations. Today we're having a close look at the differences between the GTX 680 and the R9 280X.
Lets
take a closer look at the results in the games we tested. In this case we can
see, that the R9 280X is a little bit slower than the GTX 680. On average the
performance difference is 0.61 percent in favor of the GTX 680. A closer look at
the test results shows, there quite big differences depending on the games
tested. In case of DIRT Showdown we see that the R9 280X is 14 percent quicker
than the GTX 680 whereas in Crysis 3 the GTX 680 pulls away by no less than 26
percent.
A large portion of our readers might be aware of the fact, that the Radeon R9
280X is basically a rebrand of the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition. If you keep in
mind that the GTX 680 and the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition have been direct
competitors back in the days and they even occupied the same price range, then
it becomes rather obvious why the R9 280X and the GTX 680 are equally quick,
although there are big differences from game to game.
Should you actually really be thinking about upgrading from a GTX 680 to a
Radeon R9 280X than we can tell you that you won't get better performance from
the card you're planning to buy. Therefore it makes sense to stick with the GTX
680 or go with a card that is actually offering additional performance compared
to the GTX 680. The only possible reason we see why someone could be willing to
take this step is to get support for AMDs new Mantle API, but at the same time
you will be ditching PhysiX support. In our opinion such a descision would be of
really subjective nature.
A gamer simply can't get enough graphics power in their rig, which makes the upgrade question omnipresent. To show you whether it makes sense to upgrade from one generation to another we created this series of articles, where we will compare graphics cards from different generations. Today we're having a close look at the differences between the GTX 680 and the R9 280X. 
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