To be honest, the 260 is really garbage. I think the thing only pushes 160khash money wasted.
Yes it is. I was fooled by the gflop/watt rating on it as well. What a pile of dung. I need to find some 7850's myself.
Topic: Which one should I get (video cards) (Read 723 times)
Yes it is. I was fooled by the gflop/watt rating on it as well. What a pile of dung. I need to find some 7850's myself.
I finally just got me some ATI cards. I have been attempting, and failing , to mine on Nvidia for over a year now.
With that said, I recently went to best buy the other day, here is what I got:
1x XFX - Radeon R7 260 Double D Edition 2GB DDR5
1x XFX - Radeon R9 270X 2GB DDR5 PCI
3x XFX - Ultra OC Radeon 7850 1GB DDR5
To be honest, the 260 is really garbage. I think the thing only pushes 160khash money wasted.
Now, the 270x I have managed to get working @ around 420-450khash. Price at best buy is 230.00
The 7850's around 350khash and price of this is 160.00
With that said, I know that just because it gets more hash/s does not mean its cost effective.... so seeing how its 70 bucks more for the 270x I am unsure if getting one or 2 more of those would make sense or if I should go and get more of the 7850's.
I know I may be able to buy them cheaper online, but best buy I think has a online price match type thing that I really have not looked into yet, but the stores usually carry a limited amount of choices so I am sure those prices are pretty close to be even. I also like being able to go right back to the store to return an item if it is defective... with online only lord knows how long you may have to wait for the item to come back, that is even if they replace it.
So what you guys think?
BTW I was a fool waiting for so long to get these cards, I finally turned in some coins to make some money now I am re investing it
With that said, I recently went to best buy the other day, here is what I got:
1x XFX - Radeon R7 260 Double D Edition 2GB DDR5
1x XFX - Radeon R9 270X 2GB DDR5 PCI
3x XFX - Ultra OC Radeon 7850 1GB DDR5
To be honest, the 260 is really garbage. I think the thing only pushes 160khash money wasted.
Now, the 270x I have managed to get working @ around 420-450khash. Price at best buy is 230.00
The 7850's around 350khash and price of this is 160.00
With that said, I know that just because it gets more hash/s does not mean its cost effective.... so seeing how its 70 bucks more for the 270x I am unsure if getting one or 2 more of those would make sense or if I should go and get more of the 7850's.
I know I may be able to buy them cheaper online, but best buy I think has a online price match type thing that I really have not looked into yet, but the stores usually carry a limited amount of choices so I am sure those prices are pretty close to be even. I also like being able to go right back to the store to return an item if it is defective... with online only lord knows how long you may have to wait for the item to come back, that is even if they replace it.
So what you guys think?
BTW I was a fool waiting for so long to get these cards, I finally turned in some coins to make some money now I am re investing it
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