Sapphire Radeon TOXIC R9 270X 2GB vs. nVidia GeForce GTX 670

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I am looking to build a new gaming PC from scratch, but I am finding it quite difficult since I read alot of mixed reviews of parts, and want to build a strong system that would easily last a few years while remaining within budget ( +- R14 000).

I am currently struggling with picking a GPU. I have always been an nVidia fan, that is why the nVidia GeForce GTX 670 looks like a quite solid GPU for me. After reading a while, I saw ALOT of people recommend the Sapphire Radeon TOXIC R9 270X 2GB, but I am quite sceptical going AMD since I have not had good experiences with their driver support for switchable graphics in my laptop.

Anyone care to share personal experience with the cards or any advice?
 
Personal experience, i have had bad issues with Nvidia and since then only bought AMD cards. Therefore I would always recommend AMD.

But I am biased though. And hope this thread doesn't turn into another Nvidia vs AMD fanboi war.
 
That is exactly why I am asking, I am also biased in favour to nVidia. But looking at all the reviews, I must consider what the best GPU would be and not personal past experiences with a manufacturer.
 
i had the 6850Toxic from sapphire and before my gpu upgrade to the R9 270 i could actually run BF4 un High graphics on that card so sapphire is not bad and looking at the price on that it's a way to go have you compared the two cards with each other cos i think the Toxic wins hands down
 
There is no denying the Toxic is an amazing card, but its stupidly over priced.

Rather get yourself a Gigabyte R9 270X Windforce 3 Edition.
They overclock incredibly well, the cooler is fantastic and its nearly dead silent.
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=20&products_id=11136

That card is roughly R1000 less than the Toxic while performance is nearly identical, the toxic just has a higher stock clock but you can easily raise the Gigabyte card to the same clock speed of the toxic and it'll perform the same.
 
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