670GTX VS R9 270

[DethGasp]

First time poster, long time lurker.
I've been pondering switching out my MSI 670GTX PE/OC@1189MHz to my daughters XFX R9 270 DD BE@ 270X speeds.
My question is the switch worth it? I play all the newest games that come out, meaning ROTTR, MafiaIII ,Mirrors Edge C, Qauntum Break ECT.
Planning on playing RE7, MGSTPP, WD2, FO4 ,FCPrimal next@1080p60.

Most of these games I can get around 30-50fps with a mix of settings but I would like to increase my performance without buying a new card that I can't afford.

My daughter only plays Smite @ 720 so she won't mind I'm guessing.
I do have an additional 270 as well and pondered going CF with em' but alas I don't have a CF cable.

My specs
2600k@4.4
16GB 1600MHz
PNY 240GB SSD(OS)
2xBarracudas 750GB in RAID 0 (games)
Silverstone 850w Zeus PSU

 

[Bacon1]

Since you have an extra 270, try that one in your machine first and see. I don't remember if the 270 needs a bridge or not for CFX, newer cards don't have one but I don't remember when they made the switch to bridge less, but it was close to the 200 series iirc.

 

[MrTeal]

The 270 would need a bridge for CF, XDMA didn't come out until Hawaii.

If you get scaling, 270CF would be faster than a single 670. Single card, a 270X would be at best a sidegrade. I'm not sure I'd bother.

 

[DethGasp]

The 270 would need a bridge for CF, XDMA didn't come out until Hawaii.

If you get scaling, 270CF would be faster than a single 670. Single card, a 270X would be at best a sidegrade. I'm not sure I'd bother.

I would love to get a bridge and CF them, amazon has one for $13, I once saw a bench comparing CF 270's to a 290X and they came out on top if the game had proper CF support of course.
As for single card switching, when you say a sidegrade, do you mean being equal or gaining around 10-15fps? I saw a RE7 thread on here showing my 670 getting creamed by a 270X. I must admit that got me thinking about the switch, even tho its only one game and all. That much of an increase would be worth it to me, being as I'm desperate for more performance and the wife has the CC on lockdown.

 

[Bacon1]

If you still have the boxes for either of the 270's check them, they likely have a bridge in them. Or your mobo box might as well.

But yes, they will probably be about even in performance with the 270 faster in newer games. CFX 270 will be much faster.

 

[DethGasp]

If you still have the boxes for either of the 270's check them, they likely have a bridge in them. Or your mobo box might as well.

But yes, they will probably be about even in performance with the 270 faster in newer games. CFX 270 will be much faster.

I checked all the boxes and nothing but SLI bridges in the mobo box, guess I can pony up $13.
Thanks guys! Sorry for the stupid questions.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

It wouldn't surprise me if an R9 270 at 270x speeds offers more performance than a GTX 670 in newer games based on how badly Kepler has aged. I know a couple of years ago the GTX 670 was on par with the R9 280, when at launch it was stronger than the HD 7970 (which was rebranded the R9 280x after an overclock). My jaw was on the floor when GamersNexus recently did a benchmark of new games showing the GTX 780 Ti usually trailing the GTX 1050 Ti by a small amount. It makes me wonder if my GTX 970 is going to end up getting beaten by Nvidia's 50 series card in Volta. Meanwhile AMD cards really seem to age well.

 

[AtenRa]

Sell both R9 270 and buy a new RX 470/480