Recently had my 290x die on me and have thrown in a 270 for now to get by.
I was looking in the used market locally and saw a MSI rx 580 4gb oc armor for $280 Canadian ( looks like it’s $380 CDN brand new). Seems like a decent deal but I just want to make sure it won’t use more power than my old 290x did. It looks to me like the 580 might actually draw less power but I wasn’t looking at side by sides so a confirmation would be great.
Bonus Question: the 270 is actually playing what I need it to these days (by turning the settings down) so would it be better to just hold off? Haven’t been paying attention to the market as I wasn’t planning on a new vid card purchase.
I was looking in the used market locally and saw a MSI rx 580 4gb oc armor for $280 Canadian ( looks like it’s $380 CDN brand new). Seems like a decent deal but I just want to make sure it won’t use more power than my old 290x did. It looks to me like the 580 might actually draw less power but I wasn’t looking at side by sides so a confirmation would be great.
Bonus Question: the 270 is actually playing what I need it to these days (by turning the settings down) so would it be better to just hold off? Haven’t been paying attention to the market as I wasn’t planning on a new vid card purchase.