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R9 370 4MB vs 2MB?

Question asked by smoovasbutter@hotmail.com on Feb 28, 2016
Latest reply on Mar 7, 2016 by black_zion

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Hi everybody.

I am planning on buying an XPS 8900 from Dell (i7, 16GB, 2TB, R9 370 4GB GDDR5 included with Ultrasharp 25' 2560x1440 moniter ).

I have tried googling for the specs for the 4GB version to compare it with other cards but I can only find specs for the 2MB.

My question is the 4GB version significantly better than the 2GB version in things such as Memory Speed, Memory Bus, Memory Bandwidth, L2 Cache, Shader performance, texture rate, pixel rate etc....), or are they more or less the same?

Thanks in advance for answering my question.

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black_zion Feb 29, 2016 3:57 PM
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If you plan on playing any games released in the last 5 years at 2560x1440 you really need 4GB.
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amdmatt Mar 1, 2016 7:26 AM
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It's not significantly better, it just has more memory. If you're gaming at 1440P a 4GB card makes sense, at 1080P 2GB on a 370 is sufficient.
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smoovasbutter@hotmail.com Mar 5, 2016 1:46 AM
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Thanks guys for the info. Well long story short is that I ordered the computer and waiting for it to arrive. Can't wait.

I was choosing between this and another configuration that came with a GTX 960 for a hundred dollars more.
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- black_zion @ smoovasbutter@hotmail.com on Mar 5, 2016 11:25 AM
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  Just saying, you're going to have to cut the details down if you want to game at 1920x1200 and 2560x1440 on the 370 in many games. The 960 is the higher performance card of the pair.
  
  http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-r9-390x-r9-380-r7-370,4178-6.html
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  - smoovasbutter@hotmail.com @ black_zion on Mar 5, 2016 4:12 PM
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    Thanks for the info. I'm probably going to game mostly at 1080 and 1600x900, so it should be okay for now. My games are not really the most demanding anyway (Mount and blade Warband, LOTR war in the north, Shadow over mordor, Alien vs predator, Dynasty Warriors, Total War series, Bloodlust shadowhunter)
    
    I know that the 960 is better but I didn't think it was worth the extra 100 bucks. I would rather just upgrade to a new card in 4 years or so.
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    - black_zion @ smoovasbutter@hotmail.com on Mar 5, 2016 9:19 PM
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      AMD Polaris is due out in June-August according to them, so keep an eye out for clearances on the R9 300 series.
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      - smoovasbutter@hotmail.com @ black_zion on Mar 7, 2016 1:47 AM
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        Cool. Thanks again for the info. You've been very helpful. The R9 380 looks pretty sweet. If I can get a decent deal on that I'll pick it up.
        
        I'm also thinking maybe I'll just pick up the GTX 970 4GB in a few years, hopefully it will be cheap by then. Lets see what happens.
        
        The dell I'm getting does not have the best wattage capability so I don't think crossfiring is a good idea for me at this point and I won't be able to handle the R9 390.
        
        I settled on the R9 370 because it came with the PC without paying more for another configuration and its good enough for now but I know its not the most impressive and OEMs can be a little suspect are they not? I'll probably have to overclock it on some titles. Based on the system I'm getting, what would be a reasonable boost? Can I do OC +200 for core and memory without any problems?
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        black_zion @ smoovasbutter@hotmail.com on Mar 7, 2016 5:19 AM
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        I highly doubt you'll get a 200mhz boost, think more like 50mhz.
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