Noise Levels
The noise levels produced by a graphics card is an increasingly important consideration for PC users and Gamers these days. While fan noise is unlikely to ruin the gaming experience, no one likes a noisy graphics card and no one will argue with the fact that quieter is better. Many users are willing to sacrifice temperatures to gain a noise advantage, but with better cooling solutions being developed it is increasingly common to be able to get both better cooling and better acoustic performance than a reference solution on most custom cooled graphics cards from Nvidia and AMD partners. That said both AMD and Nvidia have stepped up their game too with regards to acoustics on their reference coolers. Ultimately, acoustics will always be a big deciding factor when there is often very little differentiation between graphics cards using the same GPUs. For more details on our acoustic testing procedures please see the test systems and procedures page.
I have to ask myself, has amd shot themselves, and the 260x by releasing the 265 ?……probably, buying an overclocked 260x for the same price as a stock 265 will never make sense, seeing as they cost the same, but the 265 is around 35% faster.
Yes I agree, I think AMD have priced a lot of the R7 series way too close for comfort. But I guess from a consumer standpoint the more options the better right?
Edit: also I think a lot of the problem is when AMD reduced the R7 260X MSRP down from $140 to $120 a lot of retailers didn’t drop prices in response. Then when the R7 265 came out you find a lot of R7 260Xs with a similar price. But if you can pick up a decent R7 260X for $120 then that’s 20% cheaper for a card that is 20-25% slower so in my opinion that’s a decent deal.
uk prices seem to have lowered somewhat, a 2gb overclocked 260x is around the £100 mark, the 1gb version around £89 and the 265 2gb around £115-120 mark, however, there are bargains to be had, this sapphire 2gb 265 is only £99…I think the 260x 2gb needs to be sold around the £79.99 mark, cause retailers here will sell loads of these 265’s at this price…. http://www.pixmania.co.uk/graphics-card/sapphire-technology-r7-265-2-gb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card/22080933-a.html?ectrans=1&gclid=CKKS-d3k8b0CFYbMtAodg1AAwA#merch=1&srcid=11270&nopopup=1
$119 in GBP is £72, add VAT it should be £86. As far as I am concerned prices have not fallen enough, the MSRP of $140 is still present because $140 is £100~ inc VAT. Nvidia’s GTX 750 Ti can be had for £100 so there are no reasons to buy the R7 260X for that reason. Also, don’t trust pixmania with your money, they are a dodgy as f**k retailer.
ah yes, pixmania do have a habit of advertising goods they dont stock…..but yes, the 260x needs to around the £80-85 mark.
Notice in the OC page that you said the GTX 750Ti was an OC card?