Fri Oct 27, 2017 11:52 am by tatanka7th
I did find the R7 260X in the database, so was able to compare it. I based it on the lowest entry in the list (the GeForce 210). The current card (R7 450) was 100% to the 210s 9%. My old R7 260X was 100% to the 210s 6%, so that was the basis for me saying that the old card was 50% more powerful than the current card.
I was more curious about the actual stats shown at the site, such as pixel rate, texture rate, etc. But I guess the relative performance takes those into account. When comparing the two cards just mentioned, looking at those two stats, along with FLOPs, seems to indicate those may be some of the main stats used to calculate relative performance.
I am expanding my search right now. I had looked at Best Buy and Tiger Direct, but their selections seemed to be all based around the same few chipsets, so a lot of the ones shown on the relative performance, which would be adequate to the task, weren't offered. Expanding to look at Amazon and New Egg.
I do have another question. Some of the cards I looked at were listed as PCI 3.0 x4 or x8. My old card, and current card, are PCI x16. I assume bigger numbers are better, and give better performance. Any comment on that part?
Thanks!