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I would do both if possible. It’s what I’m doing right now.
How much money are you looking to invest?
What computer would you be putting the card into? What PSU is in the computer?
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I’m planning to invest another $200-300 on a graphics card. My current PSU is a 550W 80+ bronze with a HD 7870.
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With $200 a Radeon 270 is a pretty good bet, with an expected khash of 425-450. Newegg has this ([url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150641]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150641[/url]) 7850 for $169 with a $30 mail-in-rebate. I have 2 7850’s that I get almost 400khash from each.
With that power supply I would not get a 270X or another 7870. Either of those would put quite a draw on the PSU and you could risk instability.
There isn’t really a good card for the $300 range at the moment.