$400 = Which GPU ?

[Dive5885]

Hello Everyone!

 

This is my final post on finding a new GPU after my 7970 came DOA. 

 

I Finally got my refund and yet I still can't decide on a card. 

 

$400 is the max I'm willing to spend. 

 

But less than $400 is also good. 

 

SO!

 

Please feel free to elaborate! 

 

Thanks!

[Tea1337]

770?

[TheNinjaNextDor]

Either a 770 or a 290 on fire sale.

[dragoon20005]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-n770tf2gd5oc

 

 

The MSI GTX770 TF OC Edition

[Heisenbleurgh]

gtx770.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GDDR5-2GB-WINDFORCE-Graphics-GV-N770OC-2GD/dp/B00D3ES1Q0/

or

http://www.amazon.com/GTX770-DC2OC-2GD5-GeForce-256-bit-PCI-Express-OC-selected/dp/B00D3F7CFK/

or

http://www.amazon.com/PNY-GeForce-DisplayPort-PCI-Express-VCGGTX7702XPB-OC/dp/B00ETC34NA/

or

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Dual-Link-Graphics-02G-P4-2776-KR/dp/B00ENZRQ5U/

 

they're all practically the same price, just pick whichever you like best or matches your pc's theme.

[IlDuceSaint]

Hello Everyone!

 

This is my final post on finding a new GPU after my 7970 came DOA. 

 

I Finally got my refund and yet I still can't decide on a card. 

 

$400 is the max I'm willing to spend. 

 

But less than $400 is also good. 

 

SO!

 

Please feel free to elaborate! 

 

Thanks!

 

EVGA GTX 770

[JLCitadel]

EVGA GTX 770

[dragoon20005]

if not get the cheapest possible GTX770 with a good cooler and do you own OC

[Fluffinator]

EVGA GTX 770

[xtelemonx]

r9 290 for $400 (well, at least at the time of this posting) http://amzn.com/B00GA3C662

 

if you don't use a headset / mind the noise get a 4gb 770

[totjup5]

You can get a windforce r9 290 for 449

[DamDirtyApe]

I'd vote for the 770. It's a monster GPU and it outperformed my old 7970 by quite a bit. It's a decent upgrade, uses less power, tons of options and can be found under your budget.

 

If you want to stay with Radeon or go more bang for buck, as stated above, find a 290. 290 can eat a 770 up.

 

As you mentioned in your other posts, you could always go with older cards and SLI/Crossfire them, but I'd still recommend the single powerful video card over dual. I never had much of an issue with Crossfire, but there were a few games I had to disable crossfire on. So with the ease of use and the heat/power concerns, I still vote for 290 on the low or 770.

[Dive5885]

I'd vote for the 770. It's a monster GPU and it outperformed my old 7970 by quite a bit. It's a decent upgrade, uses less power, tons of options and can be found under your budget.

 

If you want to stay with Radeon or go more bang for buck, as stated above, find a 290. 290 can eat a 770 up.

 

As you mentioned in your other posts, you could always go with older cards and SLI/Crossfire them, but I'd still recommend the single powerful video card over dual. I never had much of an issue with Crossfire, but there were a few games I had to disable crossfire on. So with the ease of use and the heat/power concerns, I still vote for 290 on the low or 770.

I found a lot of R9 290 cards any were from $300 - $400. 

 

But they are used and I can bet that half of them were used or bitcoin and mining. 

 

Which I guess puts stress on the card and works 24/7 ?

[dragoon20005]

I found a lot of R9 290 cards any were from $300 - $400. 

 

But they are used and I can bet that half of them were used or bitcoin and mining. 

 

Which I guess puts stress on the card and works 24/7 ?

yea prob the cards life may be reduced drastically

[One Who Craves Souls]

770 is a beast for 1080p 

[Meteora]

with 25 more $ you can get the evga classified or FTW edition 

[Baltothewolf]

If you keep your eyes out, you might be able to find a deal like this. It's extremely rare to find such a deal, and I only picked it up because another forumer over on the EVGA forums picked up one from the same guy and it runs great. The deals are out there, you just have to find them.

[Dive5885]

If you keep your eyes out, you might be able to find a deal like this. It's extremely rare to find such a deal, and I only picked it up because another forumer over on the EVGA forums picked up one from the same guy and it runs great. The deals are out there, you just have to find them.

I found a lot of deals for the R9 290/X but most of them were used for mining. 

 

Which means I'm pretty sure they used the card to the max for some time. 

[dragoon20005]

I found a lot of deals for the R9 290/X but most of them were used for mining. 

 

Which means I'm pretty sure they used the card to the max for some time. 

in that case I think it will be a safer option to choose GTX770 over the AMD R9 290/X

[Baltothewolf]

I found a lot of deals for the R9 290/X but most of them were used for mining. 

 

Which means I'm pretty sure they used the card to the max for some time. 

I bought mine off a miner, just played BF4 for 4 hours and no problems. TBH mining doesn't take that much life off the card, I still have a EVGA GTX 470 that I have had oc'd by a lot (800 core, 1750 mem) since day 1 and it's still chugging along just fine. (It's what the 290x replaced).

[xtelemonx]

If you can get a better card that's used. Bought my 290x off ebay for $425 and it looks and runs like new. 

[7850OC]

R9 280X http://www.ncix.com/detail/club3d-radeon-r9-280x-royalqueen-15-94043-1382.htm

 

R9 280 http://www.ncix.com/detail/club-3d-radeon-r9-280-65-94998-1374.htm

[GamerDude]

I found a lot of R9 290 cards any were from $300 - $400. 

 

But they are used and I can bet that half of them were used or bitcoin and mining. 

 

Which I guess puts stress on the card and works 24/7 ?

What about this? PowerColor TurboDuo R9 290 at 3400USD after rebate....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131569

Reasons for recommending the R9 290 over the GTX770, more VRAM, wider memory bus and overall faster GPU.

 

Wait a sec, did I miss something? Are you from Canada?

[Heisenbleurgh]

r9 290 or gtx 770.