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I've had a few opinions on graphics cards from people here, but they all seem to be expensive graphics cards. Is there a graphics card like the G3258 CPU, that is just amazing bang for it's buck?

 

I do have a reasonably high budget, but I don't want to spend all of it unless an expensive graphics card really is necessary. So yeah, basically: what is an amazing graphics card for it's price?

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r9 270

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R9 280 or 280X are amazing cards for the money

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Sapphire R9 280X and Sapphire tri-x R9 290 straight up. Those cards are fantastic. GTX 760 is also a very strong contender.

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The R9 290 is the standout bang for buck card if you have the money for it.

Get the Tri-X version from Sapphire.

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280x or 290

 

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R9 280 all the way.

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If you want something cheap, the 7850 is the G3258 of the GPUs; if you overclock it, it beats all it's similarity priced competition.

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Any of the new AMD cards will give you bang for your buck. Nvidia is not where you go for price/performance.

Maybe post your budget and an initial parts list and we can help you pick one?

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Thanks for all of the suggestions everybody.

 

I am going to be running it with a Pentium G3258 just to see how well it performs. If it's not to my liking I'll keep the G3258 until Christmas time, and then upgrade to a i7 4790k or something. 

 

The 290 tri-x looks pretty beefy, so I'll try and fit it in with my budget.

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270x is the best "Bang for the buck" would get a 280 instead thoz

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I've had a few opinions on graphics cards from people here, but they all seem to be expensive graphics cards. Is there a graphics card like the G3258 CPU, that is just amazing bang for it's buck?

 

I do have a reasonably high budget, but I don't want to spend all of it unless an expensive graphics card really is necessary. So yeah, basically: what is an amazing graphics card for it's price?

basically anywhere from a 270 to a 290 on the AMD side is the best bang for your buck. Pick your price bracket and get the AMD card.

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265 seems to be, although a good gtx660 gives the best muscle for your hustle imo. my mini travel rig uses a 660 @ stock voltage 1150Mhz core, and the performance is close behind a 760. you can find a good 660 for less than 200 bucks if you look around, and it would pair nicely with the cpu you mentioned.

 

*edit: this here is a stupidly good deal with the free game. 180bucks 3GB 660 plus free watchdogs.

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I'm considering the 290 Tri-X or the R9 270x. I'm leaning more towards the 270 purely because it's cheaper - is it still a pretty solid card?

 

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*edit: this here is a stupidly good deal with the free game. 180bucks 3GB 660 plus free watchdogs.

 

Thanks for the advice, but I'm from the UK, and Newegg barely stocks any items for the UK - lo and behold this is out of stock in the UK.

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