$250 for New Gpu.. Is It possible?

[Dive5885]

So that's my new budget..

I would like to get a card that can do 1080p 60 Fps smoothly @ ultra/high

I've been without a Gpu for about a month now and would like to get something by next week.

Without a Gpu I can't use my desktop..

What would you guys reccomend?

Thanks!

[DoubleY]

R9 270X?

[asker509]

R9 290 maybe during a sale otherwise the gtx 960 when it comes out

[Dive5885]

R9 270X?

I doubt that it can handle running BF4 the way I want.

[Just The Tips]

The r9 290 from msi is around $280 on amazon, if you want to spend the extra 30 bucks of course.

[Dive5885]

The r9 290 from msi is around $280 on amazon, if you want to spend the extra 25 bucks of course.

I might be able to but no guarantee that I can.

[SkimmyMcG]

I doubt that it can handle running BF4 the way I want.

Well what do you want?

[Oshino Shinobu]

You can pick up an R9 290 for a little more than $250 after a rebate http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202080&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

 

Might be worth waiting till Friday to see what offers come up. 

[Dive5885]

Well what do you want?

1080p

60 Fps smooth

Ultra/high settings

[SkimmyMcG]

You can pick up an R9 290 for a little more than $250 after a rebate http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202080&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

 

Might be worth waiting till Friday to see what offers come up. 

I agree, if you can squeeze in the extra it'll be well worth it.

[Dive5885]

I agree, if you can squeeze in the extra it'll be well worth it.

Alright I will try and get and R9 290. 

 

Thanks. 

[Thebman712]

290 is low al over the place, if not a 280 or 280x is your best bet

[DoubleY]

1080p

60 Fps smooth

Ultra/high settings

270X would be fine for that. 

[Dive5885]

270X would be fine for that.

do you think that 270X will perform better than my previous 7950 ?

[Dive5885]

290 is low al over the place, if not a 280 or 280x is your best bet

I found plenty of them , but mostly the low priced ones are reference cooler cards.

 

Last time everyone said to avoid the reference card.

[typographie]

do you think that 270X will perform better than my previous 7950 ?

 

The 270X is approximately a rebranded HD 7870, so probably a downgrade to some degree. The R9 280 is a rebranded HD 7950. For the sake of completeness, the R9 280X is an HD 7970 GHz Edition. Only the R9 290 and 290X are "new" chips (Hawaii). On Nvidia's side, a good portion the 700 series is rebranded from the 600's as well.

 

You might either want to try get a bit more to spend, or wait longer.

[DoubleY]

do you think that 270X will perform better than my previous 7950 ?

I don't believe so

[Dive5885]

R9 280 overclocked. Put in an extra $50 and get an R9 290, or find a cheap one maybe.

I found good deals on the R9 290 but most of the good deals are on the reference cooler cards.

[MattLantis]

The r9 290 from msi is around $280 on amazon, if you want to spend the extra 30 bucks of course.

It's definatly worth the extra 30

[Dive5885]

It's something to consider if the cooler isn't a top priority I guess. It would give you miles more performance. 

I don't really mind it being a reference cooler.

 

I managed to cool 3 - 7950's  perfectly fine when I had a 3-way setup, I'm sure I can cool one Reference R9 290.

[GloriousPain]

I found good deals on the R9 290 but most of the good deals are on the reference cooler cards.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-axr92904gbd5ppdhe

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-1003622sr

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvr929wf34gd

3 of the best R9 290s with rebate one is $250 -.- the other two are only about $20 more...  

[typographie]

I don't really mind it being a reference cooler.

 

I managed to cool 3 - 7950's  perfectly fine when I had a 3-way setup, I'm sure I can cool one Reference R9 290.

 

I wouldn't recommend it. The Hawaii-based cards got rather mixed/poor reviews based on the reference cooler models that were tested when they were first released. The cards get very hot, the fans exceedingly loud (Anandtech's sample got as hot as 94°C and 60 dB!). If you turn the fans down, it's going to throttle down to stay within spec, which means it's sometimes performing a lot slower than a 290 should. This is a different set of problems (and in some ways, ones harder to remedy) than that posed by three mid-range cards in Crossfire.

 

To be honest, if it were me, I'd probably be hanging on until at least the GTX 960 is released, if not also midrange R9 300's. I don't like making recommendations like that, but the HD 7950 still isn't that far off from most $200-250 cards available right now.

[Laurysss]

I doubt that it can handle running BF4 the way I want.

Runs good maxed out.

[Dive5885]

I wouldn't recommend it. The Hawaii-based cards got rather mixed/poor reviews based on the reference cooler models that were tested when they were first released. The cards get very hot, the fans exceedingly loud (Anandtech's sample got as hot as 94°C and 60 dB!). If you turn the fans down, it's going to throttle down to stay within spec, which means it's sometimes performing a lot slower than a 290 should. This is a different set of problems (and in some ways, ones harder to remedy) than that posed by three mid-range cards in Crossfire.

 

To be honest, if it were me, I'd probably be hanging on until at least the GTX 960 is released, if not also midrange R9 300's. I don't like making recommendations like that, but the HD 7950 still isn't that far off from most $200-250 cards available right now.

Well the company I bought my 7950 from will replace the defective one I have with a new one so I think I will stick with the 7950 until I really need to upgrade.

[DavidBardock]

For this kind of money i highly recommend R9 280X just bough this card my self last Friday, for BF4 its a best bank for your buck, with mantle on i get 90-100fps avg, and i had gtx 760 4gb version, i must say that r9 280x handles games really impressive, far cry 4 on ultra without god rays avg fps is 60 even knowing that ubisoft didn't configured the game for AMD cards. Really good purchase for this kind of money, GTX 770 ain't worth extra 50-100$ and im not AMD fanboy, this is my first AMD card since last 8 years.