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So I've been looking around and this is what Ive found:

MSI R9 290 reference for $250 CAD

MSI R9 280X Twin frozr for $190 CAD

MSI R9 290 Twin frozr for $300

Which one seems like a better deal? I play mostly GTA V and will soon be playing Rainbow Six if it's good. I can try to talk the guy lower but at which prices would you buy these cards at? Or should I look for different brands?

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Be careful with buying used high end AMD cards as they were usually used for mining.

 

Look into some used stuff from Nvidia

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Be careful with buying used high end AMD cards as they were usually used for mining.

Look into some used stuff from Nvidia

Or would you just suggest that I get a new card that performs worse?

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Or would you just suggest that I get a new card that performs worse?

Depends, whats your budget?

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Depends, whats your budget?

Would like to spend between 200-300 CAD max could do slightly more.
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Would like to spend between 200-300 CAD max could do slightly more.

For that budget you could get a 280x or 960. If you save just a little more you could get a 970

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I would say try to buy a card used when a new card starts being availiable in stores (R9 300 series, 980 TI/Metal) because all the graphics snobs will go out and buy new cards for a extra 5 fps and the used market gets flooded with R9 290X's, 980's, and 970,s. Back when the titan x came out I saw year old titan Black's going for 500-600 bucks for a 6gb card.

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I would say try to buy a card used when a new card starts being availiable in stores (R9 300 series, 980 TI/Metal) because all the graphics snobs will go out and buy new cards for a extra 5 fps and the used market gets flooded with R9 290X's, 980's, and 970,s. Back when the titan x came out I saw year old titan Black's going for 500-600 bucks for a 6gb card.

How long would I have to wait for that?

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If I can find a GTX970 for around 399.99 on the next NCIX sale should I get it? I'm looking at EVGA, Gigabye, MSI and Asus cards mainly.

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So I've been looking around and this is what Ive found:

MSI R9 290 reference for $250 CAD

MSI R9 280X Twin frozr for $190 CAD

MSI R9 290 Twin frozr for $300

Which one seems like a better deal? I play mostly GTA V and will soon be playing Rainbow Six if it's good. I can try to talk the guy lower but at which prices would you buy these cards at? Or should I look for different brands?

 

Considering you live in Vancouver, the prices for those cards are some-what okay.

 

If you can talk the price down for the R9-280X closer to $150, that would be a hell of a deal.

The R9-290's seems to bit expensive though. I've seen a few used non-reference R9-290's here, on the island, go for $200~$250.

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I have been seeing 280(vanilla) and 285's for 180.00usd. If I were to buy a new card for under $200 I would get one of those.

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Don't buy a used AMD card, there's a good chance it was used for mining. I would save for a used 970 or a new 290.

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