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gtx 745 that cant run anything at more than 30 fps and screen tears with any AA

gibe nao pls

So AMD's new graphics cards are here, and they are pretty sick... But what's even more sick than hearing about a new graphics card? Owning one for yourself!

Aw yeah man, we are giving away one Polaris 10 video card and one Polaris 11 video card thanks to our good friends over at AMD.
 
So, how do you enter to win one of these fine graphics cards?
 
1. Post a comment below telling us what graphics card you're using in your rig and why you want an upgrade to AMD's Polaris lineup. The two winners will be selected at random, so no, the content of your comment doesn't REALLY matter, but this is more fun than seeing 800 posts of "I want it" or "gibe nao pls." One comment (entry) per user.
 
2. Check back here in about a week when the names of our two winners will be added to the OP (giveaway execution is an art not a science people, so I apologize in advance if winners aren't announced in exactly one week).
 
3. Check your inbox here on the forum to make sure you didn't miss it. Our winners' usernames will be added to the OP here, so if you have any question about the legitimacy of a congratulatory message regarding this giveaway, please be sure to check back here and see if your name has been added.
 
And, while this isn't a requirement, feel free to give our friends over at @AMDRadeon on Twitter a follow.
 
Winners will be PMed from this account on the forum. Please do not consider winner messages from any other user in regards to this giveaway.
 
This giveaway is worldwide with no age restriction.
 
Best of luck to all!!
 
EDIT: Winners
 
Polaris 10 winner: Alright, SOMEONE needs to take this GPU!  Let's see if @UltraNeonGaming wants it  you have 72 hours to respond @Herb12 UPDATE: New winner for Polaris 10 is
 
Polaris 11 winner: @OnlyNeedJuan
 
Congrats to our winners! They have 72 hours to respond. If we don't hear back in that time, a new winner (or new winners) will be selected.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Apotop 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 290 4GB IceQ X² Video Card ($259.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($31.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: LG E2411PB-BN 24.0" Monitor ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Headphones: Creative Labs Creative Fatal1ty Headset ($22.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $964.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-17 02:34 EST-0500
This is what I would do. It doesnt factor in rebates so youve got more wiggle room to add things like an SSD if youd like, but the $35 extra to spare is meant for a webcam of your choosing. It has an AMD GPU as was your prefence, and it has a great CPU that is both great for gaming and great for productivity such as tasks like editing/rendering. Overall, it has everything you'd want. If you have cash to spare, the two potential changes would be to include an SSD and to swap the case out for an NZXT S340.

Just a warning, that CPU is basically a workstation CPU. "faster" doesn't mean anything because it's a completely different architecture. It's actually way worse in single-threaded tasks (see: gaming) than any Intel CPU (including the i5-4460 or even the lowly G3258), and a tiny bit worse in multi-threaded tasks than the Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 in my build. Plus, you don't even have a motherboard that can supply sufficient power to that CPU. At the minimum, you want a Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P motherboard, otherwise you risk thermal throttling or an overheated and then blown motherboard. Plus, you really want an aftermarket CPU cooler with the FX series, making it even more expensive. Even though the FX CPU is less expensive, the rest of the components make it not a good idea from a price to performance standpoint, and as you have it now it just doesn't work. At the very least if you must stick with the FX CPU, get that motherboard I mentioned (GA-970A-UD3P) plus a Cooler Master 212 Evo, however I do stand by my original suggestion of a Xeon E3-1231 V3 for this build.
 
Other random notes:
1) Stick to Seagate or Western Digital for HDDs.
2) If you don't care about super high quality speakers, you can get a better monitor with included speakers and get more bang for your buck.
3) I've never heard of that PSU. Make sure you double check on it. It may be a solid unit or it may not. 80+ Gold doesn't necessarily mean it has good components.

Many games will run just fine on the FX. The problem is that CPUs have two different metrics of performance. Single-threaded and multi-threaded. While the FX-8350 has great multi-threaded performance, it has poor single-threaded performance, so any game that relies on that will run poorly while games that can make use of all its cores will run great. This means that no single gaming benchmark can really demonstrate its performance since some games will run great while others run poorly. The commonly played games that require good single-threaded performance that will struggle on this CPU are: Skyrim, Starcraft 2, Planetside 2, WoW (when tons of stufff is happening on screen), Arma 3, Civ 5, and many others. However there are plenty more games that can run just fine on the FX. If you do go that route, I want to keep reiterating that you have to get a good enough motherboard to supply sufficient power to it, otherwise you risk blowing the motherboard or thermal throttling.
 
This is why I suggested the Xeon. It has great single-threaded performance AND multi-threaded performance, so it'll be able to play and stream all games well. Plus, when you factor in that you don't have to buy an aftermarket CPU cooler and the motherboards are typically around $20 cheaper, it's really not that much more than an FX platform. Well worth it in my opinion.

Okay, again, that motherboard cannot supply enough power to that CPU. It just wont work. You need at least the following board:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga970aud3p
 
For other boards with a list of known problems and others that have been used without issue, this thread has a large collection:
http://www.overclock.net/t/946407/amd-motherboards-vrm-info-database
 
I recommend you stick solely to the pure "Yes" answers as you don't want to be installing heat sinks onto the other boards.

Really? That's rare. 4+1 phase VRMs are almost always insufficient.

Haha, whoops!

Yup. You'll struggle in some games, but in most you'll be great.

For $1000 you can get a lot more then just an AMD APU. With this high of a budget for these uses, Intel is much more recommended. 
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant   CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ NCIX US)  Motherboard: MSI B85-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($81.98 @ Newegg)  Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($58.99 @ Newegg)  Storage: A-Data Premier SP610 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ NCIX US)  Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.00 @ Amazon)  Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 290 4GB IceQ X² Video Card  ($239.99 @ Newegg)  Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Micro Center)  Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Amazon)  Monitor: AOC i2267Fw 60Hz 22.0" Monitor  ($129.99 @ Amazon)  Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator - OEM Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($17.99 @ Newegg)  Speakers: Logitech Z313 25W 2.1ch Speakers  ($34.99 @ Amazon)  Total: $966.89 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-17 01:05 EST-0500   ($35 left for a webcam)