What Graphics Card should i buy, got 270 dollars ( gaming rig. with i7-3770k )

[Woodmann]

What Graphics Card should i buy, got 270 dollars ( gaming rig. with i7-3770k )

 :) really need some help, gladly some links :)

[tp95112]

Gtx 660 or a 7870

[mvitkun]

7870 LE/XT

 

http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeon-PCI-Express-Graphics-11199-20-20G/dp/B00AWKYB1M

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131484&Tpk=7870%20LE&IsVirtualParent=1

 

also this isn't appropriate for the troubleshooting section.your not going through an issue and you need to find a solution to it.

 

this should be moved to graphics cards.

[LIGISTX]

I would say get this, no question. 7950. My brother just got one, basically a beast.

Nothing wrong with the 7870 options either. All are good, but I believe the 7950 will OC better in addition to just being faster, not sure though...

Also 3 gigs of RAM vs only 2, VRAM is going to be important with higher res stuff like 4k coming.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150590

[XiaoPigs]

If your budget can't be any higher I would go with the 7870 XT.

 

It's faster then the 660(660 is cheaper though) and has such a good game bundle in the form of the Never Settle Bundle :D

[BlackOutCrisis]

If you can find a good 7950 then grab one of those but if not then definitely go with a 7870. 7870's have had a HUGE increase in performance from drivers lately.

[Woodmann]

thanks you guys, so fast answers ! :D amazing :) thank you all :D

[LIGISTX]

If you can get a few extra dollars, go for the 7950 like I posed up there a bit. Its only 290 after rebate, and you get Free Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon, Crysis 3 & Bioshock, limited offer as shown on the newegg page.

 

That means a lot, and from personal experience, both crysis and bioshock are awesome. Beat crysis the day it came out (im a crysis fanboy, no lie) and half way through bioshock. Both are GREAT. and blood dragon should be sick, ill start playing that in a few weeks.

[Benbass]

I second the 7950. OP, you should push a little your budget, it a beast card to overclock from what I read.

 

Can the 7950 still be bios flashed to a 7970 ?

[ZombifiedPyro]

Definitely go for the 7950, wait for a sale and you can find them as low as 250.

[LIGISTX]

I second the 7950. OP, you should push a little your budget, it a beast card to overclock from what I read.

 

Can the 7950 still be bios flashed to a 7970 ?

Not sure if it can be flashed up, but honestly the OC you can get is plenty enough. I run a GTX 470 on water and its overclocked stupid high, think like 45% on the core... And it easily handles all current games at 1080p, and a 7950 destroys even my card. So in all honesty, it will be plenty amazing. 

 

I just got my brother one, but since he is running a non overclocked i5 760 (first gen i5 with first gen turbo), it is CPU bottlenecked, so I didn't even mess with an OC on the 7950 cuz there wouldn't be much point. But at stock it did amazing for 1080p gaming, even on that "old and slow" i5.

[HEXiT]

what size screen are you playing on? its all well and good people shouting buy a gtx 67900x2 gddr15 with 10 gigs of ram. but if hes playing on a 19 inch 1280/1024 monitor all the power of the gfx card will be wasted producing 200 fps on a 60 fps screen.

build a balanced system is my ethos.

 

if your screen is 1600/900 or less then a 1 gig card will be more than enough a 1080p screen then no more than 2 gigs. a 4k screen then 3 gigs muli (3+ screens) then 2x3gig or 6 gig.

this is regardless of gpu horse power...

for your system if your running a single 1080p screen i would suggest something along the lines of a 7870 or a 7950 with 2 gigs of ram or the equivalent from the green team.

[Troll]

Is it plugged in?

[LIGISTX]

what size screen are you playing on? its all well and good people shouting buy a gtx 67900x2 gddr15 with 10 gigs of ram. but if hes playing on a 19 inch 1280/1024 monitor all the power of the gfx card will be wasted producing 200 fps on a 60 fps screen.

build a balanced system is my ethos.

 

if your screen is 1600/900 or less then a 1 gig card will be more than enough a 1080p screen then no more than 2 gigs. a 4k screen then 3 gigs muli (3+ screens) then 2x3gig or 6 gig.

this is regardless of gpu horse power...

for your system if your running a single 1080p screen i would suggest something along the lines of a 7870 or a 7950 with 2 gigs of ram or the equivalent from the green team.

I agree with this, but just for future proofing at this point, I would say try and get 3 GB of ram. Even if you don't have high res now, assuming you will want the GPU for a few years, there is a good chance you will be getting a new monitor within that time, and spending the extra ~50 bucks now to help out latter at higher res. 

[oOInSaNeGaM3ROo]

i would wait for the release of the nvidia gtx 700 series cards as the 600 series prices will fal and you could then maybe get a gtx 670 from asus or msi

[ZombifiedPyro]

i would wait for the release of the nvidia gtx 700 series cards as the 600 series prices will fal and you could then maybe get a gtx 670 from asus or msi

Exactly what I am waiting to do, I am hoping to get a 3770K and a 660Ti cheap.

[oOInSaNeGaM3ROo]

Exactly what I am waiting to do, I am hoping to get a 3770K and a 660Ti cheap.

i was going to buy a gtx 670 but im waiting till the gtx 770 comes out to see if it's worth the extra or get a gtx 680 for cheap