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Are 900 Series GTX (And The Like) Still Good Budget GPU's?

Volework
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Hey everyone! Volework here.

I'll keep it short and sweet.

So, I've managed to collect around $550 to play with for some new computer parts, and I'm really leaning on Newegg's Early BTS Sale and Refurbished parts if I can to get the best "Bang For Your Buck."

What I'm really looking for are parts that I can keep for at least 2 - 4 years and still be able to play new releases fairly well, around  50 - 60 FPS on High, with some tweaking.
So, that leads me to the question for my GPU: Are GTX 900 Series / R7 300 Series / R9 200 Series still good (I think I got the hierarchy's right...)? What do you guys recommend?

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290 = 390 ~= 970 

 

do whatever is within your PSU limits and is cheapest. 

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138 is a good number.

 

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If you can get a good 980Ti or 980 that'd be kick ass. 

1060 is equiv to 980 and 1070 is 980Ti.

Downside is power consumption. 

 

390/x is just rebranded 290/x. 

idk

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I have a GTX 970 and it runs practically any game 1080p 60fps on high/ultra settings.

My stuff:

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CPU :  Intel i5 8400 | GPU : MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4GB

 

RAM : 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 @ 3600MHz

 

Mouse : Logitech G502 HERO SE | Keyboard : Mountain Everest Max w/ Cherry MX Brown

 

Headset : Beyerdynamics DT990 Pro 250Ω w/ AT2020USB+

 

Monitor : Acer XF240H @  144Hz

 

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Purchase a 1070 on credit card so you can make the minimum payments every month.

The prices havent fallen much yet for the 900 series.

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6 minutes ago, yathis said:

Purchase a 1070 on credit card so you can make the minimum payments every month.

The prices havent fallen much yet for the 900 series.

op spoke about refurbished, you can get a used 980ti for around 250 :P

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10 minutes ago, yathis said:

Purchase a 1070 on credit card so you can make the minimum payments every month.

The prices havent fallen much yet for the 900 series.

assuming the OP can afford payments, and the payments the OP can make isn't going to be finishing to pay it off in about 10 years time, because of interest, You really want to be able to pay the entire debit off within 3 months max with a credit card, as most cards give you about that length of time interest free

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The Lord of all Toasters (1920X 1080ti 32GB)

The Toasted Controller (i5 4670, R9 380, 24GB)

The Semi Portable Toastie machine (i7 3612QM (was an i3) intel HD 4000 16GB)'

Bread and Butter Pudding (i7 7700HQ, 1050ti, 16GB)

Pinoutbutter Sandwhich (raspberry pi 3 B)

The Portable Slice of Bread (N270, HAHAHA, 2GB)

Muffinator (C2D E6600, Geforce 8400, 6GB, 8X2TB HDD)

Toastbuster (WIP, should be cool)

loaf and let dough (A printer that doesn't print black ink)

The Cheese Toastie (C2D (of some sort), GTX 760, 3GB, win XP gaming machine)

The Toaster (C2D, intel HD, 4GB, 2X1TB NAS)

Matter of Loaf and death (some old shitty AMD laptop)

windybread (4X E5470, intel HD, 32GB ECC) (use coming soon, maybe)

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Plenty of b stock stuff around. Several friends still using a single 980/ti. I'm still using Kepler myslef. No reason to get something new. 

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Spare RIg Lian Li O11 AIR MINI, I7 4790K, Asus Maximus VI Extreme, G.Skill Ares 2400 32Gb, EVGA 1080ti, 1080sc 1070sc & 1060 SSC, EVGA 850GA, Acer KG251Q 1920x1080@240hz

 

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