Best $250 Gaming GPU

[GloryMuffens]

The title tells is all am looking for a new graphics card for my pc but not an expensive one and one that i could stick with for a good amount of time and can run upcoming games doesn't have to be ultimate preset just not 30 frames so far i only found out the GTX 660 and the AMD R9 270x any suggestions would be huge 

Thanks in advance

[LukaP]

gtx760?

 

or wait a week or two and get a maxwell 750ti. apparently its gonna be very power efficient

[Swegly]

gtx760?

 

or wait a week or two and get a maxwell 750ti. apparently its gonna be very power efficient

Out of those two, the 760 will probably thrash the 750ti preformance wise. 

[LukaP]

Out of those two, the 760 will probably thrash the 750ti preformance wise. 

true, but price to performance, i think it may take the crown off the 650ti boost. also watts/jiggahertz of speed will be tremendous.

 

i mean 960 CUDA cores on one 6pin...

a year ago i rocked a 250 with 192 CUDA cores on one 6pin....

[JAKEBAB]

id say go with the amd card as it will most likely be better in your case and u can always hope mantle does some more damage in the lower end cards. i dont see u buying a gsync monitor anytime soon hence why u should go for the red team.

[JAKEBAB]

true, but price to performance, i think it may take the crown off the 650ti boost. also watts/jiggahertz of speed will be tremendous.

 

i mean 960 CUDA cores on one 6pin...

a year ago i rocked a 250 with 192 CUDA cores on one 6pin....

remember it is suppose to be about 15% slower than the 660 he probably wants the most performance for his dollar and i wouldnt get that if i could get a faster card for the same price.

[LukaP]

remember it is suppose to be about 15% slower than the 660 he probably wants the most performance for his dollar and i wouldnt get that if i could get a faster card for the same price.

yeah, i never said its the best option. and neither is the 660. really the 760 is his best shot. for 1080p its a superb card, and when OCd to 1.3GHz and 8000MHz on the memory, its a beast for the money

[GloryMuffens]

the one i got good feeds on and for 250 was the R9 270x but which model should i get 

[Ryan Leech]

I would pick up a GTX 760 if it's within your price range. A GTX 580 would be good for the sub $200 price point.

[GloryMuffens]

and the 760 is for $350 where i am from so that's why i didn't consider it as a option 

[Picklenuttz]

the one i got good feeds on and for 250 was the R9 270x but which model should i get 

What does the MSI one go for where you are?

 

I have a msi  270x in my spare rig and it's fantastic. Silent and cool also.

[LukaP]

and the 760 is for $350 where i am from so that's why i didn't consider it as a option 

ah fair enough. what about a 660ti?

 

otherwise go for the 270 and overclock it to the wall, it will perform better than a 270x stock

[voaz]

remember it is suppose to be about 15% slower than the 660 he probably wants the most performance for his dollar and i wouldnt get that if i could get a faster card for the same price.

My 660SC has a 6pin

[JAKEBAB]

My 660SC has a 6pin

i have no idea why u said that

[Maxibonbits]

Personally I would get the best AMD card i can that fits your budget.

 

Mantle will hopefully be adopted by more games and Open CL is basically the same performance as CUDA but supported by more programs.

[GloryMuffens]

So R9 270x is what i should get but there are a lot of model like dual-x , MSI , Vapor-x which one is the best 

[Faceman]

MSI GeForce GTX760 Twin Frozr 2GB/GDDR5 256bit

 

This card is extremely overclockable and performs very well in stock setting.  The link has it for $270, but if you shop around I have seen it as low as $240-$250.

 

http://www.frys.com/product/7741988?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

 

test.

[TechFan@ic]

true, but price to performance, i think it may take the crown off the 650ti boost. also watts/jiggahertz of speed will be tremendous.

 

i mean 960 CUDA cores on one 6pin...

a year ago i rocked a 250 with 192 CUDA cores on one 6pin....

Kepler & Fermi CUDA cores are entirely different, a Fermi CUDA core is roughly three times as large and three times as fast per clock as a Kepler CUDA core.

To answer the author's question ,the best performing $250 card is a GTX 760, for $50 more you can get an R9 280X which gives you significantly more performance & 3GB of video memory as compared to the 760's 2GB.

[LukaP]

Kepler & Fermi CUDA cores are entirely different, a Fermi CUDA core is roughly three times as large and three times as fast per clock as a Kepler CUDA core.

To answer the author's question ,the best performing $250 card is a GTX 760, for $50 more you can get an R9 280X which gives you significantly more performance & 3GB of video memory as compared to the 760's 2GB.

I know they are, but the final speeds are still rising very much since the amount of cores is getting bigger now. I just hope maxwell brings kepler strenght, in a smaller package with more cores

[voaz]

i have no idea why u said that

Wrong quote >_<