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Hi Guys

 

I'm looking for a new graphics card.

 

Current setup up is:

 

Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z

AMD FX8350 OC 4.6GHZ

Crucial Ballistics 16GB 1600mhz

X2 Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon HD 5770 in Crossfire-X

Samsung 120GB SSD for OS - Windows 7 64bit

Seagate 1TB SSHD for User/Program files

 

I've been able to run all the newest game not far of max setting recently but a couple of new ones have came out where the gameplay is now suffering in high settings :( so time for a change.

 

I'm sticking with AMD. I'm looking to spend £250GBP/$419USD.

 

What is gonna be give me best bang for my buck?

 

Way to many brands and variation of the same thing to choose from... do I go to Asus or stick with Sapphire for example.... how much vram is best nowadays.... at least 4gb I'd think??

 

Anyway... what do you say?  

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The Sapphire tri X R9 290 is on a deal on amazon.co.uk

 

Go for that or go home! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-TRI-X-Graphics-Card-PCI-E/dp/B00HFA44YQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1401538097&sr=8-1&keywords=r9+290

who cares...

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Damn I'm tempted to buy that myself.

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Your awesome system requires an awesome graphics card :D

Definitely an aftermarket R9 290.

Little bit over you budget but definitely worth it!

 i5 3570k @4.all over the place || CM Hyper TX3 Evo || ASRock Z77 professional-m || 8GB G.SKILL Ripjaws Z 2400mhz CL10 || MSI GTX770 2GB OC'd 1280/3825mhz || ADATA SP900 128GB || Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 || Logitech G502 || Audio Technica ATH-M50

 

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This OP, it's worth shelling out the extra 30 quid for

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Yeah a R9 290 is what you want :P

CPU: Intel i7 3970X @ 4.7 GHz  (custom loop)   RAM: Kingston 1866 MHz 32GB DDR3   GPU(s): 2x Gigabyte R9 290OC (custom loop)   Motherboard: Asus P9X79   

Case: Fractal Design R3    Cooling loop:  360 mm + 480 mm + 1080 mm,  tripple 5D Vario pump   Storage: 500 GB + 240 GB + 120 GB SSD,  Seagate 4 TB HDD

PSU: Corsair AX860i   Display(s): Asus PB278Q,  Asus VE247H   Input: QPad 5K,  Logitech G710+    Sound: uDAC3 + Philips Fidelio x2

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