Best gpu under $300

[ScubaChase]

I'm just looking for the best gpu for video editing a gaming under $300.

[Stav Kats]

HD 7950 or wait till the 760Ti hits the market(pretty soon). It should probably be around that price point.

[MJOLNITR VIPER]

7950 is a great card and ive seen a few under $300 right now.

[Bradleywh]

Look for a decent 2nd hand 680. I just got a 680 on ebay for £210. With 2 years warranty left.

[911^NEmeSis]

Yeah mate personally I would go with the 7950. It has great overclocking headroom and is probably one of the best price to performance gpus atm.

[Danimacl]

I bought my MSI 7970 new for $299 (back when they were like $430) on sale at Memory Express, keep your eye open for deals like this. :)

[ERSCreeper]

I got a HD 7950 for $330. So look around for sales.

[AstroGamerSteve]

So which is better - GTX 660Ti or RADEON 7950?

 

I can't find a perfect specs comparison, I mean obviously they use different hardware like CUDA cores/ Stream processors.

But I would be getting an OC 3GB version of either.

 

http://www.geforce.co.uk/hardware/compare-buy-gpus

http://www.cpu-world.com/news_2012/2012020102_AMD_Radeon_HD_7950_Released_-_Prices_and_Specs.html

 

Here's what comparable specs I've found.

[petersleepy]

So which is better - GTX 660Ti or RADEON 7950?

 

I can't find a perfect specs comparison, I mean obviously they use different hardware like CUDA cores/ Stream processors.

But I would be getting an OC 3GB version of either.

 

http://www.geforce.co.uk/hardware/compare-buy-gpus

http://www.cpu-world.com/news_2012/2012020102_AMD_Radeon_HD_7950_Released_-_Prices_and_Specs.html

 

Here's what comparable specs I've found.

I would go with the 7950. It can OC a lot higher and with better performance.

[iSuzak]

i would say the 7950 is generaly much better

 

Benchmark for bioshock

 

[mgsstar]

If you can add around $30 a MSI Twin Frozr 3 7950 will be great card since it can be overclocked to beat the 7970 card.

[TechFan@ic]

So which is better - GTX 660Ti or RADEON 7950?

 

I can't find a perfect specs comparison, I mean obviously they use different hardware like CUDA cores/ Stream processors.

But I would be getting an OC 3GB version of either.

 

http://www.geforce.co.uk/hardware/compare-buy-gpus

http://www.cpu-world.com/news_2012/2012020102_AMD_Radeon_HD_7950_Released_-_Prices_and_Specs.html

 

Here's what comparable specs I've found.

 

Get an HD 7950 3GB boost card, they're as fast as 670s right out of the box & faster than 680s once you overclock them.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/HIS/HD_7950_X2_Boost/31.html

They also have a wider memory buss & a larger frame buffer which make them a lot faster than the nvidia counterparts with Anti Aliasing (the graphics setting that you enable in games to get rid of jaggys)

Full Review : http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/his_radeon_7950_x_iceq_review,20.html

 

 

Another reason why I'd recommend the 7950 is that you get 4 games for free bundled with the card, Crysis 3, Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider & Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon.

[AstroGamerSteve]

Another reason why I'd recommend the 7950 is that you get 4 games for free bundled with the card, Crysis 3, Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider & Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon.

 

HOLY CRAP

 

OK, well that's me just absolutely convinced, thanks guys! I've checked out some more comparisons and yeah, the 7950 consistently gets higher FPS in just about every game. Just wow.

 

But getting Crysis 3, Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider AND Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon just amazes me. That's awesome, considering I have none of those games!

 

7950 it is!

 

BTW, because AMD can't use GPU based PhysX and it has to outsource the processing from the CPU, will that fact that I have an i7 3770k @ 3.4 GHz help ?

[TechFan@ic]

BTW, because AMD can't use GPU based PhysX and it has to outsource the processing from the CPU, will that fact that I have an i7 3770k @ 3.4 GHz help ?

Yes, in fact it was shown that a 7970 + CPU PhysX was slightly faster than a 680 with PhysX enabled in Borderlands 2.

http://www.techspot.com/review/577-borderlands-2-performance/page5.html

Glad to be of help Steve :)