GPU advice

[VonAnsorge]

HI guys, my first topic here, so I hope this is a correct section.

 

One of the fans on my r9 270 died and suprisingly i got a full refund instead of a repair (no complains ). Because of the fact that I have no time for gaming during summer, I have been using integrated GPU ever since. But now it´s time for a new card.

 

I´m running i5 4440, 8 gigs of ram, 550W psu on resolution 1680x1050. Next year I want to upgrade my monitor to something with adaptivesync support (maybe G-sync but I am not sure that I want to lock my GPU upgrades to one brand because of my monitor, I mean I stick with one monitor for quite a long time), 1440p tops.

 

I am not quite impressed by r9 285 and gtx 970 is well beyond my budget, so waiting for gtx 960 is one option (atleast it should force AMD to drop prices a bit, if nothing else), 770 still costs the same despite nvidia´s price drop (Czech Republic) so that is not an option either.

Another option would be to get another 270 or perhaps 750 ti (costs aproximately 25% less).

Or the last option would be to buy some used crapy card and switch it with the hd 5770 in my old computer, that I gave to my parents (they do not game so they wouldn´t notice any difference), but I am not sure that this card is enough for current games. I don´t want to play with low details (if I am "wasting" time with playing computer games, than at least it should look good :-))

 

What do you guys think? thx for opinions

[Laputacake]

If you're  1050p im running a 760 and max everything inc. watch dogs but that gets a bit choppy at ultra with the mod to enable pretty things but turn it down to high it runs smoothly i think but when it comes to frame rates im good with 10 fps.

[DamnTarget]

GTX 970. it uses a low amount of power, it's quite cheap and overclocks like a b**** to get higher performance like the 980.

[VonAnsorge]

GTX 760 is not worth the money they are asking for it, r9 270x is faster and where I live cheaper. I really do like 970, but it just costs too much for my liking, I mean there are times when I play less than 10 hours a month, so in my mind such an "expensive" card is not particularly good investment.

 

In my country costs are like this: 750 ti starts at 3500,-, 760 at 6000,-, r9 270 at 4500,- r9 270x 5200,- and gtx 970 at 9000,- (czk)

 

EDIT: I may not have comunicated this through well, with 2nd and 3rd option I would buy both monitor and some more powerfull GPU.

[DamnTarget]

GTX 760 is not worth the money they are asking for it, r9 270x is faster and where I live cheaper. I really do like 970, but it just costs too much for my liking, I mean there are times when I play less than 10 hours a month, so in my mind such an "expensive" card is not particularly good investment.

 

In my country costs are like this: 750 ti starts at 3500,-, 760 at 6000,-, r9 270 at 4500,- r9 270x 5200,- and gtx 970 at 9000,- (czk)

 

EDIT: I may not have comunicated this through well, with 2nd and 3rd option I would buy both monitor and some more powerfull GPU.

So what is your budget for the graphics card?

[VonAnsorge]

Well about 250$, for GPU upgrade now and next year only monitor. If I could get something around 150$ which would play games well on 1680x1050 (for about a year),  I should be able to sell it for at least 1/2 the price next year (still with a one year warranty) and get something new from AMD or NV and new monitor at the same time.

[DamnTarget]

Something like this? http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Version-PCI-Express-Graphics-11220-00-20G/dp/B00I0D81OG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1412513385&sr=8-3&keywords=7870

[VonAnsorge]

Something like that would be great, but ordering from abroad is not favourable thx to national bank intervention and various taxes on such things.

This is my favourite e-shop in my country www.alzashop.com (set shipping to some euro using country, for example germany). So my budged in euros is about 230 or 130 euros (incl. VAT)

[DamnTarget]

So this? http://www.alzashop.com/sapphire-r9-270-dual-x-oc-boost-d506254.htm 156Euros (My keyboard doesn't have the Euro symbol.)

[VonAnsorge]

Looks good, I have been going throuh used cards and I came upon this http://www.alzashop.com/sapphire-r9-270x-dual-x-oc-boost-d484423.htm for 120 euros, still with 1/2 year warranty. Looks like a good deal doesn´t it?

[DamnTarget]

Yes, that is a good deal. Go for it!

[VonAnsorge]

OK, thanks for your time. I´ll get that one.