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I have been in search of a GPU for my rig pretty much ever since I built it (around a month and a half ago), I have managed to narrow my choices down to a few different options. (The following GPUs would be bought used)

EVGA GTX 760 Dual SC ACX 2GB Dual Bios

ASUS GTX 760 DirectCU II 2GB

Gigabyte GTX 760 Windforce 3X 2GB

Sapphire Radeon R9 280X VAPOR-X 3GB

 

Of the three 760s I am leaning towards either the EVGA or the Gigabyte as the ASUS cooler doesn't quite fit in with a blue and black color scheme.

 

The main usage of the card will be gaming, just a couple of the games that I intend on playing are World of Tanks, Skyrim (Heavily modded), Crysis 2, Crysis 3, Hitman Absolution, and League of Legends.

I also mess around in Photoshop, every now and then, and also plan on recording videos (with fraps), then editing & rendering them with Camtasia Studio 8.

 

Which of these four options would give me the best performance compared to the others in these games and applications?

(I would prefer to go with one of the 760s but will still consider the 280x as it is roughly the same price as the other options right now)

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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The 280X, no doubt. There is little logical reason to buy a 760 right now unless you already have one.

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umm, well, evga has the best customer service and a step-up program

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a 760 with 2GB will not run a heavily modded skyrim easily, get a 970, 290x, 290 atleast .. you need more Vram

 

Well considering that I'm using my integrated hd 4600 graphics for it right now....

 

I would absolutely love to get a 970, but my current budget doesn't quite allow for that right now...

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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I said months, not weeks.  I would wait to get the latest generation card.

 

I'd rather not have to wait months, I mean I could get a 750 ti or something cheaper to at least get me somewhat decent performance (better than now) until I can get something more powerful such as the 960 or 970.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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I'd rather not have to wait months, I mean I could get a 750 ti or something cheaper to at least get me somewhat decent performance (better than now) until I can get something more powerful such as the 960 or 970.

Would you buy a used card to tide you over?

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Would you buy a used card to tide you over?

 

Possibly, it depends on the condition of the card, what card it is, and what the price is.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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If you were planning on upgrading soon anyways why buy a new card?

 

No clue :P

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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Yeah and I agree with you, itll be 2 - 3 months max.

 

I guess I could just wait it out another month or two until I have enough money saved up to possibly get a 970, who knows, I might not be able to afford it until February or even later, and if I am going to have the money for the 970 when the 960 comes out, I might as well just get the 970 instead of the 960.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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whats your maximum budget for a new card?

 

Currently I'm looking at about $200 for the end of this month (Thats why the cards I was looking at were used not new), maybe $350 by the end of February.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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Non-refrence 970 is 369.99 .. you have the choice to wait and get a much better card that you listed OR pay now to get a used card that you'll need to change by early 2016

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Non-refrence 970 is 369.99 .. you have the choice to wait and get a much better card that you listed OR pay now to get a used card that you'll need to change by early 2016

 

There are some that are cheaper than that, you just have to look in the right places.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487075&cm_re=gtx_970_evga-_-14-487-075-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125706&cm_re=gtx_970_gigabyte-_-14-125-706-_-Product

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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Good! I actually looked for Gigabytes which has good clocks .. hope you can get one soon buddy ..

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