Need help choosing a graphics card.

[MoeThePCNerd]

Hi guys, I need help with choosing a good graphics card. I have bought my other parts and its the last thing I need. It has to look really nice (Preferably a backplate and LED lights on it) and performe nicely. I know you guys will suggest some good graphics cards so let me just put this out there, Im not too concerned with bottlenecking of any kind. As long as I can run games(Crysis3 far cry 3&4, Bf4, etc) at medium to ultra settings at 1080p and maybe do some recording then thats fine for me. My card budget is $200-$300 CAD.

 

my list of parts that I have:

CPU: Amd athlon x4 860k (Planning to OC it, havent got around to it yet though)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper d92

Mobo: Asrock a88x fm2 pro3+ fm2+

Ram: Corsair vengeance 8gb 1600mhz

Case: Corsair Spec 01

PSU: EVGA 600b 600wat psu

SSD: Crucial m500 240gb ssd

HDD: Dont have one yet.

Windows 8

 

And yes, this is my first build, It is mostly based on looks a bit more than performance.

[Lolzious]

R9 280X, my friend. Theres also a 290X on sale for $280

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150696&cm_sp=Homepage_FDD-_-P1_14-150-696-_-01272015

[ANewFace]

280X, or GTX 960

[Imakuni]

280X, or GTX 960

I don't know if that'll do, but how about this: get a 960. Since it has very low tdp, you could downgrade your PSU into the 450W range, and with that money, get a stronger CPU?

 

The dream? Maybe??

[Uwillparish]

I don't know if that'll do, but how about this: get a 960. Since it has very low tdp, you could downgrade your PSU into the 450W range, and with that money, get a stronger CPU?

 

The dream? Maybe??

he has already bought the other parts

[MoeThePCNerd]

The gigabyte gtx 960 actually looks really really good. Im definitely considering it, but cant it record at 1080p atleast medium?

[IGetMoreAssThanAToiletSeat]

Yea Id go with the gtx 960. Sexiest back plate and lighting.

[lovingGamer]

R9 280X, my friend. Theres also a 290X on sale for $280

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150696&cm_sp=Homepage_FDD-_-P1_14-150-696-_-01272015

his cpu is 860k it will bottleneck r9 280x

[Lolzious]

his cpu is 860k it will bottleneck r9 280x

He'll still be getting better performance than a 960, and it will  be cheaper. Just think of all dat VRAM

[JustCallMeVlad]

He doesn't need a super expensive gpu because that cpu is weak. Max should be a 270X/gtx 760

Personally op I would buy a 750 Ti

[R_Golden]

That's an odd setup. I would say go with a 270/270x, considering it seems like you're on a budget here judging by that CPU.

[MoeThePCNerd]

backplate guys. Also I think the 860k can handle more than the 750ti without bottlenecking. budget is up to $300 CAD. Dont worry about bottlenecks, truthfully Ill probably upgrade in a year or two to an i5 or something similar. I think the gtx 960 gigabyte g1 edition will be good for this. looks really nice.

I also dont need 100fps, 30min and 60-70 max is fine, my monitor is 60hz anyways. thanks for the help guys