GPU recommendation

[Taco420]

Hello

 

Well I´m going to upgrade my GPU in a couple of weeks, however I can´t decided which one should I pick up, I´m looking for a 4GB GPU in order to play recent games on ultra with flawless Fraps, however I can´t decide if I should pick up an AMD or a NVIDIA GPU, I´m looking to spend around $350. Any recommendations please? I´m looking also for a GPU that it´s going to deliver nice graphics into a couple of years more.

*My system is not a bottleneck, Currently I have 8GB of ram and a FX 8320 AMD CPU OC 4.0. Should I also change something more, like more ram?

Thanks!   

[spartaman64]

r9 290x and 8GB of ram is usually plenty

[mapegl]

Ram is fine. Your CPU is also ok, an i5 would be nicer, but in real life there won't be toooo much of a difference.

 

I would go for a 290 or 290X with the Vapor-X cooler on it. Great cooling, very quiet, very powerful, full 4GB VRAM, good overclocking.

 

The 970 is also very good, and some people here will argue 3.5 GB VRAM sucks, but it is still very good. Although since Freesync apparently is now a real thing and cheaper as an implementation I would go the 290/290X route.

[TheSLSAMG]

The R9 290X and GTX 970 are right within your budget. Both cards trade blows, where the 290X is better for higher resolutions (but not extremely) and the GTX 970 is better in terms of power consumption and heat output. Choose based upon what you want. As well, 8GB RAM is fine.

[spartaman64]

The R9 290X and GTX 970 are right within your budget. Both cards trade blows, where the 290X is better for higher resolutions (but not extremely) and the GTX 970 is better in terms of power consumption and heat output. Choose based upon what you want. As well, 8GB RAM is fine.

gtx 970 has 3.5GB of fast ram and .5GB of slow ram. probably wont make a difference as 3.5GB is usually plenty but just as a heads up

[TheSLSAMG]

gtx 970 has 3.5GB of fast ram and .5GB of slow ram. probably wont make a difference as 3.5GB is usually plenty but just as a heads up

Though this is widely known for the most part, it isn't a bad thing to mention. Even then though, benchmarks from reputable sources keep the cards within ~5 frames of each other dependent on title, with the GTX 970 being better for some and the R9 290X being better for others. It has gotten to the point where the argument almost doesn't matter even, but is something that butthurt GTX 970 owners and AMD fanboys like to bring up to poke the shit out of everyone.