Best Graphics Card

[Dobbsjr]

What graphics card is both budget friendly and powerful?

[zonahbear]

Define "budget"

how much do you want to spend

[Prikk]

What budget are we talking about?

[Ganz]

That's kind of like saying "What car is is both budget friendly and fast"  There are a lot of options depending on budget and what you planning on doing.  Do you game @1080p?  Multiple Monitors?  What games?  Frame target?  Settings target?  You need to give us more information.

[Dobbsjr]

About 1,750~

[Dobbsjr]

That's kind of like saying "What car is is both budget friendly and fast"  There are a lot of options depending on budget and what you planning on doing.  Do you game @1080p?  Multiple Monitors?  What games?  Frame target?  Settings target?  You need to give us more information.

I probably won't have multiple monitors and I'll be playing Bioshock, Shadow of Mordor, etc. Idk about the resolution (4k would be nice though )

[Butterfish]

About 1,750~

Titan X

 

edit: Jokes aside, i would get the 970. Good price/performance.

[Dobbsjr]

Titan X

 

edit: Jokes aside, i would get the 970. Good price/performance.

You're reply scared me!

[Meladath]

the best bang for your buck high end card is without a shadow of a doubt the 290., half the price of the 980 and anywhere from 20% slower to actually faster at high resolutions.

[Dobbsjr]

1750 of unnamed currency

 

For $1750 you could get two of the best 980s. Or wait a little more and you probably get two 390X

LOL Sorry. USD btw

[v3nture]

Dont buy a 970 on principle alone.

[Kalevro]

290x vapor-x? idk how you ask for a bang for the buck card with almost 2000 usd to spend only on the card ?

[IP man]

@ v3nture lol

 

To OP, SLI 980 or 290x CF or 295x

[Dobbsjr]

290x vapor-x? idk how you ask for a bang for the buck card with almost 2000 usd to spend only on the card ?

I think you misunderstood my question. I mean $1,750 for the entire build

[chopdok]

I think you misunderstood my question. I mean $1,750 for the entire build

 

There is a build section on this forum.

[Kalevro]

I'm guessing if you wanna 4k shadow of mordor and other games you should get sapphire 295x it's solid 700$ and it games at 4k-quite well actually

here's smth to look at

http://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-gtx-980-tested-sli-4k-and-single-gpu-benchmarks-and-impressions/#page-2

 

look at the 4k benchmarks 

[Johannes_Lazor]

The R7 260x or GTX 750ti - 1080p

The R9 280/x or GTX 960 - 1080p

The R9 290/x or GTX 970 - 1440p and higher


Those are my recommendations.

[msvelev]

the best bang for your buck high end card is without a shadow of a doubt the 290., half the price of the 980 and anywhere from 20% slower to actually faster at high resolutions.

In what world is the 290 faster than a 980 at any resolution?

[Johannes_Lazor]

In what world is the 290 faster than a 980 at any resolution?

a pair R9 290x 8gb models in Crossfire is possibly better at 10320x1440 res.

[Meladath]

In what world is the 290 faster than a 980 at any resolution?

 

This one, check benchmarks for very high res gaming.

[Dobbsjr]

The R7 260x or GTX 750ti - 1080p

The R9 280/x or GTX 960 - 1080p

The R9 290/x or GTX 970 - 1440p and higher

Those are my recommendations.

So a single graphics card setup is better than a dual setup?

[xc3ll]

I would only go for dual card, if there is a really good reason for it.

For the high end cards it makes sense, because you just have to go dual, if you want more performance. The 2x 970 or 2x 290/280x might make sense from a price/performance standpoint, but I would stay away from it.

 

So with your budget, I would go with the 980. Personally I wouldn't buy a high end card, because you have to spend a lot for a 20% bonus in performance...

[Johannes_Lazor]

So a single graphics card setup is better than a dual setup?

The only time id suggest SLI/Crossfire is when you already have a card, Or you need more performance than the current graphics cards can give by themselves.

 

if you get a single R9 290 and plan on playing in 4k, But you want more GPU performance you can always just get another one as long as the motherboard and PSU supports it.

[Dobbsjr]

The only time id suggest SLI/Crossfire is when you already have a card, Or you need more performance than the current graphics cards can give by themselves.

if you get a single R9 290 and plan on playing in 4k, But you want more GPU performance you can always just get another one as long as the motherboard and PSU supports it.

So are you saying that a single r9 290 is enough for 4k gaming?

[Johannes_Lazor]

So are you saying that a single r9 290 is enough for 4k gaming?

It depends on the game, Here is a 285 driving 4k gaming by linus: