What gpu should I get?

[Agera.R]

 I'm considering getting  gpu and my psu is 550watts. My budget is 250-500 AUD.The non reference 960's are $330 AUD. But a r9  285 is roughly 30-50 less. A 290 is roughly 100 more and a 970 is 150 more. I have an i3 4340 so will these cards get bottlenecked. Secondly I'm not going to go to 4k for a while , so should I get a 960/285 now or get a 970/290 and keep them for a longer period of time?

Thanks for any help    

[Gnun1x]

 I'm considering getting  gpu and my psu is 550watts. My budget is 250-500 AUD.The non reference 960's are $330 AUD. But a r9  285 is roughly 30-50 less. A 290 is roughly 100 more and a 970 is 150 more. I have an i3 4340 so will these cards get bottlenecked. Secondly I'm not going to go to 4k for a while , so should I get a 960/285 now or get a 970/290 and keep them for a longer period of time?

Thanks for any help    

try upgrading your cpu because i3 will bottleneck all the cards

[WhatComesAround]

try upgrading your cpu because i3 will bottleneck all the cards

 

Agree with this guys ^

[Tonylu1595]

 I'm considering getting  gpu and my psu is 550watts. My budget is 250-500 AUD.The non reference 960's are $330 AUD. But a r9  285 is roughly 30-50 less. A 290 is roughly 100 more and a 970 is 150 more. I have an i3 4340 so will these cards get bottlenecked. Secondly I'm not going to go to 4k for a while , so should I get a 960/285 now or get a 970/290 and keep them for a longer period of time?

Thanks for any help    

Get the 970, it will run games at 1080 for a long time. Your dual core CPU is fine as long as you don't run anything processing intensive like streaming in the background. It takes a lot to bottleneck a card. 

[HmmR]

get 970 reasons 

can max out games at 1080p

greate bang for the buck

 

problems 

intel i3 will bottleneck gpu because at 1080p the cpu does more work than gpu

[Arwanell]

try upgrading your cpu because i3 will bottleneck all the cards

i have i3 4160 + gtx 970, no bottleneck!

[HmmR]

dont get scared bottlenecking is rare u will just get few fps drops nothing to worry about 

[Imakuni]

Get the 970, it will run games at 1080 for a long time. Your dual core CPU is fine as long as you don't run anything processing intensive like streaming in the background. It takes a lot to bottleneck a card. 

^This.

 

Your CPU is quite capable. It'll hold itself just fine for quite a while.

[ind3x]

Just make sure you don't buy a middle-way GPU now, and regret in half a year. Then it's better to buy a GPU which will be bottlenecked in some situations with your current CPU, and then buy a better CPU when you have the money for it.

I would suggest the r9 290. (EDIT: or the 970)

Then later on you can upgrade to an i5 4460 or maybe even an i5 4690k.

[Paralectic]

get 970 reasons 

can max out games at 1080p

greate bang for the buck

 

problems 

intel i3 will bottleneck gpu because at 1080p the cpu does more work than gpu

"intel i3 will bottleneck gpu because at 1080p the cpu does more work than gpu" lmaooooooooooooooo no.

[HmmR]

i have i3 4160 + gtx 970, no bottleneck!

ik its in cases with playing games like shadow of motor 

[Agera.R]

Looks like the 970 wins, Thanks for the help guys

[Tonylu1595]

get 970 reasons 

can max out games at 1080p

greate bang for the buck

 

problems 

intel i3 will bottleneck gpu because at 1080p the cpu does more work than gpu

Bottlenecking is caused when the part is SLOWER than the rest, therefore slowing everything down.