Best Budget Card?

[ajaxburger]

Hello! I am currently working on a new upgrade to my current PC, which can be found here - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fw8kK8

 

I am looking into graphics cards, and will be purchasing them at a later date than the rest of the system, and will use the card I currently have EVGA GTX 750Ti SuperClocked in the build until I can purchase the new card(s).

 

I am would like to find cards (this board supports both SLI and Crossfire, not sure how though) that can give me very good gaming performance at a good price. I am looking for something that will give me better performance over my (non-SLI capable) GTX 750, but not break the bank. I have 3 PCIe x16 slots to work with, so any suggestions are welcome!

[Ostwind]

970 hits a damn good sweet spot for price to performance

[Fictionvl]

970 hits a damn good sweet spot for price to performance

 

but wont it bottle neck the 8320? 

[failblox]

With AMD's new GPUs coming out now, you might wanna consider looking into something like the Fury X (if you can afford it), which seems to be very promising as of now.

[thekeemo]

290x hits a better sweet spot for price to performance

[Ostwind]

but wont it bottle neck the 8320? 

It's actually the other way around but anyways it would be the same with a 290/290x so it doesn't matter which card you get above a 280/960 it will be bottlenecked by the 8320.

[xAcid9]

Nvidia GPUs will give you better performance with that proc compare to AMD GPUs, grab a GTX 970 if you can for the best price/performance.

[rafazafar]

depends on where you live, get whichever is cheaper. 290x or 970 really. 

I just bought a used 290 for like 170usd. soo yeah...

 

[Dzzope]

WHats you budget... you say best budget card but don't say what the budget is for the card...

 

Best bang for buck is probably a used 290 (with decent cooler) or maybe a 280x/7970

[dougdangger]

Go with an i5.  AMD doesn't have anything good on the CPU end.

Wait on the gpu for a few weeks.  Nvidia might drop their prices.  If they do, ditch the SSD and put that money on a GTX 970.

i5 & 970 is one awesome combo.

[Lizardon]

R9 280

[IateMApoo]

Budget. TELL US YOUR BUDGET for the graphics card.

[Fictionvl]

It's actually the other way around but anyways it would be the same with a 290/290x so it doesn't matter which card you get above a 280/960 it will be bottlenecked by the 8320.

 

yeah thats what I meant, wops  

[evilarceus]

750 Ti for low 1440p, 960 for medium 1440p, 970 for max 1440p.

[ajaxburger]

Budget. TELL US YOUR BUDGET for the graphics card.

 

 

WHats you budget... you say best budget card but don't say what the budget is for the card...

 

Best bang for buck is probably a used 290 (with decent cooler) or maybe a 280x/7970

 

 

750 Ti for low 1440p, 960 for medium 1440p, 970 for max 1440p.

I currently have a 750 Ti, but am looking for something I can do SLI or Crossfire with. The 290 might be something I will go with, and as long as I am able to run most games at about 60 FPS and medium to high settings, I am okay with a little bottle necking. My budget is about $200 USD. Maybe a little more. I plan to expand, and get a second card to match in the future.

[evilarceus]

I currently have a 750 Ti, but am looking for something I can do SLI or Crossfire with. The 290 might be something I will go with, and as long as I am able to run most games at about 60 FPS and medium to high settings, I am okay with a little bottle necking. My budget is about $200 USD. Maybe a little more. I plan to expand, and get a second card to match in the future.

960.

[Dzzope]

I currently have a 750 Ti, but am looking for something I can do SLI or Crossfire with. The 290 might be something I will go with, and as long as I am able to run most games at about 60 FPS and medium to high settings, I am okay with a little bottle necking. My budget is about $200 USD. Maybe a little more. I plan to expand, and get a second card to match in the future.

Best you'll get is used at that price point.. if you can find a decently cooled 780 or 290 thats where I'd go at $200 (if you can find one)

[Columbo]

290x or 970.

[IateMApoo]

I currently have a 750 Ti, but am looking for something I can do SLI or Crossfire with. The 290 might be something I will go with, and as long as I am able to run most games at about 60 FPS and medium to high settings, I am okay with a little bottle necking. My budget is about $200 USD. Maybe a little more. I plan to expand, and get a second card to match in the future.

For 200 $ two best cards youll find are GTX 960 2 GB version and R9 280 with 3GB, both perform about the same, it all comes down if you prefer lower power use on 960 or extra 1 GB on 280. I wouldnt buy a used R9 290, especialy if its dirt cheap, many bitcoin miners are trying to get rid of them now, cuz theyre gone under some heavy abuse.

[Nena Trinity]

370, 380 & 390 are all good!

 

Unless you find cheaper 200 series version!

[Columbo]

Perhaps a PS4? You need something that can outperform a PS4. $200 is not enough of a budget to improve on your 750Ti in a considering way. I stand by my 970 or 290x suggestion. You should purchase a card that will last at least 3 years.

[Alurit]

I'd get a i5 (4440/4460/4590) and a h97 or z97 board

and get a memory kit instead of one stick, you'd have 4 slots so even if you get 2 4gb dimms you can still upgrade, dual channel is double the fun

if you go AMD a crossfire compatible board is cheaper the a sli one, although the more expensive boards have better audio.

if you live in the us the 290x might be cheaper then the 970, in most of europe the 390/970 are usually cheaper then the 290x (where i live the 390x cheaper then the 290x 8gb, now find logic there). and the 390 is a better value, especially if you're going multigpu, but you'd have to have a case with good airflow.

[MMKing]

AMD

380 2GB - 200-220USD

380 4GB - 230-250USD

 

Asus strix 380 2GB - http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/asus_radeon_r9_380_strix_review,1.html

 

Nvidia

960 2GB - 200-220USD

960 4GB - 230-240USD

 

Asus strix 960 sli 2GB, i know it's sli but they did include numbers for a single one as well - http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/asus_geforce_gtx_960_strix_2_way_sli_review,17.html

 

I would go for the 380 at a 200 budget, and if possible i would get a hold of the last few dollars for a 4GB version.

 

Edit: Reading your budget post and your plans about a second one in the future, i would definitely get a 4GB version regardless of which brand. And if you're planing to play anything above 1080p i would get a 380, due to it's faster memory.

[MMKing]