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I made a new budget rig for gaming and i am i need of a GPU.
I have a budget of $250

CPU-AMD FX 6300 (3.5 Ghz)
RAM-Kingston Fury Hyper X - 8GB - 1600 MHz

 

I intend to play the latest games for pc

like GTA 5 , Witcher 3 , Far Cry 4 , ect.

I don't want high setting but i want good FPS.

Thank you

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The best you can get at this price is a r9 290.

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The best you can get at this price is a r9 290.

i second this! 

if you're feeling lucky, you can (sometimes) flash a 290 to a 290x. overclock.net has a thread about that here

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change that cpu and get a 290 or 290x.

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change that cpu and get a 290 or 290x.

indeed, that cpu is crap and will bottleneck a 290, it may not be loads but yeah.

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I made a new budget rig for gaming and i am i need of a GPU.

I have a budget of $250

CPU-AMD FX 6300 (3.5 Ghz)

RAM-Kingston Fury Hyper X - 8GB - 1600 MHz

 

I intend to play the latest games for pc

like GTA 5 , Witcher 3 , Far Cry 4 , ect.

I don't want high setting but i want good FPS.

Thank you

If you can spare it i'd upgrade the CPU to a 8350, but if you cant the 290 will be fine, i was running a gtx 970 in a 6300 for a while and still getting smooth(60+ fps) gameplay on high

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The best you can get at this price is a r9 290.

 

 

change that cpu and get a 290 or 290x.

 

I dont have the money for a new CPU. Looking at reviews Fx-6300 is not a bad cpu for budget PCs.

 

R9 290x/290 was just what i wanted but a wattage 750 is insane.

I have corsair cx600 power supply. 

 

And i dont have the money for power supply.

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I dont have the money for a new CPU. Looking at reviews Fx-6300 is not a bad cpu for budget PCs.

 

R9 290x/290 was just what i wanted but a wattage 750 is insane.

I have corsair cx600 power supply. 

 

And i dont have the money for power supply.

600W is fine.

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Many websites say i need 750 watt supply at minimum.

Which websites?

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Many websites say i need 750 watt supply at minimum.

wait what? that's if you're overclocking.

 

read.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Sapphire/R9_290_Vapor-X/23.html

 

doesnt even reach 500W

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2013/11/05/amd-radeon-r9-290-review/9

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I made a new budget rig for gaming and i am i need of a GPU.

I have a budget of $250

CPU-AMD FX 6300 (3.5 Ghz)

RAM-Kingston Fury Hyper X - 8GB - 1600 MHz

 

I intend to play the latest games for pc

like GTA 5 , Witcher 3 , Far Cry 4 , ect.

I don't want high setting but i want good FPS.

Thank you

 

I'd get GTX 960. You can't go AMD because an FX-series processor doesn't handle the DirectX11 overhead well for AMD cards. Here is a great GTX 960 4GB card for $210:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487128

 

You get the best tech support in the business in EVGA and the SSC is supposed to be a pretty nice cooler. And a gemcode for the new Metal Gear Solid when it comes out.

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Never use website specs as a guide, a spec list once recommended a 550W power supply for a 960, which is silly.

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