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I built a new pc and was going to buy the gtx 980 ti and go 1440p 144hz but I've decided to wait on pascal what would be the best video card for $250 cdn new or used for 1080p 60hz gaming? (waiting on new asus 144hz ips monitor)

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r9 280x new or if you can find an r9 290 (used or new) with a good aftermarket cooler i would go for that

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I built a new pc and was going to buy the gtx 980 ti and go 1440p 144hz but I've decided to wait on pascal what would be the best video card for $250 cdn new or used for 1080p 60hz gaming? (waiting on new asus 144hz ips monitor)

r9 380 4gb (MSI VERSION MAYBE)

<p>Wish I could have this already!! : http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qTLRjX

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R9 380

 

 

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I built a new pc and was going to buy the gtx 980 ti and go 1440p 144hz but I've decided to wait on pascal what would be the best video card for $250 cdn new or used for 1080p 60hz gaming? (waiting on new asus 144hz ips monitor)

Used 290/X, but make sure they were used for gaming not mining

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970 refurb. I got my 970 SC ACX2.0 from EVGA's b-stock for $254.99 before tax and fees and it's pretty much unbeatable at that price. 

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Is that price in Canadian?

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970 refurb. I got my 970 SC ACX2.0 from EVGA's b-stock for $254.99 before tax and fees and it's pretty much unbeatable at that price. 

 

They also had 780/tis for $250

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I found a used asus R9 290 with a arctic eccelero xtreme III cooler installed for $250 cdn good deal?

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They also had 780/tis for $250

 

Even though the 780ti is faster, I went with the 970 for the extra Vram since I play a lot of GTAV.

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Anything 200 series amd, I got my 280x for $100 new so just look and you will find a good deal

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Well if you want used check EVGA's B-Stock or GPUShack

- i7-2600k @ 4.7GHz - MSI 1070 8GB Gaming X - ASUS Maximus V Formula AC3 Edition - 16GB G.SKILL Ripjaws @ 1600Mhz - Corsair RM1000 - 1TB 7200RPM Seagate HDD + 2TB 7200 HDD + 2x240GB M500 RAID 0 - Corsair 750D - Samsung PX2370 & ASUS ROG SWIFT -

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Thanks after looking at everything available in Canada or converted into Canadian this deal looks good thanks for all your guys help

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I built a new pc and was going to buy the gtx 980 ti and go 1440p 144hz but I've decided to wait on pascal what would be the best video card for $250 cdn new or used for 1080p 60hz gaming? (waiting on new asus 144hz ips monitor)

 

go to pcpartpicker.com look at the deals on r9 290's/290x and browse for about a week.  I found my 290 on sale for 249.99 and picked it up.  Its a beast of a card, avoids used and its just fantastic.  If you wanna go used go to ebay, look at the seller and you most likely won't find a mined card anymore.  The mining craze died and reputable sellers wont sell a mined card

  • CPU: Fx-8350 || Mobo: Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 Rev 4.0 || Ram: GSkill Ripjaws 16GB (2x8GB) || GPU: Sapphire Tri-X OC r9 290 || Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro || Storage: Seagate 1TB (Main Storage), Samsung 840 Pro 120GB SSD (OS), Seagate 1TB external (backups/Media) || PSU: Raidmax 730 Watt || Displays: 2x 2x Acer 21.5" S220HQL || Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate || Mouse: Mad Catz R.A.T. 7

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