Best $250 GPU?

[Meestagibbon]

Looking at a build for a buddy, needs a semi-powerful GPU, budget is $250, I was looking at the 960, but I was curious as if there was any way to squeeze more power out of something under 250?

[Guest]

if you can somehow find a 970 really cheap / used, go for it. Otherwise, the 960 is power efficient, fast, and enough for any modern game (not on maxed settings obviously)

[themaniac]

Looking at a build for a buddy, needs a semi-powerful GPU, budget is $250, I was looking at the 960, but I was curious as if there was any way to squeeze more power out of something under 250?

r9 290 if you can if not then r9 280x

[lani100]

Looking at a build for a buddy, needs a semi-powerful GPU, budget is $250, I was looking at the 960, but I was curious as if there was any way to squeeze more power out of something under 250?

R9 380 is more powerful but on the Nvidia side the 960 is the best you can get.

But I would still go for the 960 but that's me

[minibois]

R9 280x or R9 380 

[007agentHP]

280x/r9 290 used

[Arc_Jester]

380 over the 960 in that price range.

[Rux]

if you can somehow find a 970 really cheap / used, go for it. Otherwise, the 960 is power efficient, fast, and enough for any modern game (not on maxed settings obviously)

Same here If you can find the 970 you've got an awesome card

[don_svetlio]

380 or 290 - better DX12 support than Nvidia supposedly and flat out better than the 960

[KemoKa]

You can find reference 290Xs on eBay for around $250.

[Mew]

If you keep an eye out on evga's bstock, you can snag a 970 for $250 from time to time. It's currently sold out atm, but they update their inventory every couple of days. 

[theereal]

280x, 380, or perhaps are used 970.

[Lolucoca]

R9 280X or 290. Maybe if you can get a GTX 970 very cheap, take that.

[Meestagibbon]

I just found out he doesn't have an SSD, so I'm just going to get a 960 for 200 and squeeze a small $50 SSD in for boot and other small programs, thanks guys!