GTX 950 Equivalent?

[GrandNebSmada]

So I'm building a computer and I do not have the largest budget, the best  graphics card I have found for the price is a GTX 950 from ASUS, but I was wondering if anyone knew of a card that is better in performance for about the same cost? I am looking for a Nvidia based card but possibly open to an AMD based card if I like it.

 

(Current cost is about $160 USD)

[DarkBlade2117]

Probably a R9 270x or some 380s or 285s can get that low.

[thekeemo]

A 370 or a 380 on sale

[Mohenjo]

r9 270x? You could fine a 380 2gb for about 180 

[GodSpoon]

R7 370 is pretty close

 

If you looked around you could probably find a 270x or even a 280 if your lucky that would crush it for around that price 

[CatzRuleZWorld]

Well there's this one...

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/zotac-video-card-zt9060110l

[iBeast_M0de]

Well there's this one...

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/zotac-video-card-zt9060110l

Yeah and get that as a combo with the 2TB Samsung 850.. just as much storage as my 2TB Berracuda..

[PlayStation 2]

R9 270.

[lemme-go]

why not spend little more and buy gtx950 extreme?

[Jesbro]

Which card did you end up getting?

[GrandNebSmada]

Which card did you end up getting?

still haven't decided

[GrandNebSmada]

Ok so I have decided what card I am getting.

 

Im getting the 270x from Gigabyte.

 

Thank you everyone for the help!

[PaNdRaGoN]

http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeon-Version-Graphics-11240-04-20G/dp/B00ZGL8AVO/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1447862166&sr=1-3&refinements=p_36%3A1253506011%2Cp_n_feature_keywords_two_browse-bin%3A6147184011%2Cp_n_feature_four_browse-bin%3A6066316011

http://www.amazon.com/MSI-R7-370-GAMING-4G/dp/B00ZGF11YS/ref=sr_1_9?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1447862112&sr=1-9&refinements=p_36%3A1253506011

both great offers but in my opinion you should save some money and go grab a higher end card...or if you are building your PC now then spend less on a case or storage.  (also check partpicker)

[GrandNebSmada]

http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeon-Version-Graphics-11240-04-20G/dp/B00ZGL8AVO/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1447862166&sr=1-3&refinements=p_36%3A1253506011%2Cp_n_feature_keywords_two_browse-bin%3A6147184011%2Cp_n_feature_four_browse-bin%3A6066316011

http://www.amazon.com/MSI-R7-370-GAMING-4G/dp/B00ZGF11YS/ref=sr_1_9?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1447862112&sr=1-9&refinements=p_36%3A1253506011

both great offers but in my opinion you should save some money and go grab a higher end card...or if you are building your PC now then spend less on a case or storage.  (also check partpicker)

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gkMdLk

[PaNdRaGoN]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gkMdLk

Be sure the GPU fits in the case so check the specs. Also you don't need to buy any OS...you can always find it from someone for free as well as all its features.

[GrandNebSmada]

Be sure the GPU fits in the case so check the specs. Also you don't need to buy any OS...you can always find it from someone for free as well as all its features.

The graphics card will fit. I am going to take out the HDD bay (it is removable) in that side of the case and that will allow me to get it in.  The other side has more slots for HDD's.

 

And honestly I'd rather buy the OS, mainly because getting it for free from "someone" seems pretty sketchy, and also I have no problem supporting the developers.  However, I am probably going to buy a Win 8.1 install and do the free upgrade to 10.

[PaNdRaGoN]

The graphics card will fit. I am going to take out the HDD bay (it is removable) in that side of the case and that will allow me to get it in.  The other side has more slots for HDD's.

 

And honestly I'd rather buy the OS, mainly because getting it for free from "someone" seems pretty sketchy, and also I have no problem supporting the developers.  However, I am probably going to buy a Win 8.1 install and do the free upgrade to 10.

Nice...by saying that you could not buy the OS i meant that you could save about 100$ and by a better GPU...but as long as you feel comfortable with you build and it fullfills your needs then go ahead. Have fun building your brand new PC and enjoy it.(holidays are coming)