What GPU for just under 300€ ?

[ansselboy]

Hello, I'm lookin to upgrade my pc. I don't have separate GPU, only my AMD CPU with built in graphic card. (CPU is A10-7850k) I've heard that if i buy radeon series GPU i could easily crossfire them and they might be more powerful than single Nvidia card. So what are you guys thinking? 

 

Ps. does 500W power supply be enough?

 

Thanks in advance!

[Rorgash]

well, as the market stands, get the most expensive gpu you wish to buy and it will be the best you can get for that money, xfire or sli isnt a god option unless you already have the first card

[ToniBamboni]

R9 380

[ToniBamboni]

well, as the market stands, get the most expensive gpu you wish to buy and it will be the best you can get for that money, xfire or sli isnt a god option unless you already have the first card

I think he wants to use his APU and GPU in xFire

[Clear17Mud]

I think he wants to use his APU and GPU in xFire

the highest card that  can crossfire with an apu is a r7 250, but a 380 would be better then that.

[MMKing]

The way DX11 works doesn't allow for two graphics processors of different performance to be doubled efficiently. As a maximum, one GPU cannot be more than twice as powerful as the other.

[Interfectorem]

Like @Clear17Mud said, the most powerful card you can crossfire with an APU iGPU is the R7 250. However I'm pretty positive that something like an R9 380 would be more powerful than the 7850K + R7 250.

[Razarza]

Don't bother with Hybrid Crossfire, it only works with the R5 240 and 250. You are much better off just getting a proper graphics card. You didn't say which country you are in so I'll make an estimate using Amazon.de, the R9 380 seems to be the best choice under 300 Euro.

[i_build_nanosuits]

Like @Clear17Mud said, the most powerful card you can crossfire with an APU iGPU is the R7 250. However I'm pretty positive that something like an R9 380 would be more powerful than the 7850K + R7 250.

even an R9 270 is more powerful than that.

[ansselboy]

Don't bother with Hybrid Crossfire, it only works with the R5 240 and 250. You are much better off just getting a proper graphics card. You didn't say which country you are in so I'll make an estimate using Amazon.de, the R9 380 seems to be the best choice under 300 Euro.

I'm from Finland, forgot to mention..  Does the 500W power supply be enough for single graphic card or do i need to buy 750W?

[Razarza]

I'm from Finland, forgot to mention..  Does the 500W power supply be enough for single graphic card or do i need to buy 750W?

500W is enough, 750W would be if you are using 2 or maybe 3 graphics cards.

[i_build_nanosuits]

I'm from Finland, forgot to mention..  Does the 500W power supply be enough for single graphic card or do i need to buy 750W?

500W is enough for any mid-range to higher end GPU's you can think of, my machine (in my sig) is running on a 550W PSU (a very GOOD one but still) and the PSU does not even gets hot, the max i've seen from the wall is 405W and this was while running unigine heaven (GPU bench) and Cinebench (CPU bench) at the same time, so fairly unrealistic load...and this is an overclocked i7-4770K and overclocked 980ti (monster chip, HUGE GPU...very hot) sooo...you're more than fine...just grab a good graphics card i would suggest a 4GB R9 380 or maybe something used like a GTX 680 or 770 maybe or other similar radeon cards such as an HD7950/7970 or R9 280/285/280X...all those perform similar and should be available at good price and are GOOD for 1080p gaming. Your current CPU is not the strongest there is, but with such a mid-range card it should keep up and give you a good gaming experience overall.