Best price per Performance gpu

[Orion139]

I can go up to 400$ max . Thank you !

Specs : I5-4460
8GB G.skill 1866Mhz

650W PSU
Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Currently have a GT-630
 

[Amazingasian]

Sapphire R9 390 Nitro

[★ Coups ★]

GTX 970. Its so popular and performs as good as a GTX 980 when overclocked.

 

http://www.amazon.com/MSI-GTX-970-GAMING-4G/dp/B00NN0GEXQ

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2 minutes ago, ★ Coups ★ said:

GTX 970. Its so popular and performs as good as a GTX 980 when overclocked.

 

http://www.amazon.com/MSI-GTX-970-GAMING-4G/dp/B00NN0GEXQ

But if you're gonna OC a GTX 970, you would OC the GTX 980 too, meaning the GTX 970 OC'ed doesn't touch the GTX 980 OC'ed performance..

4 minutes ago, Amazingasian said:

Sapphire R9 390 Nitro

But anyways, I highly agree with this one.

No fanboy whatever, just thinks it's better value at this moment

[i_build_nanosuits]

R9 390X fit your budget:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202185&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

 

You even get a free mouse pad :) how amazing is that!

[App4that]

Depends on the game and the rest of your setup. And the resolution of your monitor. but on average the 970/390.

[★ Coups ★]

Nvidia have better drivers. Shadowplay for example is a good part of Nvidias drivers that is really popular.

 

(Edited because it was mis-understood.)

[Orion139]

Added Specs

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The 390 would be the best bang for buck in that regard. Since you can go up to $400 you could get a 390X as stated however. Normally I would suggest getting the most powerful card your budget allows for instead of the best bang for the buck card.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[don_svetlio]

4 minutes ago, ★ Coups ★ said:

Nvidia have better drivers. Shadowplay for example.

Shadowplay isn't a driver....

 

16 minutes ago, Orion139 said:

I can go up to 400$ max . Thank you !

Specs : I5-4460
8GB G.skill 1866Mhz

650W PSU
Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Currently have a GT-630
 

R9 390 or 390X are the best value atm

You can usually get 390s for around 280$ and they perform better than a 970 in 90% of games
390Xs are almost the same as 980s but 100$ cheaper

[App4that]

7 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Shadowplay isn't a driver....

 

R9 390 or 390X are the best value atm

You can usually get 390s for around 280$ and they perform better than a 970 in 90% of games
390Xs are almost the same as 980s but 100$ cheaper

Please put that 90% back where you pulled it from. Such an exaggeration. In just about every game being released they still provide the same average fps if you look at the game as a whole.

[Praesi]

I would wait till Computex, safe 300 bucks more and get a real badass.

[★ Coups ★]

29 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Shadowplay isn't a driver....

I'm aware of that. But Shadow play comes with the drivers, hence why Nvidia have better drivers.

 

They perform like 390x performs like 10% better, but again, it depends if u want to lose 10% of your better performance for better in-game drivers and compatibility.

[don_svetlio]

4 minutes ago, ★ Coups ★ said:

I'm aware of that. But Shadow play comes with the drivers, hence why Nvidia have better drivers.

 

They perform like 390x performs like 10% better, but again, it depends if u want to lose 10% of your better performance for better in-game drivers and compatibility.

Drivers come out a few days earlier for new games but other than that it's the same thing. Gone are the days of constant driver issues with AMD. Both vendors have stable drivers now and it's no longer an argument.

OBS is a superior alternative to shadowplay. During my time with it, I've found it finicky and it has had it's fair share of fuck-ups. I much prefer OBS as it wasn't developed on the side as a selling point but as an actual functional piece of software which has much more intuitive user interface and also feels much snappier to use. I've actually removed the GFE suite from my laptop because it was getting on my nerves after the first OS registry corruption it caused.

[App4that]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

Drivers come out a few days earlier for new games but other than that it's the same thing. Gone are the days of constant driver issues with AMD. Both vendors have stable drivers now and it's no longer an argument.

OBS is a superior alternative to shadowplay. During my time with it, I've found it finicky and it has had it's fair share of fuck-ups. I much prefer OBS as it wasn't developed on the side as a selling point but as an actual functional piece of software which has much more intuitive user interface and also feels much snappier to use. I've actually removed the GFE suite from my laptop because it was getting on my nerves after the first OS registry corruption it caused.

So there aren't stability issues with 300 series and Fury graphics cards stuttering, covered by multiple users on this forum and Digital Foundry?

 

Hmmmmm?

[don_svetlio]

Just now, App4that said:

So there aren't stability issues with 300 series and Fury graphics cards stuttering, covered by multiple users on this forum and Digital Foundry?

 

Hmmmmm?

When you use the proper driver (something DF don't always do) there are next to none.

What about Nvidia drivers which were killing Dell displays last year? Or the ones that were reducing Kepler performance by 20%? Or the ones that were causing certain laptop GPUs to flat out brick which in turn was the reason for the 361.40 hotfix?

Stop acting like Nvidia's drivers are flawless and face the cold hard truth - both have their issues and neither is currently the obviously superior. I remember around May 2015 people were calling AMD's drivers better.

[★ Coups ★]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

When you use the proper driver (something DF don't always do) there are next to none.

What about Nvidia drivers which were killing Dell displays last year? Or the ones that were reducing Kepler performance by 20%? Or the ones that were causing certain laptop GPUs to flat out brick which in turn was the reason for the 361.40 hotfix?

Stop acting like Nvidia's drivers are flawless and face the cold hard truth - both have their issues and neither is currently the obviously superior. I remember around May 2015 people were calling AMD's drivers better.

They both mess up. But Nvidia's is more feature rich than AMDs. And that's not necessarily a bad thing, but its something to consider.

[App4that]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

When you use the proper driver (something DF don't always do) there are next to none.

What about Nvidia drivers which were killing Dell displays last year? Or the ones that were reducing Kepler performance by 20%? Or the ones that were causing certain laptop GPUs to flat out brick which in turn was the reason for the 361.40 hotfix?

Stop acting like Nvidia's drivers are flawless and face the cold hard truth - both have their issues and neither is currently the obviously superior. I remember around May 2015 people were calling AMD's drivers better.

Digital Foundry is always careful to run the latest drivers, they state this in their videos if you watch past the parts that support your bias.

 

Kepler reduced huh?

 

 

 

And please, for the love of gaming, quit with the laptop shit. You're on a laptop because your AMD card took a shit, and still you pound their drum.

[don_svetlio]

Just now, ★ Coups ★ said:

They both mess up. But Nvidia's is more feature rich than AMDs. And that's not necessarily a bad thing, but its something to consider.

Besides CUDA there's nothing really. PhysX can run off a CPU which a modern i5 is capable of. Advanced PhysX which requires the Nvidia chip on the PCB is used only in 3 or 4 games such as Metro LL and few others.

GameWorks is not really a feature but a nuisance to all users as it pretty much destroys performance in games. Most of my friends actually turn it off despite having 960s and 970s since the fps drops ruin their experience.

[★ Coups ★]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

Besides CUDA there's nothing really. PhysX can run off a CPU which a modern i5 is capable of. Advanced PhysX which requires the Nvidia chip on the PCB is used only in 3 or 4 games such as Metro LL and few others.

GameWorks is not really a feature but a nuisance to all users as it pretty much destroys performance in games. Most of my friends actually turn it off despite having 960s and 970s since the fps drops ruin their experience.

 

You can say the features are a nuisance, but that doesn't stop the fact that Nvidia still have more features which is the point I'm making....

[App4that]

Just now, ★ Coups ★ said:

 

You can say the features are a nuisance, but that doesn't stop the fact that Nvidia still have more features which is the point I'm making....

Anyone that says the features are a nuisance hasn't used them. Weapon effects in Fallout 4 is my favorite.

[don_svetlio]

Just now, ★ Coups ★ said:

 

You can say the features are a nuisance, but that doesn't stop the fact that Nvidia still have more features which is the point I'm making....

Are you forgetting GPU Open? The bigger library AMD released for everyone to use without charging for it?

I already ran the new Tomb Raider 2016 with Tress FX enabled. I lost 2 fps on my 860M and 1 fps on my 280. With Hairworks I went from 50fps in Witcher 3 to 34 on my 860M and from 60 to 40 on my 280. GameWorks is toxic and is definitely not something we should be praising.

64x Tessellation (the default) is absurd when even 8x looks exactly the same and performs 8 times better. Sadly for many, only AMD users can change the multiplier thanks to the AMD driver utilities. Nvidia users are screwed out of their performance if they want hairworks

[App4that]

3 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Are you forgetting GPU Open? The bigger library AMD released for everyone to use without charging for it?

I already ran the new Tomb Raider 2016 with Tress FX enabled. I lost 2 fps on my 860M and 1 fps on my 280. With Hairworks I went from 50fps in Witcher 3 to 34 on my 860M and from 60 to 40 on my 280. GameWorks is toxic and is definitely not something we should be praising.

64x Tessellation (the default) is absurd when even 8x looks exactly the same and performs 8 times better. Sadly for many, only AMD users can change the multiplier thanks to the AMD driver utilities. Nvidia users are screwed out of their performance if they want hairworks

New record in misinformation. Need a pic of this for the fridge

 

You can adjust the tessellation, Nvidia offer sliders showing the difference, which is there.

[don_svetlio]

Just now, App4that said:

New record in misinformation. Need a pic of this for the fridge

 

You can adjust the tessellation, Nvidia offer sliders showing the difference, which is there.

Jee, why don't I see them? Are they made of pixie dust?....

[App4that]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

Jee, why don't I see them? Are they made of pixie dust?....

Open game launcher, open options, open graphics/display, adjust tessellation. Profit?