best card under 300

[aries757]

workin on an build i will have buy in 2 years, it will be an desk build, u may put in suggestions, but what is best card under 300

[SlicenDice]

A build that you will build in 2 years? Wait a little bit to pick parts, 2 years is a century in tech.

[aries757]

11 hours ago, SlicenDice said:

A build that you will build in 2 years? Wait a little bit to pick parts, 2 years is a century in tech.

i was gon do that anyway, but just for kicks and grins.

[SlicenDice]

Uh, a 1060 or an RX480 I guess is what I would take right now, is this a gaming PC? Workstation?

[Guest]

Yes 1060 or 480. Not sure if you can find a cheap used 1070 in 2 years because brand new is around $450

[Canada EH]

used parts!

[aries757]

13 hours ago, SlicenDice said:

Uh, a 1060 or an RX480 I guess is what I would take right now, is this a gaming PC? Workstation?

id be doing editing, streaming, gaming

[SlicenDice]

1 minute ago, aries757 said:

id be doing editing, streaming, gaming

Either would work then, down to if your an Nvidia guy or prefer AMD

[RyGuy99]

2 hours ago, SlicenDice said:

A build that you will build in 2 years? Wait a little bit to pick parts, 2 years is a century in tech.

Parts last as long as you want them to. For graphics cards that means turning some settings down. 

[SpaceGhostC2C]

19 minutes ago, RyGuy99 said:

Parts last as long as you want them to.

Prices, on the other hand, don't.

 

If you buy a GPU today, put it on a shelf, and install it and use it in 2 years, you waste money. You can buy better with the same money in two years, or by the same at a lower price, and you lose nothing because you won't use it until then anyways. 

[RyGuy99]

27 minutes ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

Prices, on the other hand, don't.

 

If you buy a GPU today, put it on a shelf, and install it and use it in 2 years, you waste money. You can buy better with the same money in two years, or by the same at a lower price, and you lose nothing because you won't use it until then anyways. 

Everything loses money. Hell cars lose thousands of dollars the minute you drive it off the lot. Idk why you would buy anything to wait for two years to use it. 

[SpaceGhostC2C]

5 hours ago, RyGuy99 said:

Idk why you would buy anything to wait for two years to use it. 

Have you read OP?  Have you read the first post you quoted?

 

[sanchos]

 

EVGA GeForce GT 730 2GB seems the best under 300. 

Seems to run most mid level games on full FPS, without so much as making a peep.

It comes with brackets to put in a smaller form factor. Obviously I'm using a mid tower (Dell optiplex 9010) so there are no fitment issues. In the picture I've attached you can see the heat-sink hangs down a bit and almost blocks the bottom slot.

I paired this with the NoFan CR-80EH IcePipe Fanless CPU Cooler and have eliminated all but a whisper out of the computer. The loudest thing now is the hard drive. (and I have a SSD on order)

You can run duel monitors. Play a game in one screen, and photoshop in the other (like me) with no problems. I'm running 2 DELL U2212HM, at full resolution.

[RyGuy99]

8 hours ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

Have you read OP?  Have you read the first post you quoted?

 

I did ?

[EminentSun]

I would have to say the r9 Fury, it is about $310 on amazon right now and will certainly be under 300 in two years.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0196LWL3W/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472837028&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=r9+fury&dpPl=1&dpID=51velMZuFZL&ref=plSrch