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Need help with possible new GPU

AnHonestMistake
By AnHonestMistake
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Hello, I am thinking of buying a new GPU and I have a few questions regarding it.

1. I have a GTX 970 right now and I am thinking of buying a R9 Fury because there's one for sale in my country at a very good price. I currently have a 1080p monitor but I want to upgrade to 1080p ultrawide in the future. Is the Fury worth over the 970, even for 1080p? I plan to keep the card for a few years if that matters and I always heard that AMD GPUs age better.

2. I have a XFX Pro series XXX edition 650w PSU will it be enough for that card + i5 6500 + 16gb ram?

3. Lastly I wanted to know if my i5 6500 will handle the card.

Thank you for your time.

 

(1st time posting here, sorry if I made any mistake)

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1: yes, its way better

2: yes thats would be fine, 650W is enough for almost any single card setup

3: yes thats not a problem

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I have an R9 Fury and that exact PSU. Works like charm paired with an i7-6700K @4,6Ghz. The Fury is indeed quite a bit faster than a GTX 970 considering it's faster than: RX 480, R9 390X, R9 Nano and GTX 980, GTX 1060 and all of those already surpass a GTX 970.

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First I'd like to thank both for spending a bit of your time helping me.

 

I've found it for about 318 euros which is a very nice price in my country and I belive I can sell my 970 to a friend and only have to put arround 120 euros for the Fury.

 

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1 minute ago, AnHonestMistake said:

Thank you Morgan MLGman for your answer, nothing like someone with the exact same PSU to know if it works :)

No problem, just next time quote people so they get a notifications of your reply :)

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48 minutes ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

What price are we talking? But yeah, the Fury even beats a 1060 so it should be fine for maxing out 1080p games for a while

Sorry I am new here and didn't knew I had to quote someone so they got a notification, as I said before, the R9 Fury is selling for 318 euros, which is very good for my country and I belive I can sell my 970 to a friend so that I only need to pay around 120 euros extra for the Fury.

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