Need an old Radeon GPU

[MiiaTheScholar]

I'm looking for a old radeon GPU from 2009-2012 to go along with my Phenom x6 to make it feel more appropiate for the time period.
I currently have an HD 5830, but since I'm gonna to be using a 144Hz 1080p monitor rather than an old HP 5:4 1280x1024 monitor, I need more GPU horsepower and vram.
2GB is the minimum.

The point is not to max a game out, but to play it comfortably at medium-high, and games from it's era to max out nicely, a well as esports game, LoL, Overwatche, and AA games like Warface and Warframe.

I don't wanna spend more than $80.

A 7970 costs $140 apparently, when a $89 RX 460 2GB is slightly better than it. 
So hoping to avoid that. 
So basically, from a HD 5870 to a HD 7970, under $80, if someone can help me find one. :c

[Droidbot]

get a 6990, perfect pairing

[MiiaTheScholar]

6990? That thing exists? I remember the 5970 was a dual gpu and the 7990 was a thing. Didn't know there was a 6990. What'd you think it costs?

[MiiaTheScholar]

Wow, i found one on Ebay bidding at $51, but I don't do that sort of thing. Wouldn't it be the same if I Xfire'd 2 6970s?

[Droidbot]

yeah, it's dual 6970s on one board. 

[MiiaTheScholar]

I could only find one 6990 on Ebay, but there's a bunch of 6970 for around oh, $45. Think that'd do justice?
 

 

[Droidbot]

Yes, but beware - X6s bottleneck with 970 or equiv from my experience. 

[MiiaTheScholar]

I hear that much, and I know. 
That's why this is gonna be old, and stay old :3

I'll be building a Ryzen 7 rig soon enough, but only after Vega. 
No RX 500 series for me.

[Daniel Z.]

23 minutes ago, MiiaTheScholar said:

I hear that much, and I know. 
That's why this is gonna be old, and stay old :3

I'll be building a Ryzen 7 rig soon enough, but only after Vega. 
No RX 500 series for me.

get like a 780 or something. if you need amd get a 290/7970/6990

[agent_x007]

Forget about VLIW4 (ie. 6970/6950).
Get a Radeon 7870 or 7950.
Also, I hope you got 8GB of RAM for that Hex Core

[MiiaTheScholar]

I only have 4 sadly, but since I intend to rebuild this setup with a newer ASRock 970A-G3.1, I'm going to be adding in 8GBs of Hyper X, new PSU, cooler, case, etc, that's why I need a new video card. I'm gonna squeeze the life out of this thing. :3
Phenom x6 is my favorite AMD series CPU, least before Ryzen. :3

[AntonChigurh]

R9 295X2

 

 

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[MiiaTheScholar]

Bruh, that 500w TDP with that $1000 pricetag, come now