Competition: The best value/price GPU at THIS MOMENT

[DeGerlash]

So the rules are simple: I'm looking for the best performing GPU in current games, at the best price! That means we can go from a GTX 550Ti up until the Titan Xp, the value/price ratio is the only thing that matters. To make competition fair:

- Average/general Ebay prices only (cards like the RX 480 have great value/price, but you won't find them new in stores anymore!)

- As a means of comparing performance, we'll use the Firestrike Benchmark scores from Futuremark (although discussion is possible regarding VRAM and DirectX usage!)

- Overclocking capabilities can also be brought into consideration, but any airflow tweaks you need for it add up to the price of course!

 

I'll kick things off by submitting the R9 Fury! At a price of roughly a little more than $300, it has a Firestrike-score of over 15500, which I think gives you guys a hard time topping that already  Good luck to all!

Edited May 31, 2018 by DeGerlash

[SpiralTTGL]

I wouldnt recommend buying any amd cards second hand as they were the best for mining

[DeGerlash]

Actually, what part of the electronics on a graphics card is the victim of mining? Why does mining make a card slower?

[PopsicleHustler]

1 minute ago, DeGerlash said:

Actually, what part of the electronics on a graphics card is the victim of mining? Why does mining make a card slower?

It doesn't make it slower. It decreases the lifespan of the card because mining usually put GPU on a 100% load for long time.

[DeGerlash]

14 minutes ago, PopsicleHustler said:

It doesn't make it slower. It decreases the lifespan of the card because mining usually put GPU on a 100% load for long time.

Oh okay, but then how? How does it make the lifespan shorter? It's intuitively logical to expect a graphics card to last fewer years if you put maximal load on it 24/7, but why is that true? What part of the card wears out?

[PopsicleHustler]

9 minutes ago, DeGerlash said:

Oh okay, but then how? How does it make the lifespan shorter? It's intuitively logical to expect a graphics card to last fewer years if you put maximal load on it 24/7, but why is that true? What part of the card wears out?

GPU Core or "GPU Die" as its properly called. Lifespan of transistors that make up actual core decreases due to load and heat.

[DeGerlash]

This guy makes it clear to me: