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okay guys I have a limit of £250 on a graphics card for gaming, what is the best graphics card I can get or that money. :D

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280X/7970/770. Get whichever is the cheapest from Sapphire, EVGA, MSI, Gigabyte or ASUS. 

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770 or 280X, if the price isn't crazy in the UK.

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guys thanks, one thing would you go for a 4 core or 8 core?

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im gaming, yeah and im looking at this AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor but is 4 core a better idea

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im gaming, yeah and im looking at this AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor but is 4 core a better idea

Umm, it honestly depends.

The AMD 8-cores will be great for newer and future games with things like Mantle, but for older and recent titles, not so much.

For the price however, the 8320/8350 just cant be beat :)

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