Hi guys, finally got the cash together to smack a new graphics card in my pc. Here's the two I'm looking at atm, any thoughts would be great, especially on the ATI card as I've not had one for a decade. Thanks in advance! GIGABYTE GV-R928XOC-3GD REV3 Radeon R9 280X 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready ATX Ultra Durable Video Card http://www.newegg.com/global/uk/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125726&ignorebbr=1 PNY VCGGTX7803XPB-CC-OC GeForce GTX 780 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card XLR8 Enthusiast Edition http://www.newegg.com/global/uk/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133548&ignorebbr=1 Ugh scratch the 780, they want almost £70 for taxes & shipping. Any other decent cards for around the £150-£200 price?
They're over £250, which is out of my range sadly. I just figured £200 for a 780 was a great deal, till they added £70 in taxes.
I looked at the news on guru about the 960's, 128bit bus & 2gig of ram seems a little low. Atm I have 2 1080p screens with a 4k tv I've been meaning to steal as nobody at home watches it, I wanted something with enough oomph to at least look decent at 4k.
Atm Gigabyte&Asus have trouble with 280X model.means artefacts,reset,etc because of high voltages. If you find an Sapphire card get one. Or if you find a cheap gtx 780 will be better. Forget about crappy 128bit vram bus card. Good luck mate.
Thanks for the advice, how are xfx cards? I found this one here XFX 3GB AMD Radeon 280X GDDR5 (Double Dissipation) Dual Mini DisplayPort/HDMI/DVI http://www.falconcomputers.co.uk/xfx/3gb-amd-radeon-280x-gddr5-double-dissipation-dual-mini-displayport-hdmi-dvi.html
Thanks, I also found this one, I know MSI do decent motherboards would they be a good choice? MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming 3G Twin Frozr IV OC PCI Express Graphics Card + FREE GAMES http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-msi-radeon-r9-280x-gaming-3g-twin-frozr-oc-28nm-6000mhz-gddr5-gpu-1000mhz-boost-1050mhz-2048-str
Sapphire or MSI 280 or 280X http://www.ebuyer.com/630502-sapphire-r9-280-dual-x-3gb-gddr5-dual-dvi-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-graphics-11230-00-20g http://www.ebuyer.com/663138-msi-r9-280-gaming-3gb-gddr5-dvi-hdmi-dual-mini-displayport-pci-e-r9-280-gaming-3g Sapphire 290 (a bit over budget) http://www.ebuyer.com/613131-sapphire-r9-290-tri-x-oc-4gb-gddr5-dual-dvi-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-11227-00-40g
I'd have liked to save up longer, but my 560ti died last night & gaming on an i5's igu is well, painful. As it'd be probably another six months before I'd have the rest I'm not sure I can wait that long. Pingu, are both of them base 280's? the names get a bit confusing with all the x's in different spots.
Maybe R9 290 Trix for ~ £215 http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/b00hfa44yq/geizhals07-21/ref=nosim?m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE Or 280X also Trix version for ~£197, although I would try to save extra £15 and get 290, free delivery in uk and both in stock @ amazon. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/b00gzibppu/geizhals07-21/ref=nosim?m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE nvidia e.g. 780gtx yeah all over £225 http://skinflint.co.uk/?cat=gra16_512&xf=653_nVIDIA~1439_GTX+780&sort=p
Yes, both are 280's (I saw MSI 280X on Amazon, but won't be in stock till 15/01/2015) At the same clocks, the 280X is about 10% faster or so (280 has 28 compute units, 280X has 32) My 7870 has become unstable and keeps crashing, so I'm using my 5870 at the moment.
Kay thanks all, I have a better idea of what's in my range & what's decent, I'll try to find a good deal!
if u can hold out for a bit, 960 is the winner in your case. it'll most likely be within your budget.
Thanks for the idea, the 960 maybe a decent card, though I'm not sure how it'll handle 1080p+ resolutions with that small bus & 2gig of ram.
Save the money and go for the 970! Galax has a couple cheaper 970 cards depending where u are from shipping wise.
