Hello guyz, its been 2 month that i can't decide on a video card, i waited that the 300 series were out, and i saw plenty of bench and they kinda of a letdown compared to the r 200 at their price range. I play at 1080p mostly maybe an upgrade later for 1440 p (with the monitor but not any time soon) I would want to at least take a card for 3-4 year. (looking for dx 12 too) here is my config : I72600k Radeon 5770 HD 1Go (yeah its kinda old) 8Go ram P8h61 motherboard SSD & 2 HDD Ocz modxstream pro 600w : +5v : 25 A +3.3v : 25A +12V1 : 25A +12V2 : 25A -12 : 0.3A +5vsb : 2.5A - I have a budget of max 400 € Well i was going for a sapphire 290 tri x oc at 280 € (its pretty cheap and i like cheap for the performance wise), then i saw power consumption and well i kinda scared that it will not run on my psu i dont really know some think yes, and other think it will not be very good if i decide to oc it :s And i thought that with the ramining 120 € i could buy a good psu. Then i looked at the 390 r9 nitro OC at 355 € and the msi one at 384 € and its the same exact problem as above, psu may not hold it :s And finnaly i got to the gtx 970 reputed to be the best for 1080p gaming, and it will be cool with my psu even with OC and here again i struggle between asus strix at 345 € or Gygabite g1 at 390 € because between the two i dont know if the 45 € difference is worth it... Here is my struggle and it need to end !!! so can you help choose between all those graphic cards that i said especially that dx12 is coming ? (sorry for my bad english)
If you want 3-4 years , Go with the 980Ti and find more money. Maybe your PSU will support it. If you prefer AMD you cant go lower than Fury X for 3-4 years. For minimum, go with a 970 GTX or Radeon 290
I EDITED THIS POST: Ok i checked for you, you have a 42A combined. Thats ENOUGH for Radeon 290 and 290X. They need 33A combine system. it will work. or Go with a 970 GTX or 980 GTX it will work great too 28A-30A, i like OCZ power supply and i find them stable, but not everyone like them. if you go 980TI its a risk !! maybe it will work maybe not 42A Forget the 390 it wont work
