Best 3D card that £200 can buy??? :)
Hi All
Just found out my vouchers on amazon expire todaySo thought it would be a good time to upgrade my 3D card and quickly ask the experts what they think is
best bang for buck 3D card i should buy for the £200 mark?
Was looking at Asus AMD Radeon R9 290?
Also hoping my Corsair TX750 750W CMPSU-750TX will power it.... cheers
Almost certainly will be the 290. It's an extra £40 for a GTX970 and it's not 20% faster.
PSU will be fine.
Main PC: Asus Rampage IV Extreme / 3960X@4.5GHz / Antec H1200 Pro / 32GB DDR3-1866 Quad Channel / Sapphire Fury X / Areca 1680 / 850W EVGA SuperNOVA Gold 2 / Corsair 600T / 2x Dell 3007 / 4 x 250GB SSD + 2 x 80GB SSD / 4 x 1TB HDD (RAID 10) / Windows 10 Pro, Yosemite & Ubuntu
HTPC: AsRock Z77 Pro 4 / 3770K@4.2GHz / 24GB / GTX 1080 / SST-LC20 / Antec TP-550 / Hisense 65k5510 4K TV / HTC Vive / 2 x 240GB SSD + 12TB HDD Space / Race Seat / Logitech G29 / Win 10 Pro
HTPC2: Asus AM1I-A / 5150 / 4GB / Corsair Force 3 240GB / Silverstone SST-ML05B + ST30SF / Samsung UE60H6200 TV / Windows 10 Pro
Spare/Loaner: Gigabyte EX58-UD5 / i950 / 12GB / HD7870 / Corsair 300R / Silverpower 700W modular
NAS 1: HP N40L / 12GB ECC RAM / 2 x 3TB Arrays || NAS 2: Dell PowerEdge T110 II / 24GB ECC RAM / 2 x 3TB Hybrid arrays || Network:Buffalo WZR-1166DHP w/DD-WRT + HP ProCurve 1800-24G
Laptop: Dell Precision 5510 Printer: HP CP1515n || Phone: Huawei P30 || Other: Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Pro 10.1 CM14 / Playstation 4 + G29 + 2TB Hybrid drive
Thanks for the quick reply Shaithis. Am also now wondering if its worth spending my vouchers on something else as not sure if i should wait for a 3D card designed for direct x 12?
Been out of the loop for a long time, and its going to be my first upgrade in like 3-4 years...
The 290 has most DX12 features in hardware. They are GCN 1.1 and you can see the DX12 feature support hereOriginally Posted by malice19
Main PC: Asus Rampage IV Extreme / 3960X@4.5GHz / Antec H1200 Pro / 32GB DDR3-1866 Quad Channel / Sapphire Fury X / Areca 1680 / 850W EVGA SuperNOVA Gold 2 / Corsair 600T / 2x Dell 3007 / 4 x 250GB SSD + 2 x 80GB SSD / 4 x 1TB HDD (RAID 10) / Windows 10 Pro, Yosemite & Ubuntu
HTPC: AsRock Z77 Pro 4 / 3770K@4.2GHz / 24GB / GTX 1080 / SST-LC20 / Antec TP-550 / Hisense 65k5510 4K TV / HTC Vive / 2 x 240GB SSD + 12TB HDD Space / Race Seat / Logitech G29 / Win 10 Pro
HTPC2: Asus AM1I-A / 5150 / 4GB / Corsair Force 3 240GB / Silverstone SST-ML05B + ST30SF / Samsung UE60H6200 TV / Windows 10 Pro
Spare/Loaner: Gigabyte EX58-UD5 / i950 / 12GB / HD7870 / Corsair 300R / Silverpower 700W modular
NAS 1: HP N40L / 12GB ECC RAM / 2 x 3TB Arrays || NAS 2: Dell PowerEdge T110 II / 24GB ECC RAM / 2 x 3TB Hybrid arrays || Network:Buffalo WZR-1166DHP w/DD-WRT + HP ProCurve 1800-24G
Laptop: Dell Precision 5510 Printer: HP CP1515n || Phone: Huawei P30 || Other: Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Pro 10.1 CM14 / Playstation 4 + G29 + 2TB Hybrid drive
is the Asus version alright? As read that card runs hot so want to make sure its not going to run stupidly loud when under load, for the sake of spending a bit more and getting a version of the 290 with better cooling if its like £10 more?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Radeon-Direc...Radeon+R9+290X
Yeah 290 is a hot runner and yes asus is good. Heard ones like sapphire are good for 290s, may be cheaper. check reviews first though for which is best
Your best choice is 290, the Sapphire is cheaper by £20 at £191.
The last time I had experience of a Sapphire card was when half-life 2 was coming out, and it ran hot and loud.
Would be worthwhile checking reviews, to see how they compare against each other.
EDIT: Had a little peak around: You can pick up a Palit GTX 970 for £230 as an Amazon Warehouse Deal. It's second hand, so would be worthwhile checking the warranty status.
Link is here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-lis...condition=used
Last edited by DownBringer; 04-08-2015 at 03:50 PM. Reason: Update with new information.
pay the extra and get a 970, much cooler and more performance, u won't regret it
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