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Best GPU for £200-250?

Wait until you can afford a 970!

Unless you have a 486 DX2 66, you will still get better performance from a 970 than from, say, a 770.

Your CPU might be weak and you might get better performance if you upgrade it, but a 970 is still better than a 770/760 or whatever else you are thinking of getting because of your weak cpu.

Buy the 970, then save for a CPU upgrade, and this time when picking a CPU don't buy anything labelled "AMD", it's not 2001 anymore :P
 
But, but, I've always gone with AMD aha.

I'm more concerned about the mobo, the 8350 has decent benchmarks vs i5 and some i7 chips
 
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pndooku said:
But, but, I've always gone with AMD aha.

I'm more concerned about the mobo, the 8350 has decent benchmarks vs i5 and some i7 chips
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Mobo won't ever give you a measurable GPU performance boost. For single card, it's x16 PCIe so that's all that makes any difference.

I used to always go AMD too, from K6-2 to Athlon 64 days, but now, they are unquestionably behind by a margin, which is a shame because more competition would be good :(

You're still well behind an i7, and will still improve performance substantially if you come to the Blue Team ;)

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2012/11/06/amd-fx-8350-review/6
 
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If you have got an aftermarket cooler overclock the CPU, if you havent got an aftermarket cooler get one and overclock the CPU.

The 970 is a good card for the money but dont discount the 290/290x either. Comparable perfomance but with a larger power draw/heat factor, though if you pay a lot of BF4 or planning on any future Mantle featured game (Star Citizen for example) your CPU wont be a bottleneck.
 
Apologies for the noob question, but how concerned should I be about the manufacturer, if at all?

If I am parting with 250 I'd rather spend that little bit extra for the reliability and peace of mind.

I tend to stay way clear of MSI due to problems with a previous card
 
pndooku said:
Apologies for the noob question, but how concerned should I be about the manufacturer, if at all?

If I am parting with 250 I'd rather spend that little bit extra for the reliability and peace of mind.

I tend to stay way clear of MSI due to problems with a previous card
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Nothing wrong with MSI cards. OcUK will deal with any warranty issue also.

If you don't like it just send it back under DSR, but you're best choice would be a £270 GTX970 or a £215 R9 290.
 
OcUK last week had the same GTX780 (but oem not retail boxed) selling at £193.

That was epic value for £££
 
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