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Jordan97

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Planning an i7 Haswell build which will be used for music editing, CAD and some gaming.

The gaming I will be doing is going to be things like Assassin's Creed, some FPS, driving games and only on a single 1080p monitor. I have been thinking about a GTX980 but is this going to be overkill for my needs?

Really have no idea what to get to be honest. I don't really want to spend >£200 but don't mind going second hand
 
Sounds like a mid-ranged card such as GTX960 or an R9 380 will do you nicely; they start at around the £150 mark.

Something like a second hand 7970 or 280X (essentially a 380) is also an option, as is a GTX670.
 
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Jordan97 said:
What about a 780ti? Or is that still overkill?
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It depends what kind of performance that you expect out of your hardware. If you want to crank up the detail on all titles, then no, I don't think it would be an unwise purchase.

I don't know what second hand 780ti's go for, though I would think it's 'around' the level of your budget.
 
Jordan97 said:
Planning an i7 Haswell build which will be used for music editing, CAD and some gaming.

The gaming I will be doing is going to be things like Assassin's Creed, some FPS, driving games and only on a single 1080p monitor. I have been thinking about a GTX980 but is this going to be overkill for my needs?

Really have no idea what to get to be honest. I don't really want to spend >£200 but don't mind going second hand
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Personally, I'd get this from somewhere, perfect 1080P card and excellent free game, that you could sell. Future proof, quiet and bloody fast @ 1080p. I had one before I went 4K.
 
arc@css said:
It depends what kind of performance that you expect out of your hardware. If you want to crank up the detail on all titles, then no, I don't think it would be an unwise purchase.

I don't know what second hand 780ti's go for, though I would think it's 'around' the level of your budget.
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I would quite like to be gaming with decent details so I'm definitely considering this. They do go around about £200 second hand

davewhite04 said:
Personally, I'd get this from somewhere, perfect 1080P card and excellent free game, that you could sell. Future proof, quiet and bloody fast @ 1080p. I had one before I went 4K.
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I've also been looking at these! What makes a card 'future proof'?
 
Jordan97 said:
I've also been looking at these! What makes a card 'future proof'?
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A quote "The new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980/970 is powered by the next generation NVIDIA Maxwell Architecture"

If it can run Witcher 3 Maxed out(without stupid hair option) @ 1080P now, it'll run anything for the next 2 years at a very high level. Basically, like it or not, the current gen consoles dictate to a degree the quality of PC game releases, and Witcher 3 is very demanding.
 
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HardStyler3 said:
better go for r9 390 instead of gtx 970 8gb memory and a little bit faster for less price :D
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Never tried the r9 390 but have heard good things. Perhaps this is the card to go for, do a bit research on this and the 970gtx OP as this guy could be right, I'm just speaking from 970gtx experience.
 
Jordan97 said:
Cheers, is this all in regards to the 970 in general or is that Gigabyte one particularly better than others?
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It's just the one I used. It's stock clocked and I would guess it will be faster than a vanilla r9 390, plus you get the free game.

You can get a vanilla 970gtx cheaper than a r9 390 and do a little tweaking yourself.

EDIT: There's an overclocked 970 gtx for sale at the river place for £259.99 with the free game, due in stock on the 30th.
 
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