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Best sub £250 graphics card?

David Bisset said:
The full-fat 1060 costs more (and is only faster situationally), the cut-down 1060 is slower. A 4GB 480 beats a 970 for the same money and no full-fat 1060 matches that on price.

I'm not saying the 480 is better than the 1060 either, I think they're quite comparable, just contesting your statements as others might take them as fact rather than situational.
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You would never compare the 4GB 480 to a 970, that makes no sense. You would compare it to a 3GB 1060.

As seen in the video below, the 3GB 1060 often beats the 4GB 480, and even the 8GB in some instances.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVM0Nb5crMM


Also, I said "basically all the time" (which is true) I didn't say all the time. You can infer that easily. Each card is stronger in certain games, but overall the 1060 is the faster card when averaging across many games.
 
IvanDobskey said:
Personally, I'd pick a 970 over a 480.

I just prefer nvidia cards. Amd cards always feel a little cheap to me.
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You must love how much nvidia are charging for their latest cards then. Oh, wait. You only have a GTX780? That's a lit... Actually that's quite allot cheap.
 
IvanDobskey said:
This is just personal preference. The build quality of the boards and heatsinks just always seems flimsy on amd cards to me.

Nvidia is my personal preference. The build quality on my evga 780 is outstanding.

I always feel nvidia cards are smoother and more consistent in frame rate too. Although I have to say I haven't actually used a 480 so can't comment on this specific card.
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Are you serious? Are you saying board partners like MSI, Gigabyte and Asus make inferior AMD cards compared to their Nvidia models?
Did you also know that Sapphire and Powercolor are better build quality than the above?
 
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fs123 said:
Are you serious? Are you saying board partners like MSI, Gigabyte and Asus make inferior AMD cards compared to their Nvidia models?
Did you also know that Sapphire and Powercolor are better build quality than the above?
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Don't feed the troll.
 
Could get a pair of 290s on the Bay for £250.

If you want a single card, from a proper retailer, I've seen OCUK selling one or two R9 Fury cards in clearance for £250 a go.
 
IvanDobskey said:
Personally, I'd pick a 970 over a 480.

I just prefer nvidia cards. Amd cards always feel a little cheap to me.
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This is entirely perception. You get cheap Nvidia cards just the same as you do AMD.

Some of the RX480s are rather good quality, such as the Nitro and XFX GTR.
 
fs123 said:
Are you serious? Are you saying board partners like MSI, Gigabyte and Asus make inferior AMD cards compared to their Nvidia models?
Did you also know that Sapphire and Powercolor are better build quality than the above?
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As someone who has used many of the AIB partners you mention above on the Nvidia side, and who currently uses a PowerColour 290x PCS+ and a Sapphire Vapour-X 290x, I must agree.

The Sapphire card I've got now is the card that has impressed me the most, ever. It makes the 'hot and noisy' 290x quiet and cool.
 
Panos said:
Even RX480 4GB is better option than the 970. Let alone the RX480 8GB.
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From the benchmarks I've had a look at the GTX 970 just pips the 4GB RX480, but there's really not a lot in it. I think I'd probably take the 480 anyway as it's newer tech and bumps in performance may be had in future driver releases.
 
Reading through the last couple of pages, I can't belive there is so much debate on how to spend his £250 as it has to be a no brainer on either:-

GTX1060 if you can afford it or

RX480 as a close second... its not rocket science guys! :p

Also (generally speaking here and slightly offtopic) - I cant belive how many 980ti fanboys are still pushing old technology when for a similair price you can pick up a 1070 with 8GB Vram and current drivers...its just madness!

I think some of you are misty eye'd with all the nostalgia of the glory days when your 980ti's were e-peen worthy...LOL
 
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X-Mikuru_Beam-X said:
Reading through the last couple of pages, I can't belive there is so much debate on how to spend his £250 as it has to be a no brainer on either:-

GTX1060 if you can afford it or

RX480 as a close second... its not rocket science guys! :p

Also (generally speaking here and slightly offtopic) - I cant belive how many 980ti fanboys are still pushing old technology when for a similair price you can pick up a 1070 with 8GB Vram and current drivers...its just madness!

I think some of you are misty eye'd with all the nostalgia of the glory days when your 980ti's were e-peen worthy...LOL
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It's just that he specified sub-£250. You can't get many good 1060's for that price (6GB), but you can get a few good 480's.
 
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