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New GPU for around the £200 mark.

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Okay so I've got a buyer for my current rig (see sig) due to not using it nowhere near as much and also I'm getting rid of my 4k monitor and going back to 1080p so a cheap card can do when I play a game every now and then. I've managed to bag myself a i7-3820 build with quite some good specs for £400 which isn't bad all I need is a GPU Ideally I want to spend £150 which looking at second hand I could get a 780 Ti is an option. £200 I really don't want to spend I'm looking at most the £180 for strix 970. if it were you what would you pick? also looking at the rx470. so it would more than likely boil down to 470 vs 970.
 
I would prefer the 970 if it was my choice. Im guessing the PSU aint capable of powering a 290x as thats probably gonna cost ya a fair bit less than a 970 for about the same power.
 
I'd go for a 4GB RX480. You're getting pretty much GTX980 performance for that. The Nitro+ is the one to go for if you can stretch your budget.
 
I'd take the RX 470 over the 970. They seem to be neck and neck, but the 970's potential has peaked and the 470 has scope for minor improvements.
 
i bought the 4gb rx480 last week and its a fantastic card. Great tempts too which was impressive. im hitting between 80-120fps with the high res texture pack on rainbow 6 siege at 1080p.
 
fs123 said:
An Rx480 4GB is best choice at that price.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapphire-radeon-rx-480-nitro-4096mb-gddr5-pci-express-rgb-graphics-card-gx-37d-sp.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/xfx-radeon-rx-480-rs-edition-4096mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-with-backplate-gx-23c-xf.html
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^^ This

There are some cheap GTX 970 deals atm, but let's face it it's less performance than the RX480 and less vram, 4GB / 8GB VS 3.5GB.

The RX 480 4GB or 8GB is a great choice.
 
Cheers for the response guys but I've managed to bag myself a 780 Ti for £100 evga reference which I personally love the ref type cards. the original pc I mentioned at the beginning of this post has gone. but I've got my eyes on another one for £400 so for £500 I've got myself near a grand extra in the bank and a pc that can do solid 1080p gaming for when I play a game and then that's just for an hour or two. so quite happy myself :D
Case: Corsair Graphite 600T mid-tower, mesh window side-panel
Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.20 GHz
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43, Military Class III, ATX, socket 1155, Z77 chipset
Memory: 16GB (4x4GB) Corsair Vengeance 1666 MHz DDR3 dual-channel RAM
Storage: 128GB Samsung 830 SSD + 2TB Western Digital Green HDD
Cooling: Corsair Hydro H100 240mm radiator all-in-one liquid CPU cooler
Power Supply: Corsair HX 850W 80 PLUS® Gold Certified Modular PSU
Audio: Asus Essence STX audiophile PCI-E soundcard
 
Sorry to highjack this thread.

Would be the rx480 work well with an i5 6600k build?

I've been set on picking up a 970 strix, i'm currently running on board gfx as i'm not much of a pc gamer nowadays. Just after something for abit of casual gaming that doesnt run too hot and will last for a fair few years.
 
funguST said:
Sorry to highjack this thread.

Would be the rx480 work well with an i5 6600k build?

I've been set on picking up a 970 strix, i'm currently running on board gfx as i'm not much of a pc gamer nowadays. Just after something for abit of casual gaming that doesnt run too hot and will last for a fair few years.
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It will work very well with that build. Not bottleneck. The rx 480 (as with most AMD cards) tends to work better with dx12. Dx12 is likely going to become more commonplace in the future, so yes your card is future proofed. I guess a slight concern could be VRAM. Essentially, the more VRAM you have the more future-proofed your card it. The 970 has 4GB of VRAM, but really has 3.5GB. The rx 480 has a full 4GB (a small difference but still of course a benefit). If noise and temperature was more of a concern, you may want to look at Nvidia's GTX 1060 series of cards, as these run cooler and usually quieter then the rx 480. However, the differences are rather small. Conversely, power draw is certainly quite different between rx 480 and 1060, with the 1060 drawing a lot less power than the 480 for similar or often better performance in most current games.
 
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funguST said:
Sorry to highjack this thread.

Would be the rx480 work well with an i5 6600k build?

I've been set on picking up a 970 strix, i'm currently running on board gfx as i'm not much of a pc gamer nowadays. Just after something for abit of casual gaming that doesnt run too hot and will last for a fair few years.
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ive paired mine up with an old AMD 8120, it works perfectly
 
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