Graphics Card Upgrade - have £150-£200 to spend

[nheather]

Hi,

Thinking it is time to upgrade my graphics card. It is a GTX 960. Don't want to spend a huge amount, £150-£200.

No preference for new or second hand.

Just 1080P single screen use - but play games like Tomb Raider, Elite Dangerous and IL-2.

Was thinking of sticking with nvdia but will consider AMD for a better solution.

My research is suggesting that a GTX 1060 is going to be the best for my budget, may hit lucky with a second hand 1070 but would have to be in the right place at the right time. Any higher nvdias are going to be out of my budget.

BUT not looked at PC components for a long time, and not familiar with the AMD range - what AMD card would I be looking at for my budget and how would it compare with the GTX 1060.

Appreciate any advice.

Cheers,

Nigel

 

[Panos]

Hi,

Thinking it is time to upgrade my graphics card. It is a GTX 960. Don't want to spend a huge amount, £150-£200.

No preference for new or second hand.

Just 1080P single screen use - but play games like Tomb Raider, Elite Dangerous and IL-2.

Was thinking of sticking with nvdia but will consider AMD for a better solution.

My research is suggesting that a GTX 1060 is going to be the best for my budget, may hit lucky with a second hand 1070 but would have to be in the right place at the right time. Any higher nvdias are going to be out of my budget.

BUT not looked at PC components for a long time, and not familiar with the AMD range - what AMD card would I be looking at for my budget and how would it compare with the GTX 1060.

Appreciate any advice.

Cheers,

Nigel

RX 590

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asro...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-000-ak.html

And more than £100 worth of games included

 

[Midlife Crisis]

+ 1 for the 590

 

[nheather]

Thanks for the heads up.

I also forgot to mention that this is in an HTPC case - will need to check the height and length restrictions - working away from home at the moment, so that is a job for the weekend. From memory it is the height that is the problem - can't protrude much above the top of the fixing bracket.

Looking at some comparison reviews it blows the 1060 out of the water on the benchmark tests but when it comes to game FPS it is about the same, some games are a little better some are a little worse. Why is that?

Also nearly twice the power consumption of the 1060 will need to check what PSU I have.

Cheers,

Nigel

 

[Ross Thomson]

bugger getting the 590. unless you are really desperate I'd hold off till navi comes out and see what happens to the prices and performance with the recent nvidia cards. The 590 is very power hungry and hot. I've currently got a 460 4gb and holding off.

 

[nheather]

bugger getting the 590. unless you are really desperate I'd hold off till navi comes out and see what happens to the prices and performance with the recent nvidia cards. The 590 is very power hungry and hot. I've currently got a 460 4gb and holding off.

Thanks for the heads up - looks interesting - depending on how much we get stiffed on the cross-atlantic exchange rate would be looking at an RX3070, maybe even an RX3080.

But just reading more recent rumours that release date has been pushed back from Q1 2019 to Q4 2019.

Cheers,

Nigel

 

[Gibbo]

590 or 1660, both exceptional, both available at around £200.

 

[nheather]

590 or 1660, both exceptional, both available at around £200.

Having looked at the two now I am still leaning towards the 1060 because it's power consumption is so much lower (nearly half).

Cheers,

Nigel

 

[Ross Thomson]

Having looked at the two now I am still leaning towards the 1060 because it's power consumption is so much lower (nearly half).

Cheers,

Nigel

Thats basically why I'm not bothering.

 

[Gibbo]

Having looked at the two now I am still leaning towards the 1060 because it's power consumption is so much lower (nearly half).

Cheers,

Nigel

1660, don't get the 1060 its quite a bit slower than both!

 

[Gibbo]

1660, don't get the 1060 its quite a bit slower than both!

However this is an exceptional DEAL:


Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £169.99 inc VAT https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-18f-gi.html



GV-N1060G1 GAMING-6GD, Core Clock: 1620MHz, Boost Clock: 1847MHz, Memory: 6144MB 8008MHz GDDR5, Stream Processors: 1280, VR Ready, PhysX/CUDA Enabled, 3 Years Warranty.



Only £169.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

 

[nheather]

However this is an exceptional DEAL:


Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £169.99 inc VAT



GV-N1060G1 GAMING-6GD, Core Clock: 1620MHz, Boost Clock: 1847MHz, Memory: 6144MB 8008MHz GDDR5, Stream Processors: 1280, VR Ready, PhysX/CUDA Enabled, 3 Years Warranty.



Only £169.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

That is good deal. Would order one now but not sure whether it would fit in my case. The height looks okay but it may be too long. I have a Silverstone Grandia, not sure the exact model, the GD04 I think. Away on business at the moment so will check tomorrow when I get back.

Think it is going to be too long - case can support up to 10.5"

May be too high too - there is not a lot of headroom.

Cheers,

Nigel