Replacing Graphics Card - please help

ZH871 · 20 Oct 2019 at 12:15

Hi - I'm new to the forum (and building PC's!), and was told this is the best place to ask!

My old graphics card was an Nvidia WindForce 970 GTX, and it no longer works so I'm looking to replace it.
I'm looking for something that would be max £300, and would run ArmA 3/CoD MW at decent settings smoothly. Is this doable?

PC Specs:
Gigabyte Technology Co. Z170XP-SLI motherboard
Intel Core i5-6600k @ 3.50GHz CPU
8.00Gb RAM
SuperFlower SF-550F14MP 80 Plus Platinum PSU
x2 DDR4's
Alpenfohn cooler

Many many thanks in advance!

(also looking for people to game with!)

Gray2233 · 20 Oct 2019 at 12:20

If you don't mind B-Grade this would be a fantastic option for the price:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x **B Grade** MSI Radeon RX VEGA 56 Air Boost OC 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express G (GX-343-MS)= £199.99

Total: £199.99 (includes shipping: £0.00)

lee32uk · 20 Oct 2019 at 13:58

Gray2233 said:
If you don't mind B-Grade this would be a fantastic option for the price:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x **B Grade** MSI Radeon RX VEGA 56 Air Boost OC 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express G (GX-343-MS)= £199.99

Total: £199.99 (includes shipping: £0.00)

Price might seem good but AMD blower coolers are terrible. I wouldn't touch a reference card unless you want a hairdryer in your pc.

I would much rather have this if going B grade, even though it is an extra £79. You are getting the best version of the Vega 64 as well.

Other option would be an RX 5700 although they are a bit over £300 on ocuk.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x **B Grade** Sapphire Radeon RX VEGA Nitro+ 64 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £278.99

Total: £288.89 (includes shipping: £9.90)

Gray2233 · 20 Oct 2019 at 14:05

That Vega 64 costs the same new^

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Sapphire Radeon RX VEGA 64 Nitro+ 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £379.99

Total: £379.99 (includes shipping: £0.00)

I've bought a couple of B-Grade items, generally if the price is similar to new and you contact them about it they'll update the price to a better discount.

lee32uk · 20 Oct 2019 at 14:20

Gray2233 said:
That Vega 64 costs the same new^

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Sapphire Radeon RX VEGA 64 Nitro+ 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £379.99

Total: £379.99 (includes shipping: £0.00)

I've bought a couple of B-Grade items, generally if the price is similar to new and you contact them about it they'll update the price to a better discount.

Not sure what you are looking at but the B-grade Vega 64 is £101 cheaper.

Gray2233 · 20 Oct 2019 at 14:21

lee32uk said:
Not sure what you are looking at but the B-grade Vega 64 is £101 cheaper.

Whoops.

I'm going blind I think.

I'll put the blame on a late night and too much wine.

ZH871 · 20 Oct 2019 at 19:23

Thank you for your replies. May I ask, what would be the pros to getting the above suggestions, compared to getting a GTX1060-06G for example? (I'm fairly new to all this, apologies!)

Quartz · 20 Oct 2019 at 19:49

ZH871 said:
I'm looking for something that would be max £300

Your two contenders:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Ventus XS OC 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £299.99
1 x Asrock Radeon RX 5700 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £329.99

Total: £640.48 (includes shipping: £10.50)

BTW the Vega might overstretch your PSU.

lee32uk · 20 Oct 2019 at 20:00

Quartz said:
Your two contenders:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Ventus XS OC 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £299.99

1 x Asrock Radeon RX 5700 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £329.99

Total: £640.48 (includes shipping: £10.50)

BTW the Vega might overstretch your PSU.

Not a great cooler on the Ventus if I remember correctly, and I wouldn't touch an AMD reference card as they run too hot/loud.

Quartz · 20 Oct 2019 at 20:06

Yes, but I was restrained by the budget.

Gray2233 · 20 Oct 2019 at 20:13

ZH871 said:
Thank you for your replies. May I ask, what would be the pros to getting the above suggestions, compared to getting a GTX1060-06G for example? (I'm fairly new to all this, apologies!)

The only way I'd buy a 1060 6G at this point in time is if you could find one for £120-150 max, which is unlikely.

The above suggestions are both considerably faster cards.

Vega 56 vs 1060: https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/2373?vs=2301