Upgrade GPU £200 Budget

[BennettWHU]

I want a new GPU for my system as my 260x was only ever supposed to be a stop gap which turned into years. I've got a £200 budget. I was thinking about a second hand 970, but what's your opinions? I've got a 650w PSU.

 

[Tommy_Here]

at £200 you're looking at a radeon RX 470 brand new, if you're willing to go second hand, then I'd grab a radeon r9 390 for less than £200 or try and grab a 390x for £200 that'll offer much more oomph

 

[BennettWHU]

at £200 you're looking at a radeon RX 470 brand new, if you're willing to go second hand, then I'd grab a radeon r9 390 for less than £200 or try and grab a 390x for £200 that'll offer much more oomph

After watching some videos on YouTube, I didn't realise how well the RX 470 performs overall.

 

[Lokken86]

After watching some videos on YouTube, I didn't realise how well the RX 470 performs overall.

I have been testing the 4gb 470 sapphire one (the cheapest 470 on ocuk)

It is a really good card with a lot of untapped potential but you have to be willing to make a few tweaks to get the most out of this one.

 

[HarryBizzle]

4GB RX 480 Nitro.

 

[BennettWHU]

I've got the chance to get a Gigabyte G1 Gaming 970 for £180. The three fan version. So I wasn't sure if I'd be better off with that or the 470. For the small price increase, how much better is the 480 compared to the 470? I've seen various benchmarks and it doesn't look to be that much more powerful.

 

[humbug]

If you have the Money for the the 480 you should go for that, its about 15% faster than the 470.

At this point i wouldn't go for the 970, its old tech and will start to fall by the wayside in the coming months, i'm looking to replace mine in the next 6 months.

 

[BennettWHU]

I'm not in any real rush. I've had the 260x for a few years now, I'm sure I can wait until the end of the month for the 480. That's if anywhere actually gets stock in.

 

[southernorth]

I'm not in any real rush. I've had the 260x for a few years now, I'm sure I can wait until the end of the month for the 480. That's if anywhere actually gets stock in.

They're (rx 480) in stock right now at OCuk

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapp...-pci-express-rgb-graphics-card-gx-37b-sp.html ( £259.99 - 8GB)

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapp...-pci-express-rgb-graphics-card-gx-37d-sp.html (£209.99 - 4GB)


I would try and stretch for that 4GB 480, £10 above your budget but still great. There really isn't much difference in performance in game between the 4 & 8GB 480's.

Or you could get an rx 470, which is still only a few frames worse than the 4GB 480, but within budget of course.

 

[Lokken86]

They're in stock right now at OCuk

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapp...-pci-express-rgb-graphics-card-gx-37b-sp.html ( £259.99 - 8GB)

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapp...-pci-express-rgb-graphics-card-gx-37d-sp.html (£209.99 - 4GB)


I would try and stretch for that 4GB 480, £10 above your budget but still great. There really isn't much difference in performance in game between the 4 & 8GB 480's.

Or you could get an rx 470, which is still only a few frames worse than the 4GB 480, but within budget of course.

That 4gb may be able to unlock to an 8gb too.

I'll say this much for the 470, though. If you increase the power limit, it performs much better than out the box. It's capable of a fairly big overclock too. 1320mhz I got easily from mine and I haven't touched the voltage yet. I'm quite pleased with the card tbh. £170 is a reasonable price for what you can get from it.

 

[pmc25]

RX 480 4GB, non-reference if you can find one in your budget.

If not, then RX470.

 

[Casterina]

4GB RX 480 Nitro.

+1

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro+ 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express RGB Graphics Card= £209.99

Total: £209.99
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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[Skilid]

I have the above card. It's great!

 

[southernorth]

I have the above card. It's great!

I've read some concerning reviews about that card, in that it easily gets to nearly 80c when under load and the fans get quite loud. Is that the same as your experience or different?

Thanks

 

[Skilid]

No. Not in my (granted, limited) experience. I have a nice little overclock on it and it sits at 80c quite happily. With the overclock off it sits about 75c and quiet as a mouse (maybe a little exaggerated).

80c is pretty normal for an AMD card to be honest.

 

[BennettWHU]

Will an RX 480 be ok with my 650w PSU? I've got a Cooler Master G650M.

 

[Hotwired]

Will an RX 480 be ok with my 650w PSU? I've got a Cooler Master G650M.

Yes by a large margin.