Last time I bought a GFX card admittedly was a while ago. It was a 7850 and it was totally adequate for gaming at high res for most of the latest games. I think it cost me about £170 new from OCUK. What's the equivalent these days or the best bang per buck if I am about to do a new build on AMD for some casual gaming on a 1920 x 1200 monitor? I've been out the loop ages and I know prices went mental due to mining etc. I don't mind buying second hand if I will get much more bang per buck.
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Are £150-200 GFX cards not a thing anymore then?
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Right now the best card for full HD or 1440p is the Vega 56 at £250 give or take. Unfortunately £200 won't get you anything solid these days. Under £300 you can get a Vega 64.
Yea for £250 dont think you can beat a Vega 56 throw in some undervolting/OC for extra performance.
But if you want to stay in the £150 to £200 range for AMD your in the realms of the RX 570, 580, 590.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapp...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-38r-sp.html £200 with resident evil 2.
Depending on the games your playing you could scale down to
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapp...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-38g-sp.html £150
During the mining craze these cards were probably seeling for £400+ or just out of stock.
But if you want to stay in the £150 to £200 range for AMD your in the realms of the RX 570, 580, 590.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapp...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-38r-sp.html £200 with resident evil 2.
Depending on the games your playing you could scale down to
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapp...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-38g-sp.html £150
During the mining craze these cards were probably seeling for £400+ or just out of stock.
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You can get a 570 for £123, which is amazing, £50 cheaper than you spent on the 7850 and much faster.
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RX 570, RX 580, RX 590, Vega 56, and Vega 64. Those can all be had for sub £300. 
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There are decent cards to be had at that price range (RX570, 580) but not the mid range bargains of old sadly.
Personally I think it's the best it has ever been around that price. RX 570 for £120 is quite insane, RX 590 around £180 isn't bad either. RX 570 will give you 1080p 60fps ultra settings on the majority of games, the VRAM is the most limiting factor of those cards since modern games are quite heavy on memory usage and you might have to go with the more expensive 8GB version.
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RX570 is absolutely the best value card and is available as low as £115. Vega 56 is about 50% faster and twice the price but you should get 60fps on most games with an RX570 at 1080p so the Vega would be wasted unless you demand ultra high FPS. I'd imagine in 2-3 years when the newest games need a Vega 56 at 1080p you'll probably be able to buy that level of performance for £150 and you can sell your 570 or put it in a second machine
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For casual gaming on 1900x1200 at 60FPS, the RX470/570/480/580 lot (8GB versions) are hard to beat for value, and there's an abundance of choice whether new or used. I'd only look at Vega 56 if your 1200p monitor is capable of more than 60Hz, or you plan on a monitor upgrade soon.
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nVidia kinda ignoring that atm
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yeah inflation
yeah inflation
It comes out to about 250 pounds in today's money - which gets you a vega 56
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RX 570 is a killer card for just over 100 notes. 1080p gaming it is anyway.
An argument could be made for the GTX 1660. But as with the RX 580 and RX 590, the problem boils down to one question; why wouldn't you just spend that bit more to get the Vega 56? It's regularly on offer at ~£230, and offers a load of extra performance.
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Nvidia has no competitive card at sub £700 these days for the price points. Except if you can justify an over 25% higher price for ~6% more perf when we talking about 2070S vs 5700XT.
After that depends your budget. RX 570 8GB is great card for 1080p and 1920x1200
If you want more oomph 580/590 (depending offer) with Vega 56 at £230-250 range the best bargain of them all. (though if you find Vega 64 sub £300 is better)
That is a crock of something.
NVidia has plenty of competitive cards, the 1060, 1660, 1660ti,2060, 2060s, 2070s.
Some are slightly slower than the AMD counterparts and some faster, but to say that NVidia has no competitive cards would be like me saying AMD has nothing competitive against NVidia citing the RTX Titan, which absolutely slaughters anything AMD has to offer. Both comments would be just plain wrong.
My basket at Overclockers UK: 
You can grab a 580 for £170, absolutely no reason to go for a 570 in the same price range. If you go for a 570 shop around and get one for £100-110 max.
Total: £169.99 (includes shipping: £0.00)
You can grab a 580 for £170, absolutely no reason to go for a 570 in the same price range. If you go for a 570 shop around and get one for £100-110 max.