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£180 budget AMD or Nvidia

jdfoxx

jdfoxx

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Hello all, I am looking for a GFX card for my son and have a max of £180 excluding postage. I dont mind if its AMD or NVIDIA just as long as it can run the likes of BF3, BF4, AC4 and upcoming releases @ 1080p with smooth frame rates.

Ive been looking at the newish R9 270/280 cards vs GTX 760/770 and also the HD 7870 Tahiti LE 2gb although those cant be gotten from here.

Recommendations would be grateful, looking to buy ASAP.

Many thanks.

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arc@css said:
Flip a coin :

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-118-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1830

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-019-VX&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1842
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Good advice.

I would probably edge towards the 280 personally. Simply for the reason it has more vram, a wider bit bus and is slightly faster than a 760 which is a cut down 670. There's not a lot of performance difference between the cards though, so if you wanted a 760 for Physx or something else then you won't notice much difference should you go down that route.
 
I've been looking at the r9 270x/280x cards lately, never thought about a GTX 760.

What's the order like? 280x>760>270x or 760>280x>270x?

Sorry to add semi-hijack, but on the look out for a new GPU too, similiar-ish price range.
 
Personally I would try and hold off a while until AMD prices come down now the mining bubble has collapsed, their still inflated ATM but should return to normal soon hopefully. The idea of paying £190 for a new GPU which would instantly lose over a quarter of it's value (used values have already returned to normal) would leave a bad taste in my mouth.
 
ubersonic said:
Personally I would try and hold off a while until AMD prices come down now the mining bubble has collapsed, their still inflated ATM but should return to normal soon hopefully. The idea of paying £190 for a new GPU which would instantly lose over a quarter of it's value (used values have already returned to normal) would leave a bad taste in my mouth.
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Havent you heard? the mining bubble is already dead and the prices have come down. :)
 
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