£250 to spend

Ringiho · 26 Nov 2018 at 21:26

So I have £250 (or thereabouts) to replace my failing RX480 8GB.

The obvious choice is to just grab an RX580 but wanted too see if there are other suggestions or recommendations. I'm playing on a 1440p monitor.

Thanks!

BigBANGtheory · 26 Nov 2018 at 21:27

2nd hand 980Ti

heatonpkmassive · 26 Nov 2018 at 21:42

^^^

That if you don't mind buying second hand.

Ringiho · 26 Nov 2018 at 21:44

heatonpkmassive said:
^^^

That if you don't mind buying second hand.

I'd lean towards not, purely for warranty. The Sapphire RX480 only had two years and its binned it in 2.5

It's not a total no though.

heatonpkmassive · 26 Nov 2018 at 21:49

Then prepare to not be too impressed by the 580. It's a good card, but only marginally better than your current 480.

Ringiho · 26 Nov 2018 at 21:55

I guess the RX590 is worth considering as well?

Would the 1070 be the next step up? It's quite a jump in price.

Darujhistan · 26 Nov 2018 at 22:50

Ringiho said:
I guess the RX590 is worth considering as well?

Would the 1070 be the next step up? It's quite a jump in price.

del Btter advice offered.

Gibbo · 26 Nov 2018 at 22:51

Asrock 590 at £239 with the three games!

Or wait until Boxing day and we shall see how close to £299 we can get Vega 56 again with the three games.

Gibbo · 26 Nov 2018 at 22:52

Darujhistan said:
Or Vega 56, shame you weren't looking last week could have had one for £300 an absolute steal.

I'd have a really good look around and see what you can get, if you don't fancy the 2nd hand option mentioned above, there's not really any great options @ £250.

In answer to your original question, this is the best card for £250 available here IMO.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/powe...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-18k-pc.html

The Asrock 590 is faster.
Cost £10 less
Come with three games instead of two.

Darujhistan · 26 Nov 2018 at 22:52

Darujhistan said:
Or Vega 56, shame you weren't looking last week could have had one for £300 an absolute steal.

I'd have a really good look around and see what you can get, if you don't fancy the 2nd hand option mentioned above, there's not really any great options @ £250.

In answer to your original question, this is the best card for £250 available here IMO (and free games).

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/powe...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-18k-pc.html

Darujhistan · 26 Nov 2018 at 22:53

Gibbo said:
The Asrock 590 is faster.
Cost £10 less
Come with three games instead of two.

Yes I never thought of cheaper 590, you are right.

Darujhistan · 26 Nov 2018 at 22:56

Or wait until Boxing day and we shall see how close to £299 we can get Vega 56 again with the three games.

I would do this, hang on for a month. It'll be worth the wait.

Emlyn_Dewar · 26 Nov 2018 at 23:27

It's a shame that 2 years later to replace the card you have, you have to pay more for essentially the same thing.
Dude, where's our advancements?

opethdisciple · 26 Nov 2018 at 23:29

Hmm

I don't think a 480 to a 580 / 590 is much of an upgrade.

You really should be aiming for a bit more. Like a Vega 56.

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Just read the word failing.

If the card is on the way out and needs replacement then a 580 / 590 will do nicely.

Vega 56 would be ideal if you could stretch.

Emlyn_Dewar · 26 Nov 2018 at 23:34

What is wrong with the current card? Any chance you could undervolt/underclock, to drag it out a bit longer?

Ringiho · 27 Nov 2018 at 07:12

Gibbo said:
Asrock 590 at £239 with the three games!

Or wait until Boxing day and we shall see how close to £299 we can get Vega 56 again with the three games.

Looking very quickly at some benchmarks, Vega 56 seems to be where I'd want to be. An actual upgrade!

Emlyn_Dewar said:
It's a shame that 2 years later to replace the card you have, you have to pay more for essentially the same thing.
Dude, where's our advancements?

100% this. It's disappointing to replace a failed card after 2.5 years with the same model.

Emlyn_Dewar said:
What is wrong with the current card? Any chance you could undervolt/underclock, to drag it out a bit longer?

It's something I can try. The card is causing the screen to flicker randomly under load, there are grey bars appearing for a second then disappearing. It continues to do the same on the desktop and does randomly blue screen sometimes. Tried a few different drivers but no change.

Ross Thomson · 27 Nov 2018 at 08:19

heatonpkmassive said:
Then prepare to not be too impressed by the 580. It's a good card, but only marginally better than your current 480.

TBF it will be a lot better if his current card is failing.

Participant · 27 Nov 2018 at 08:23

Definitely Vega 56 and sell the games. Net outlay c.£250.

Ross Thomson · 27 Nov 2018 at 08:27

Emlyn_Dewar said:
It's a shame that 2 years later to replace the card you have, you have to pay more for essentially the same thing.
Dude, where's our advancements?

my rx480 had a boost clock of 1303mhz while the current 590s are around 1580mhz. That's significant increase for around the same price I paid for mine (msi gaming X)

henson0115 · 27 Nov 2018 at 08:58

the 56 will almost double your performance, definitely wait if you can for a month.