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Best Bang for Buck! Nvidia or AMD now..

Reedweaver

Reedweaver

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Its finally time to completely upgrade my rig. I'm going to build it around the GPU as I use my PC for gaming.

The last card I purchased was a 5870 so I'm a little behind in the game!.. lol

With the lastest games out, Dead Rising 3, Middle Earth, Wasteland 2, Metro Redux etc. I'm basically an RPG/shooter. What GPU/system would you recommend....? Its a minefield out there.

I dont need to buy straight away but in hte next 3 months or so and I would want to spend no mre than about £800.

Biggest choice is Nvidia or AMD?
 
If you have access to the MM, there are loads of bargins like 780's for £200-220 and the 78-Ti around the £300 mark. You can also get teh R9 290 for £170-200. If you're looking to buy new, get the GTX970!
 
Reedweaver said:
How would a new R9 run in my system. I would expect some bottlenecking maybe?
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Yes and no, depends the game. Those few games that support Mantle, will run great on your machine even with the humble i5 650.

The rest yes, but you can always upgrade later one. Isn't the end of the world to be honest. However many games still are using couple of cores, and the AMD CPU users are in worst boat than you :)
 
Reuse:
  • Case
  • SSD
  • Power Supply

Then get the following:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
Total : £533.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Followed by a 780Ti on the MM for about £250-300!

Alternatively, you can get a 970 in there:

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 970 ACX 1.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-0972-KR) £265.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
Total : £799.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).



or a 290: (these are on the MM for about £200)

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
Total : £793.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Take into consideration the AMD cards are far hotter than the nVidia cards like the the 780 series. The 970 are substantially cooler with TDP of only 178W!
 
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thefogo said:
I wouldn't recommend the evga cards.
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That's your opinion, but they do provide the ability for a guest warranty and as below, 5 years and you have nothing to back it up. Any bad experience you've had doesn't speak for anything else.

MjFrosty said:
Epic card ^ :p

Don't listen to this baseless blanket statement.
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Indeed :rolleyes:

Geeman1979 said:
EVGA now offering 5 years warranty on their 9 Series cards.

Now that's confidence you.

http://eu.evga.com/articles/00877/EVGA-GeForce-GTX-980-970-FREE-5-Years-Warranty/
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Highly recommended are EVGA. There are 3 to recommend, EVGA, MSI & Gigabyte.

Having UK RMA will ensure a quick turnaround also!
 
But they also have problems with the coolers on the 900 series...
People condemned ASUS for their half-arsed job on the 290 series cooler, but when evga do it there is no problem.
 
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thefogo said:
But they also have problems with the coolers on the 900 series...
People condemned ASUS for their half-arsed job on the 290 series cooler, but when evga do it there is no problem.
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I also wouldn't touch ASUS produects again. Look at the threads on this forum and their lack of RMA guidance, its not worth the hastle.

In short, they don't RMA!

Reedweaver said:
http://www.eteknix.com/evga-respond-possible-design-flaw-gtx-970-acx/

Interesting story...
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This has been floating around since the release but in all honesty, OcUK would deal with any warranty issues so you have nothing to worry about.
 
thefogo said:
But they also have problems with the coolers on the 900 series...
People condemned ASUS for their half-arsed job on the 290 series cooler, but when evga do it there is no problem.
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Are you forgetting CS?????
Asus although make excellent products can be a pita with returns/rma's EVGA on the other hand are in a league of there own. I know nothing regarding cooler problems but that would never put me off in buying possibly IMO the best branded gpu's on the market.
 
I dont worry about noise as my PC is in other room. I have loads of fans on a Camptron FC9 controller. I can take my whole system from 0db to 60db...running at around 40db mostly..
 
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