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Best Bang for Buck! Nvidia or AMD now..

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?
 
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..
 
mortals has got it... ta

MSI/EVGA/Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 £279.95
Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) £179.99
Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) Motherboard - SLI board £100 or non-SLI £80
TeamGroup DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz 8GB (2x4GB) £59.99
 
Went for the MSI after doing a bit of research....
Order Placed





Date and time of order: 29 Sep, 14, 9:35 am





Shipping service: DPD Next Day Parcel (Mon-Fri)
Shipping Cost: £9.00



Product Name

Price

Qty

Line Total

MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £233.29 1 £233.29

Order Cost Summary

Sub Total: £233.29
Shipping: £9.00
Total Vat: £48.46
Total inc Vat: £290.75
 
JamesM said:
You have already grabbed a 970 which is a fantastic card.

What resolution do you play at?

If you are a FPS gamer then your going to want high frames for a smooth gaming experience.

The 4690k (fine for gaming with a single card) would knock the socks off your 750, especially with an overclock to say 4.5 - 4.7GHz

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/109?vs=1261

That shows the performance difference between the CPUs. No game tests but gives you an idea of where CPUs stand at the moment

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Asus Maximus VII Ranger Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £129.95
1 x G.Skill TridentX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-2400C10D-8GTX) £79.99
Total : £389.53 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Select your CPU cooler and that will do you fine.
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Is that RAM any good? Whats the best make for the Asus board? Would a faster 16GB 2x8 be better?
 
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Well I've learnt a lot from this thread.

1) The usual ATI or NVidia arguments are still there.
2) The usual "wait for another 3 months and the better cards are out" talk.
3) Thread hi-jacking and off topic posts are still there.

LOL

These are light hearted statements, and not meant to offend anyone.. x
 
win8.1 - If you could see how Dead Rising 3 and Shadow of Mordor run on my PC now you would upgrade in an instance..lol

3 months of better gaming is what I'm looking for. With a view to upgrading the whole system in 8 months or so when the prices have settled. I'm running a 1156 motherboard with 2.0 PCI express..not great in this world.

The 970 suits my needs and fits the thread title perfectly. "Best Bang for Buck! Nvidia or AMD now.. ". :-)
 
Well the MSI GTX 970 arrived yesterday, and I am extremely happy with it. Solid build, well packaged with Overclockers usual great service.

Performance is superb, even with my 2.0 PCI express and CPU/Motherboard. I had Dead Rising 3 on Low settings with my Xfire 5870s and I can now MAX out without any stuttering...

I'm looking to add the 1150 upgrades in about 3 months...
 
I've just finished a clean install and new drivers. What are people sing at the moment for overclocking tools? MSI Afterburner maybe?
 
Marine-RX179 said:
Think Dead Rising 3 probably don't even support crossfire that well considering it's Capcom...you were probably getting stuttering from crossfire, and the game most probably have scaling so poor, that you'd probably have better performance on a single 5870 (I recall reading that the game don't really benefit from muti-GPU). Also a game like Dead Rising is most probably more demanding on the CPU than other games (due to the number of zombies hordes), so you should try overclocking your CPU higher.

But yes the 970 is a great card for the price indeed.
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Yes, I took one 5870 out to be able to run DR3 in low settings. With 2x 5870s in my machine the game was un-playable. Huge stuttering and freezes...
 
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Sod it...I'm going to pull the trigger on this today... :-)

Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
Asus Maximus VII Ranger Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard Asus Maximus VII Ranger Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £129.95
(£108.29) £129.95
(£108.29)
Deepcool Lucifer CPU-Cooler - 140mm Deepcool Lucifer CPU-Cooler - 140mm £28.99
(£24.16) £28.99
(£24.16)
Prolimatech PK-2 Nano Aluminium Thermal Paste - 5g Prolimatech PK-2 Nano Aluminium Thermal Paste - 5g £8.99
(£7.49) £8.99
(£7.49)
 
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