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Best GPU for £100-130

FixupSellon said:
While I have overclocked my GPU that's 3ish months old, I would still probably buy the gtx 750 if I didn't already own one, best card I've had and suppose for a new priced point it's in the middle??
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The 750 falls way way short of the 780 and 290 the OP is looking for. Coming from a 980 to a 750 is a bit too much of a step down.
 
Terrorfirmer said:
Yeah I had a reference 290 as well and it was a joke. I thought to myself, "OK, the reviews say the noise levels are bad, but sure, I'll be playing a game, it won't matter".

It was so loud and hot I ended up selling it, it was almost like having a hairdryer on inside the PC. Quite the opposite to what the guy said above, I find people who've never owned a reference model don't quite understand how hot and loud they are.
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As someone who own a reference 290x (have now upgraded to AIO cooling), I can confirmed that it was loud, but to unbearable once I have the custom fan speed profile set up in MSI Afterburner. I could keep the temp at 81C with the fanspeed at just the max of 55%.

How good the airflow (practically the intake of cool air) make a huge different, as blower coolers in general (not just the reference cooler for 290x) could easily need to spin at 10% higher speed in a average airflow case to maintain the same temp for the card as oppose to in a case with plenty of cool air-intake.
 
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