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Best GPU Option For £350

Superpatsy

Superpatsy

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Hi guys,

I've got a budget of roughly £350 and was looking for recommendations for the best options.

I was looking at two Asus R9 270X DCUII's and crossfiring. I might be able to push the budget a bit to crossfire two R9 280's, or a single 290.

I intend on using a 1920x1200 monitor and obviously looking for best performance in gaming.

The PSU I plan on buying is a Corsair AX860 and as far as I am aware, this would be suitable to crossfire two 280's.

Any sort of feedback is appreciated.

Cheers! :D
 
Kaapstad said:
Why should the OP send the extra for an NVidia card when he only mentions AMD cards in the OP.
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Because he didn't specify that he wanted an AMD card even if he spoke about them, and he also specified that any feedback would be appreciated.

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GefGz said:
Because he didn't specify that he wanted an AMD card even if he spoke about them, and he also specified that any feedback would be appreciated.

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He did specify £350 though.

If you want someone to spend over their budget you really need to justify it.
 
Kaapstad said:
He did specify £350 though.

If you want someone to spend over their budget you really need to justify it.
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He did mention roughly, then in the next two sentences mention he could push the budget.

I've got a 290x and I'm only suggesting the 780 due to his resolution, the fact that crossfiring for relatively equal performance that you can get in one card isn't a good idea in my opinion plus it's not unknown that AMD cards are definitely having a rougher time with drivers and issues this generation.

You're the one with all the graphics cards under the sun but I'll still give my opinion non the less.

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Superpatsy said:
Should have made it clear. AMD is the major preference.
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290/290x then. :D
 
Superpatsy said:
Should have made it clear. AMD is the major preference.
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The GTX 780 is a really good card and performance wise is on a par with the 290P, unfortunately if you did go for the 780 it does tend to cost a bit more than the 290P. I only mention the 780 so you know how it compares performance wise to the 290P.
 
A pair of 280's if you can manage, or a single 290X if you can push it (with the option of another down the road, this would be my choice tbh)

I'm guessing this is for a 1080p monitor...
 
GefGz said:
He did mention roughly, then in the next two sentences mention he could push the budget.

I've got a 290x and I'm only suggesting the 780 due to his resolution, the fact that crossfiring for relatively equal performance that you can get in one card isn't a good idea in my opinion plus it's not unknown that AMD cards are definitely having a rougher time with drivers and issues this generation.

You're the one with all the graphics cards under the sun but I'll still give my opinion non the less.
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Never let me or anyone else put you off giving your opinion how ever many GPUs they own.:)

As to drivers I find the 13.XX drivers for AMD work pretty good for one and two cards but they have got some serious work to do for 4 card setups to make 4K a pleasant experience.
 
Kaapstad said:
Never let me or anyone else put you off giving your opinion how ever many GPUs they own.:)

As to drivers I find the 13.XX drivers for AMD work pretty good for one and two cards but they have got some serious work to do for 4 card setups to make 4K a pleasant experience.
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Yeah I've been pretty lucky with mine to be honest, probably because I don't play BF4:rolleyes:

Saying that though I'm probably looking at Nvidia still though rose tinted glasses since the last card I had from them was the 8800gtx and that thing was the best card I've ever used(at the time ofc!)
 
290. Don't bother with the 290X unless you're heavily into benching; there's so very little between them, I doubt you'd ever notice it games.
 
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