Best stop gap card till new cards come out

[sanadsaad]

I've assembled a PC with the following specs:
Cpu: amd ryzen 7 270x
Board: Asus hero VII
Ram: team group 32gb
Psu: SuperFlower 850W
Case: Corsair obsidian 1000d
Gpu: undecided
Monitor: dell ultrasharp 3008wfp
Keyboard: Razer Huntsman elite
Mouse: razer deathadder
OS: Windows 10
Hdd: SSD 250gb samsung

The final build would be water-cooled but sticking to air cooled for the next 6-8 months or so. Will be looking to upgrade the monitor when alienware or LG come out with their new offering. In the mean time, what graphics card would you guys suggest to last me a year, maybe more that could find its way into a secondary build later on. I've been out of pc gaming for a long time and just coming back so would appreciate your advice. Amd has some cracking deals but would I benefit from a higher investment and use the card longer or a basic best value card now and see how the RTX pans out?

 

[subbytna]

Armour 580 are a steal just now and you get free games to sell to reduce the cost further. Decent performance too for a "stop gap" card

 

[WantoN]

I’m using a second hand 1080, it’s great for 3440x1440. But if I’m being honest I think I’d have been wiser to get one of the cheaper AMD cards.

 

[DONOHUE07]

I would say get the 2nd hand GPU, possibly the 970 or 290
Both could be had for around £100- and can still play any game at 1080p, good stop gap whilst waiting for the 7mn cards.
If you want to buy new I would say the 570/580

 

[TNA]

I would say get the 2nd hand GPU, possibly the 970 or 290
Both could be had for around £100- and can still play any game at 1080p, good stop gap whilst waiting for the 7mn cards.
If you want to buy new I would say the 570/580

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[GuruJockStrap]

I picked up a 1060 3GB for £100 off an auction site as a stop gap. Plays everything so far at 1080p without a fuss.

 

[Journey]

Give your current monitor is 2560x1440, I would say get on the RX 580's that are on offer only £199, and you get £100 worth of decent/good games with it, and it will play a lot of titles at your native resolution at 60fps+.

 

[Lokken86]

The 570 on offer atm would do the job.

 

[Kirby Wurm]

The 290X cards still have decent performance but are fairly old by this point so I'm not sure how long one would last. A £200 580 is an excellent option.

 

[sanadsaad]

Ok so now that I've missed the boat on the 580 and three games deal, the options after a lot of research are as under:

1. B GRADE Gigabyte vega 56 - 299 pounds
2. Powercolor Vega 56 with 3 games - 349 pounds
3. 580 for 199 pounds

The 2nd option is very tempting. What do you guys think?

 

[Journey]

RX 590 is out in a week, you might see a new offer on the other cards. Where's the promotion for the Vega 56?

 

[sanadsaad]

My mistake. Its not 349, its 359 now.

@Gibbo any chance vega cards go on deal on black Friday? If not, I'll look to order soon! Need a card less than £400. Advice?

 

[eeii]

As the others have said vega 56 all day long. The support on these forums is great aswell.

 

[Gibbo]

Wait until next Thursday guys - 2pm!

 

[Techen]

570 8GB is 158 on ocuk is as fast as a 580 but yea Black Friday deals are dropping shortly o;

 

[Gibbo]

570 8GB is 158 on ocuk is as fast as a 580 but yea Black Friday deals are dropping shortly o;

That deal won't improve, shall just remain, so if your looking at 570 its a safe buy.

 

[Techen]

That deal won't improve, shall just remain, so if your looking at 570 its a safe buy.

Thanks for the notice is a super deal too :>

 

[Omega_]

wait for 590.

 

[Legend]

Wait until next Thursday guys - 2pm!

20% off 2080Ti's right?

 

[Distracted]

20% off 2080Ti's right?

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