Best sub £250 graphics card?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I think you were influenced by the offer of the free fibre optic Christmas tree!

No because you overpaid for a GTX1060 and its a poor card for £300.

Its a third faster for £50 more.

You are paying £300 for a 60 series card when the last 60 series cards were £150 to £200.

Around £250 is the max you should be paying for any of these cards,otherwise the GTX1070 looks better value.

TPU is using older titles too - in newer titles the GTX1070 is probably much faster once you start turning details up.

Edit!!

Look at the diference between the FE and the MSI card - its not much at all.

What do you expect for a 120W TDP GPU??

 

[IvanDobskey]

I'd certainly take a gainward 1070 at £350 for an extra £50 over any 1060

 

[millview53]

I'd certainly take a gainward 1070 at £350 for an extra £50 over any 1060

Come on then, show me a link to a gainward 1070 for £350?

Edit. I've found one so no need.

 

[X-Mikuru_Beam-X]

How far does one keep going? I could pay an extra ....blah blah.... and get a ....blah blah....

This card has great reviews, is quoted as being one of the best 1060's available. I didn't really want to go to £350 and at £350 the brands are dubious (KFA, INNO3D). I would rather get a good 1060 than a crap 1070!


Each to their own!

Dont listen to them, be happy with your purchase it looks great! There's always something better for £X more....I'd slap it in your machine and have fun gaming!

 

[akarypid]

This is just personal preference. The build quality of the boards and heatsinks just always seems flimsy on amd cards to me.

Nvidia is my personal preference. The build quality on my evga 780 is outstanding.

I always feel nvidia cards are smoother and more consistent in frame rate too. Although I have to say I haven't actually used a 480 so can't comment on this specific card.

My personal preference is the inverse.

The build quality of the boards and heatsinks just always seems flimsy on Nvidia cards to me.

AMD is my personal preference. The build quality on my RX 480 is outstanding.

I always feel AMD cards are smoother and more consistent in frame rate too. Although I have to say I haven't actually used a 1060 so can't comment on this specific card.

 

[millview53]

Dont listen to them, be happy with your purchase it looks great! There's always something better for £X more....I'd slap it in your machine and have fun gaming!

Thanks Mikuru_beam that's the spirit!

 

[Brazo]

I would rather get a crap 1070 than a good 1060! You can run it at stock clocks all day, it'll keep nicely cool and kick sand in the 1060's face.

 

[Razor Time]

I would rather get a crap 1070 than a good 1060! You can run it at stock clocks all day, it'll keep nicely cool and kick sand in the 1060's face.

+1

 

[Darujhistan]

This is just personal preference. The build quality of the boards and heatsinks just always seems flimsy on amd cards to me.

Nvidia is my personal preference. The build quality on my evga 780 is outstanding.

I always feel nvidia cards are smoother and more consistent in frame rate too. Although I have to say I haven't actually used a 480 so can't comment on this specific card.

Apart from the 970 obviously, which was mis-sold by NV.

I find AMD better in all respects, including price, but that's just my personal preference, although I wouldn't recommend an AMD card with crippled RAM.

 

[IvanDobskey]

There is nothing wrong with the 970. It should have been marketed as having 3.5gb of ram though.

It's still a good card.

 

[millview53]

Installed and running well, Battlefield 1 beta running on ultra at around 90 - 100fps and GTA 5 looks stunning so am a happy bunny! thanks for all your opinions!