Can Anyone recommend a Graphics card on a Budget of £210 please?

truewraith · 5 Jul 2018 at 16:54

hey,

just looking for a new graphics for my current setup as its seams to be causing me to crash a lot while gaming and its becoming a nightmare so i really hope i can find a new card on this budget as its been near 4 years since i got this card from OC and its been awesome

my setup is this & all i want to do is add a new graphics card

Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold"
Zalman Z12 Plus Midi Tower

cheers

heatonpkmassive · 5 Jul 2018 at 18:13

Pony up another 40 or 50 quid and get a 6GB 1060.

heatonpkmassive · 5 Jul 2018 at 18:13

And overclock that CPU if you haven't already..

truewraith · 5 Jul 2018 at 21:36

thanks for that i will take a look, and beleave it or not i aint ever overclocked anything yet lol

Disco_P · 5 Jul 2018 at 22:09

What is your current GPU and what makes you think it is the culprit for the crashes?

truewraith · 5 Jul 2018 at 23:22

radeon R9 280X
i play mostly pubg and Eso and after around 30mins -1 hour my comp crashes with just a black screen and very faint lines going down, its happened about 10 times in the last 2 days which started is when it started

and ive checked leads and cleaned everything i can think of, everything was fine till the hot weather.

DONOHUE07 · 5 Jul 2018 at 23:37

truewraith said:
radeon R9 280X
i play mostly pubg and Eso and after around 30mins -1 hour my comp crashes with just a black screen and very faint lines going down, its happened about 10 times in the last 2 days which started is when it started and ive checked leads and cleaned everything i can think of, everything was fine till the hot weather.

Can you get hold of another PSU to try?
My guess is it’s either that or the PC is overheating, try gaming with the side panel off

4K8KW10 · 5 Jul 2018 at 23:56

DONOHUE07 said:
Can you get hold of another PSU to try?
My guess is it’s either that or the PC is overheating, try gaming with the side panel off

Or take the R9 280X and try it on another computer. If the problems persist, it is definitely this card.

There is nothing for 210 but for 40 pounds extra, there is:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 580 Red Dragon V2 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £248.99

Total: £258.89 (includes shipping: £9.90)

truewraith · 6 Jul 2018 at 01:09

DONOHUE07 said:
Can you get hold of another PSU to try?
My guess is it’s either that or the PC is overheating, try gaming with the side panel off

thanks for that i will try those things before i try save for the card that 4k8k mentioned.
my comp as been on for the last hours and no crash unless i play a game

fastwunz · 6 Jul 2018 at 02:41

Must struggle with pubg using a 280x?

P4Clock · 6 Jul 2018 at 03:34

1060 3gb

subbytna · 7 Jul 2018 at 15:46

That power supply should be fine. PUBG is a hog on most GPU's. 580 card as above would be a good match. Get your CPU overclocked too, make sure you've a decent cooler before doing overclocking though

fastboy · 7 Jul 2018 at 16:01

maybe whip the side off the case and point a house fan at the gpu area see if that helps for the time being.

heatonpkmassive · 7 Jul 2018 at 17:51

heatonpkmassive said:
Pony up another 40 or 50 quid and get a 6GB 1060.

Or a 580..

Rezident · 9 Jul 2018 at 13:08

580 8Gb.

AMDPower · 9 Jul 2018 at 14:08

do you have access to Members Market?

gazzaa · 9 Jul 2018 at 17:34

second hand 980ti would be my choice if used is fine.

subbytna · 9 Jul 2018 at 18:02

Rezident said:
580 8Gb.

580 is a good call. Starting to push the 1060 out in that price bracket. Will have better driver support in the future too.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/powe...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-18l-pc.html

Just above your budget but worth it. Had the same card before and it was a great card for the money. Sell the game free with it and you'll be near your budget, for a new good mid-range card.

bru · 9 Jul 2018 at 20:01

subbytna said:
580 is a good call. Starting to push the 1060 out in that price bracket. Will have better driver support in the future too.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/powe...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-18l-pc.html

Just above your budget but worth it. Had the same card before and it was a great card for the money. Sell the game free with it and you'll be near your budget, for a new good mid-range card.

Not sure about that to be honest.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 EX OC "White Edition" 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £248.99
1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 580 Red Dragon V2 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £248.99

Total: £508.48 (includes shipping: £10.50)

Although the AMD does have an extra 10% off, or does that just make it dearer before the offer.

bru · 9 Jul 2018 at 20:03

saying all that if I didn't already have a GSync monitor I would go for the 580 as well, it will probably age better, as seems to be the way of AMD cards.