Graphics Card Advice

[airbusA346]

Hi,

I am looking to upgrade my graphics card, and I am after some advice on the best graphics card I can get for around the £150 mark?

My current system is:

Asus Sabertooth 990FX Motherboard
AMD FX-8120
16GB Kingston 8GB DDR3 1600MHz HyperX XMP Memory
XFX nVidia GeForce 8800GTS 320MB

It will be used for some gaming (GTR2).

Thanks

 

[varkanoid]

Nvidia

MSI GeForce GTX 660 Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99 plus free games and a mouse pad!

Although the 660ti at £179.99 is a lot better choice due to increase in stream processors

Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £161.99 plus 4 free games

The AMD card will have the edge.

You are looking at £200-£249 for the next best ones.

There were a couple of b grade 7970 & 7950's for less than £200 but I noticed they have disappered quick.

 

[kefan77]

270X with 4 games is your choice.

 

[airbusA346]

Are the AMD cards better than Nvidia? (I've only ever used Nvidia)

So which numbers should I be looking at for comparision?

 

[varkanoid]

The AMD cards are better but then again its down to personal preference.

 

[airbusA346]

What's your opinion on this:

http://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=02g-p4-2662-kr

The above card mentions PCI Express 3.0 x16, will that work on the Asus Sabertooth 990FX Motherboard?

 

[airbusA346]

Bump

? ? ? ?

 

[andrewohare]

i have had both AMD and Nvidia and very happy with both

its personal preference i think

 

[airbusA346]

i have had both AMD and Nvidia and very happy with both

its personal preference i think

Any opinion on the EVGA card I linked to?

 

[kefan77]

Any opinion on the EVGA card I linked to?

bad choice.

 

[airbusA346]

bad choice.

Why?

 

[humbug]

Nvidia / AMD both are good, no one is better than the other.

Right now the 270X gets my vote, its quicker and a little cheaper.

 

[kefan77]

Why?

because old card, expensive for what it does and with stock cooler?

why don't you just listen and buy 270X?

 

[airbusA346]

because old card, expensive for what it does and with stock cooler?

why don't you just listen and buy 270X?

It is cheaper than the 270X that was linked earlier.

And they all come with stock coolers don't they.

And no need to get arsey.

 

[airbusA346]

What about these?

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=03G-P4-2667-KR

http://www.pny.eu/product/p-7-213-690/GeForce-GTX-700-Series/GeForce-GTX-760-PCI-E-2GB/