Graphics Card replace

[dark_panda]

HI got a PC in 2014 and i am pretty sure my graphics card has failed. Graphics duties seem to have been taken over by Intel currently & the PC will not recognise the graphics card. Looking for a replacement that will slot into my mother board with ease to replace. I have no idea where to start looking, please help.
I think the mother board is a Maximus VI Formula and the graphics cards was Sapphire Radeon R9 290.

"Titan Wrath Duo" Intel Core i7 4770K @ 4.4GHz Overclocked AMD Radeon Crossfire Gaming PC 1
Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM 1 £199.99
Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) 1 £64.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD 1 £36.66
Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card 1 £266.66

 

[Quartz]

Which games do you play, which monitor do you have, and what is your budget?

 

[dark_panda]

Hi thanks for responding, budget would be about £200- £250 , mainly playing football manager and world of tanks. Monitor is a IIyama ProLite X82783HSU

 

[LuckyBenski]

It's worth double checking that the card is still connected ok, etc. It may well have failed but you can always check, try removing it and refitting all the power connectors.

In terms of fitting and compatibility, any card is compatible with any motherboard in terms of PCIe slot, power connectors etc. Seeing as your card has two PCIe power connectors, your PSU should support almost all modern cards

 

[dark_panda]

Thanks for the advice, just took it out and checked all connectors, fans are spinning on it but no other sign of life. So looks like a new one.

 

[mrbazmondo]

You can afford a GTX 1060 which is a bit faster than your old card and uses less than half the power.
https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=2719&cmp[]=3548

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ics-card-gv-n1060g1-gaming-3gd-gx-18l-gi.html

 

[dark_panda]

Hi thanks, been looking online and this has come up a couple of times. Stupid question but would i be able to unplug old one and just plug this one in with the same leads already routed?

 

[Devlish]

Yup is really easy. Hardest part is switching over the drivers if you go green team.