Help me pick a card please

[AnAnarchist]

I built a PC awhile back with an A10-6800K CPU and up until now I've been happy with the integrated Radeon 8670D.

However I'm planning on buying a 21-9 1440p monitor so I'll be needing a pretty powerful card to power it.

I've got a 600w PSU.

Not sure how much my CPU would bottleneck me with the higher end cards? Is it perhaps worth building a new PC? Or will the A10-6800k be fine?

 

[SiDeards73]

Budget? How much are you spending on monitor? Freesync or gsync an option?

If you let us know what you want to spend on the gpu people will recommend in that price range

 

[TheMorningStar]

Get just the card first and if it doesn't satisfy your needs you can look at further upgrades later.

A 970 is justifiable at that res, 980 too. a second hand 7950 or 7970 is a cheaper alternative. 280/290/290x/390/390x are all cards to consider, depends on your budget really.

 

[AnAnarchist]

Hi thanks for the replies guys.

Looked into my current CPU a bit more and seems like it would bottleneck a lot of the higher end cards I'd be looking at. I'm thinking I'm just going to get a new mobo / CPU

Budget is pretty high tbh.

I'm thinking I'm going to get the new acer with freesync and then probably the furyx to go along with it.

 

[TheMorningStar]

You may have a wait with the Fury X with supply as it currently is. It's really optimised for 4k though from what I have been seeing, that's where it shines.

 

[faheemrazzaq]

if you are not too bothered about freesync go for 980ti instead of fury x

 

[SiDeards73]

Don't bother with the acer either their rma policy is horrendous, go for the benQ or Asus models.

FuryX plus Freesync will be perfect at 1440p and higher, and much less expensive than a 980ti and gsync, don't let the Nvidia fans tell you otherwise, there is negligible difference when using a 980ti with gsync or a FuryX and Freesync as the tech in both screens means smooth fps, one might be 5fps quicker than the other but it's totally irrelevant if your in the range of the screens adaptive sync tech as they both give the same end result.

Too many people on this forum will be too quick to tell you that Nvidia is the only option, that's fine if you don't mind wasting money, but if you want the same type of gameplay, smooth and quiet and cool, then pretty much buy a Freesync screen and a FuryX

 

[Amatsubu]

At 1440p I would seriously look into the 980Ti/FuryX (after getting a new mobo/cpu, that is) if your budget allows it. Both are good but personally I think the 980Ti is the better choice unless you want freesync.

Your other more budget-friendly options are:

1. Stopgap second-hand 970/290x

2. New 390

However, if you can afford it I'd suggest grabbing the most powerful single GPU solution you can get as I don't think you'll get a lot of mileage out of the 390/970 at that sort of res if you plan to play games nearly maxed.

 

[nashathedog]

To run 3440 x 1440, He needs a 390x/980 at least , Preferably better.