Looking for New Gaming Grfx Card - Only got £250

GodMac · 16 Sep 2018 at 13:27

Hi needs some help. My system spec is below and I'm looking for a new graphics card as my existing one has gone faulty. I'm happy with either Nvidia or AMD and games I play are COD WWII, BOP III/4, but want something that will see me into the future but will my spec below hold me back if I'm looking at higher bit rate cards?

Recommendations and advice is always gratefully welcome.

Thanks in advance.

JediFragger · 16 Sep 2018 at 13:50

In your position I'd choose an AMD 580 8GB over the 1060 6GB, if only for the extra vRam.

TNA · 16 Sep 2018 at 14:01

JediFragger said:
In your position I'd choose an AMD 580 8GB over the 1060 6GB, if only for the extra vRam.

+1

GodMac · 16 Sep 2018 at 14:11

Looking at the Radeon RX 580 Red Dragon V2 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card its looks good shouldn't cost me anything else to upgrade so unless there are any other contenders its a good choice. Thanks friend.

JediFragger · 16 Sep 2018 at 14:16

GodMac said:
Looking at the Radeon RX 580 Red Dragon V2 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card its looks good shouldn't cost me anything else to upgrade so unless there are any other contenders its a good choice. Thanks friend.

Good choice of card, enjoy! :cool:

MiKeOnE10110 · 16 Sep 2018 at 14:28

I bought a second hand 1070ti last week for £250. Some bargains out there if you're willing to buy used.

savesavesave11 · 16 Sep 2018 at 18:13

No competitor's--schizo

FoxEye · 16 Sep 2018 at 20:34

You might be able to get a GTX 2030 for that.

Kirby Wurm · 16 Sep 2018 at 21:44

FoxEye said:
You might be able to get a GTX 2030 for that.

Hahaha!

RX580, no question. The rest of your spec is still very solid and should last a good while yet.

JediFragger · 16 Sep 2018 at 22:38

^^Don't fall for that, 4GB is gonna last you about 5 minutes and those cards are awful at 1080p. He should know better than trying to sell outside of the MM.

AMDPower · 16 Sep 2018 at 23:39

for that price definatley go second had, you can get more bang for your buck.

a second hand GTX 1070 at around £230-£250 price point is much better than a RX 580 which is also a good card but gtx 1070 is much faster, or even a 980TI can be had around the £200 mark, its roughly the same speed as a GTX 1070 and again a good buy but getting old.

do you have access to members market? if yes then check there regular there are some really good deals to be had. Just saw a 1070 go for £215.

if you dont want second had then the AMD RX 580 8GB is a really good card.

Hades · 17 Sep 2018 at 00:09

JediFragger said:
In your position I'd choose an AMD 580 8GB over the 1060 6GB, if only for the extra vRam.

Basically this.

willhub · 17 Sep 2018 at 08:09

GTX1070??? Much better than 580 or 1060...

ver01@ · 17 Sep 2018 at 10:19

It's a buyers market at the moment so either go for a 6GB 1060 which will play everything at 1080p and will cost 2/3 of your budget or look for a 1080 deal. The 1070's don't have much to offer as the 1060 is more than enough for 1080p and the 1070 is no match for the 1080 at 4k.

ver01@ · 17 Sep 2018 at 10:21

Leaving AMD out mainly as I don't believe they are power efficient for a gaming setup plus there is no way you can find one 2nd hand that hasn't been used for mining.

willhub · 17 Sep 2018 at 11:00

Mining cards seem better due to lower voltage and total GPU usage.

MrRockliffe · 17 Sep 2018 at 11:19

Tbh at that price I wouldn't be buying new. You can get a used 1070 for that sort of price

Marine-RX179 · 17 Sep 2018 at 11:57

FoxEye said:
You might be able to get a GTX 2030 for that.

Is that for the proper GDDR5 version, or the sneaky bait and switch DDR4 vram version with less than half the performance?

ANDREW GREEN · 17 Sep 2018 at 12:24

AMDPower said:
do you have access to members market? if yes then check there regular there are some really good deals to be had. Just saw a 1070 go for £215..

How does one get access to the market? Do you need to be a member for a certain amount of time or a number of posts? Seems a shame you can't at least buy. Might have to go the CEX route or just buy new.

willhub · 17 Sep 2018 at 12:44

ANDREW GREEN said:
How does one get access to the market? Do you need to be a member for a certain amount of time or a number of posts? Seems a shame you can't at least buy. Might have to go the CEX route or just buy new.

1000 posts.