New card £200 ish

[ChrisD.]

Hi guys,

Looking for a new card for my cousin for Christmas, looking to spend around £200 ish. I think he plays on a small 22" panel, maybe smaller. I have spotted this one:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-308-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1830

And similar 760's, they seem ideal. Any particular reason to go red instead of green at this price range? Would like a card that runs cool in a Corsair 200R (his current case).

 

[matty114]

GTX 760, if you can spend a little more get the R9 280x, it will be worth it. If you want to spend under £200 get the R9 270x

 

[Kosmiche]

That card in the op is £190 delivered if you shop around. I don't think competitor hinting is allowed.

 

[MoodyB]

I'd go for the Gainward 760 at £195 over the Asus, purely for the RMA service with OcUK if it's ever needed :

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18231329

 

[ChrisD.]

Just had this through:

My current specs are Case: Corsiar 200R
PSU: 600W Storm (Not so good)
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77-D3H
Proccessor: Intel i5 3470S (Ivy Bridge)
Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 650 1GB
Memory: Corsair 8GB 1600MHZ
Hardrive (OS & Games): Seagate 1TB Barracuda
My problem with blue screens has stopped after the newest BF4 patch, i had a few people with the same problem but now when i play it my graphics card still goes to 80 degrees, this can sometimes cause my game to crash and computer to get very loud

 

[ChrisD.]

So is the 760 a decent upgrade over the GTX 650?

 

[kefan77]

yes

 

[MoodyB]

So is the 760 a decent upgrade over the GTX 650?

It's 2-3 times quicker than a standard 650, plus the benefit of 1gb extra vram :

 

[ChrisD.]

What about a AMD 270 for a bit cheaper?

 

[kefan77]

270X or don't bother.

 

[ChrisD.]

For BF4 mainly would the 279X be better? Comes in cheaper.

 

[MoodyB]

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_radeon_r9_270_review,21.html

 

[ChrisD.]

I went for the 270X in the end for him. It's my GF's money and she favoured the cheaper option. Went for the Gigabyte Windforce which should help his temps and be a big jump up from his current card. Works out even cheaper as I can sell the game code.

 

[Pabl0]

Are you going to mine with it for afew days to 'test' it?

 

[kefan77]

I went for the 270X in the end for him. It's my GF's money and she favoured the cheaper option. Went for the Gigabyte Windforce which should help his temps and be a big jump up from his current card. Works out even cheaper as I can sell the game code.

if you bought it today, you could have got 1 extra game.

 

[ChrisD.]

Are you going to mine with it for afew days to 'test' it?

Going straight to the aunt.

if you bought it today, you could have got 1 extra game.

I ordered it last night.