NEW CARD?

[leewill31]

So this year i will be finally upgrading my old but very sturdy 5850 for my price range i have looked at getting the MSI GTX 950 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-299-ms.html

Question i would like to know is there anything better about at the £140-£150 price range or is this the best to get please.

 

[fs123]

An R9 380 or 280X are much better in the price range. Also try going for the 4GB version of the 380 if you can although it's slightly over budget. The 280x is 3GB and also a good performer.

Check out reviews before buying any card..

R9 380
http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/luke-hill/sapphire-r9-380-nitro-4gb-review/6/

GTX 950
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_950_Gaming/10.html

 

[Marine-RX179]

Graphic card performance improvement for the sub £150 segment of the graphic card has been as snail pace, so if you want upgrade that would actually give your the "wow" impact, you'd have to look at 2nd hand market.

For up to £150, you best bet is going to be the R9 290 for AMD, or GTX780 for Nvidia (assuming you have at least a decent brand and quality 500W PSU and semi-decent or better case airflow).

Also, what's the spec for the rest of your system?

 

[humbug]

XFX Radeon R9 380 "DD Dual Fan" 4096MB GDDR5

 

[leewill31]

thanks for the help the spec for the rest of my pc is

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
OCZ GameXStream 700W

most of it is due for an update as i built the pc about 4-5 years ago but the GPU is first for an upgrade i feel.

 

[Zethor]

960 2gb or 380 2gb are me suggestions.

 

[Poneros]

XFX Radeon R9 380 "DD Dual Fan" 4096MB GDDR5

This is the best really, but a bit over your budget. Personally I'd stretch for it, but if you can't I'd go for either the EVGA 950 (https://www.overclockers.co.uk/evga...s-graphics-card-02g-p4-2956-kr-gx-291-ea.html) or save some money and go for the cheapest 950 (which is the OCUK one) and OC yourself. If you're gonna keep the card for a short while (1-2 years) then whatever choice you make matters little, but if you want to keep it for even longer I would heavily weigh the 380.