New Gfx Card advice

[MrDragonfyr]

Current spec below.

Looking for recommendations for buying a new gfx card.

Something is wrong with my current card. It won't work on AMD Crimson Drivers, but works fine on windows default drivers! So, i'm just going to sell it! (No interest is troubleshooting the issue any more).

Someone has mentioned looking for a 1060 6GB or 1070 on sale. Not sure what the difference are / and / if / it will fit my criteria (below).
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So...
Current Card: AMD XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Black Edition 4096MB GDDR5

-- Criteria
-> IT MUST NOT BE AMD <- Current issue has put me off them
- I'd like to buy a card for around £400-£500 GBP.
- It must support 3 displays. (Listed Below).
- Be able to run on a new Ryzen build, if i decide to build one.
- Be better than my current card.
- Work in my current system (spec below).
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Thanks

My Current Spec.
-- Screen1 - Asus VG248 Digital LCD, 3D Enabled.
-- Screen2 - Dell 17" Wide Screen LCD.
-- Screen3 - Dell 17" Wide Screen LCD.
-- GFX - AMD XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Black Edition 4096MB GDDR5.
-- MOBO - Asus Crosshair V Formula Z AMD 990FX.
-- CPU - AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz.
-- RAM - TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB PC3-2133MHz.
-- CPU Cooler - Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator X6
-- PSU - 860W Corsair AX860 Full Modular.
-- CASE - CM Storm Trooper Gaming Windowed Case.
-- HDD1 - Crucial 240GB M500 SATA 6Gb/s 2.5".
-- HDD2 - WD 3 TB 3.5-inch Internal Hard Drive - Black Edition.
-- HDD3 - External 1TB Western Digital Drive.
-- HDD4 - Internal WD Black Edition 2TB Sata Drive.
-- HDD5 - External WD Passport 4TB.
-- M - Corsair M65.
-- KB - Cougar 200k.
-- NET - Fiber Optic - 73mbps down. 19mbps up. 20ms avg.

Thank you,
Gary

 

[MrDragonfyr]

Nope. I use the main screen (1920 x 1080) for gaming. The other side screens are used for watching YouTube, live streaming assistant windows.

I started using dual screen / three screens when i was using Photoshop / Lightroom / other applications where i needed to multi task.

 

[MrDragonfyr]

So when you say "1070", should i just look for a NVidia card that has 1070 in the title?

Kinda looking for a bit more directional advice.

 

[MrDragonfyr]

Brilliant reply, you're hired! lol. Thank you for that.

I've never heard of "KFA2" before. And until recently i was into the named side of computing. (More people to ts issues / more issues that can be resolved). But as with my current card and it's random driver issue, i've been put off AMD!

I must admit, the thought of sinking so much into a gfx card, isn't a nice thought. I was trying to ask myself if i need to buy such a fantastic card, yea, 3 screens is a must, but as for the most demanding games... i like to play Warcraft on ultra / high with no fps lagg, and Cities Skylines with no gfx issues. Yea, i'd like to try 4k gaming at some point, but not in any rush. Also play BF1 or GTAV when i feel like it, but again, not the most demanding of gaming!

£400-£500... a lot of money when you don't have a lot of money! :/

Thanks again for your help. Il weigh this all up tomorrow when im a bit more awake!

 

[MrDragonfyr]

Indeed, might get some other suggestions but im not holding my breath.

Skylines and wow worked fine with the current card / build. Think i paid around the £380 mark for this gfx card. Sure any i buy now will be just as good. As for my current pc spec, yea, think it's time i invested in a Ryzen system. But again, cash flow!

 

[MrDragonfyr]

Also to add, i'm running this laptop too, which does a lot of what i need https://www.msi.com/Laptop/GE72-6QC-Apache.html#hero-overview

Considering selling parts of main rig / building a ryzen system. Dunno though

 

[MrDragonfyr]

If anyone else has any ideas, it would be greatly appreciated.

I have the money ready, just need to know which card would be the best. As i say, anything around £400-£500 area would be good. Thanks

edit:
-- Criteria
-> IT MUST NOT BE AMD <- Current issue has put me off them
- I'd like to buy a card for around £400-£500 GBP.
- It must support 3 displays. (Listed Below).
- Be able to run on a new Ryzen build, if i decide to build one.
- Be better than my current card.
- Work in my current system (spec below).