New Graphics Card advice

[Greg]

Guys,

I've been out of the pc building game for a while. I've got my own built rig with an i5-3570 @3.4GHz with 8GB RAM but I feel my graphics card is the current bottle neck and I'm looking for advice on what you'd suggest I upgrade to.

I can't remember what I've got at the moment and Windows just tells me it's a Radeon R9 200.

I'm looking to play PUBG and at the moment it's playing 'OK' but would like to get the graphics a little better.

Any suggestions? (looking to pay around £200 max) happy to buy used or new.

Thanks,

 

[Guest2]

What resolution do you play at?
What PSU do you have?

My first guess would be to go second hand and get a GTX 970 or 780 Ti. Though I am not sure what the 1050 Ti or 1060 are like in comparison which are around £200 new. Probably not as good!

Edit - Yep, both the 780 Ti and 970 easily beat these new low end cards. I would get a 970 or 980 Ti if you can find one for £200 (and have a good enough PSU)

 

[triss]

Guys,

I've been out of the pc building game for a while. I've got my own built rig with an i5-3570 @3.4GHz with 8GB RAM but I feel my graphics card is the current bottle neck and I'm looking for advice on what you'd suggest I upgrade to.

I can't remember what I've got at the moment and Windows just tells me it's a Radeon R9 200.

I'm looking to play PUBG and at the moment it's playing 'OK' but would like to get the graphics a little better.

Any suggestions? (looking to pay around £200 max) happy to buy used or new.

Thanks,

Assuming thats a r9 290 I'm thinking your going to have to go 2nd hand to get any sort of improvement and even that may be a struggle at your budget. If its r9 270 etc then yes GTX 970 or better would be a good idea
You may well be best struggling on a bit longer and waiting to see if prices get a bit better

 

[nashathedog]

I definitely wouldn't go buying a Kepler card as while some games play well there's plenty of recent games where Kepler performance tanks, That's even more so if you have a 290 or 290x as the 780 & 780ti were their direct competitors when new and over the last few years the two AMD cards have gone from strength to strength often leaving the 2 Nvidia card's in the dust.

You need to know which card you have, as an example you're not going to get a worthwhile performance increase over a 290/290x with a £200 budget,

Prices have gone through the roof thanks to the mining craze. Even the 6gb 1060 and 8gb 480/580 which are each others direct competitor don't offer a worthwhile performance increase compared to a 290/290x or 390/390x.
Find out which card you have, If it's not a 290 or 290x you could look for a secondhand 480/580 or 1060 for a small visual/performance bump. I got my 8gb Powercolor 480 Red Devil for £180 on the OCUK Members Market so once you know what card you have you should sit back & watch the MM a couple of times a day for a week or so & something should turn up.

There's loads of Video's and Reviews on how the 780 & 780ti perform with today's games.

 

[TeraVirus]

If you can catch a 1060 for around £200, then that should be good enough at the 1080p area.

Bear in mind PUBG isn't the most polished game in the world.

 

[Greg]

thanks for all the replies guys. I think for now I'll just stick with what I've got as it seems to run fairly smoothly and as i said its OK just not fabulous.

I'll maybe reconsider in 6 - 9 months time!

Ta