Out of the loop and in need of a new card!

[IamMed]

Looking at building a new desktop after solely using my laptop for the last 3 years and I really haven't been following what's hot and what's not for quite some time

Budget will be £150 ideally though can stretch a bit more if worth it and I don't mind going the second hand route if I'll get a much better performing card over new.

EDIT:
Have increased budget to £250ish

Gaming wise it will be primarily used for Elite Dangerous / Battlefield 4 for now and Fallout 4 soon at 1080p

PC will also be used for a lot of video editing mainly 1080p but eventually 4K as well.

Will be running a 5820k with 16gb RAM and will likely be picking up a 750w PSU.

Thanks in advance for any recommendations

 

[nashathedog]

4k will be out of the question on a card in that price range. A secondhand 290x sounds like the best bet. Make it a non reference Sapphire. Not Asus or MSI.

 

[smilertoo]

If the plan is to use a 4k TV at some point then you can afford an nvidia gtx950/gtx960, the two cheapest cards with HDMI2. They will drive a 4k desktop but you will be limited to 1080p for games.

 

[IamMed]

Just to clarify I won't be gaming at 4k as I generally use my TV these days, would only require 4k whilst reviewing/editing video footage (monitor would be used for this) but that won't be for awhile yet if that makes much difference?

Budget can be stretched to £200 if need be but would rather keep it to £150 if possible

Which 290x would you recommend?

Ideally I'd like something with a larger cooler to keep noise and temp down, cheers

 

[Gigabyte-Gaming]

If you want something that is still cool and quiet on that budget try a GTX 960 instead of a 290x.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-158-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914

Another £10 gets you the 4G version

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-162-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914
That extra 2G can make a difference in a few games on 1080p

 

[RanxZy]

If you want something that is still cool and quiet on that budget try a GTX 960 instead of a 290x.

Yes, the 960 uses a lot less power than the 290X and thus less heat generated, shame it's so much slower than a 290X though.

 

[LtMatt]

Looking at building a new desktop after solely using my laptop for the last 3 years and I really haven't been following what's hot and what's not for quite some time

Budget will be £150 ideally though can stretch a bit more if worth it and I don't mind going the second hand route if I'll get a much better performing card over new.

Gaming wise it will be primarily used for Elite Dangerous / Battlefield 4 for now and Fallout 4 soon at 1080p

PC will also be used for a lot of video editing mainly 1080p but eventually 4K as well.

Will be running a 5820k with 16gb RAM and will likely be picking up a 750w PSU.

Thanks in advance for any recommendations

I would recommend the R9 380, because it's the fastest Graphics Card you can get (brand new) for your money.

This R9 380 runs cool and quiet and is within your budget.

The R9 380 is a good graphics card that sees software optimisation and clock-speed boosts combine to turn an existing, unexciting GPU into a product that is worthy of serious consideration. It's faster than the GTX 960 on aggregate in terms of benchmarks

Source
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-radeon-r9-380-2gb-4gb-review

I wouldn't worry about the extra memory, look at the review above. The differences between 2-4GB at 1080P are very small. In most cases you will run out of GPU grunt before you run out of video memory with mid range GPU's.

EDIT

If you're eventually going 4K, then 4GB of Video memory would make sense, so definitely factor that into your choice but at 1080P there's very little difference.

290X might be the best choice.

 

[Marine-RX179]

I think since OP is not going to be gaming on the 4K TV, the 30Hz limitation of the HDMI 1.4 wouldn't be an issue. So 290x would make much more sense for the non-4K gaming part.

Also 960 might have lower power consumption, but it is meaningless when it has only less than half the of the 290x's gaming performance.

 

[smilertoo]

The 30hz issue is a problem on the desktop, i'm suffering it just now and it makes mouse movement very jerky and annoying.

 

[Cyanide]

I've got a 960, it runs ED beautifully @ 1080p and it's pretty much silent

 

[IamMed]

Thanks the suggestions so far, I've decided to up my budget to £250 (£275 a push) as I'm struggling to find anything second hand and I'm only needing a graphics card to compete the system now lol

Looking at 390 / 970 now as best bet I assume?

From a quick look online it appears the 390 has a slight performance advantage but consumes nearly double the power of the 970?

 

[smilertoo]

Only new nvidia cards have the HDMI2 port you need to drive a 4K TV. The 30hz 4K screen is so jerky i'm planning to go from a gtx780 to gtx 970 just for that HDMI2 port...theyre both same speed.