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Second hand gpu

HPTL7

HPTL7

HPTL7

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Hey
Can anyone recommend me the best second hand gpu I should try get.
I have a budget of £100-150
Mainly be playing gta, fifa, battlefield.
It will be pairing with
8350
8gb ram
Corsair 550w
Thanks
 
Having gone through 2 290's with the blackscreen fault I would say stay well away from one with limited warranty.

Put the little extra and get a new 1060 3GB or 480 4GB, would scale great with what you already have.
 
HPTL7;30483765 said:
Does the 480 justify the price difference compared to the 460?
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Yes, completely different class of card.

480 would suit your current CPU well, what OC are you running on it?
 
Concrete;30490719 said:
Yes, completely different class of card.

480 would suit your current CPU well, what OC are you running on it?
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stock atm.
few people saying it would suit my cpu. why is that?
 
You can find new 470s going for £150-160, really good cards as well, within 10% of the 480. But yeah, used 970s go for around £120-130.
 
Poneros;30491270 said:
You can find new 470s going for £150-160, really good cards as well, within 10% of the 480. But yeah, used 970s go for around £120-130.
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+1. Find a cheap 470. They are surprisingly fast and very overclockable.
 
HPTL7;30491207 said:
stock atm.
few people saying it would suit my cpu. why is that?
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They match each other with a good balance of performance. Ideally you would push your cpu to 4.5 (which is easily achievable) so that it doesn't bottleneck a 480 in single core intensive games, but that depends on the cooler you have.

A 470 is also a good shout and would be a great match for your CPU at stock speeds.
 
I'm rocking a 780ti @5760x1080 playing GTA and Battlefield, assuming your only running 1 1080p monitor instead of my 3, I reckon you'll be just fine, especially if you can bag one for around £100 or so.
 
HPTL7;30498803 said:
So you saying I should buy a 780ti?
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If you play @1080p and can get one for around £100 then absolutely.


Mine is great @1080p, there's not much I can't max out eye candy wise, tbh it rocks @ 5760x1080 too but it's 3Gb VRAM hampers it a bit at that resolution and solely for that reason I'm looking to change it soon, if I had just the one monitor then I wouldn't be changing it as at that resolution I have no need to with the games I play.
 
Honestly, for 1080p gaming right now, any of the followings cards that you can get on budget would be great:

(Second hand: Don't spend more than 120 quid imo)
290 / 290X - Best bet, AMD supports/updates their drivers very well.
780ti / 970 - Absolutely fine, but maybe questionable future support.

(New)
470 / 480 - Going to cost more, but will have warranty, either is a great choice.
 
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