Some Graphics card advice

[boyle]

I am thinking of upgrading my graphics card at the moment I have a sapphire radeon r9 280 3gb
I was wondering would it be worthwhile to upgrade to MSI RADEON RX 570 ARMOR 8GB.
I am on a limited budget, my cpu is an intel i5 9400F .
Would I see enough of difference to spend say £150.Hope you can help.

 

[Gray2233]

You can get a 580 for £150-160 or so if you shop around, I'd say it'd absolutely be worth it coming from an old 280.

I wouldn't spend more than £110-115 on a 570, you can find them in that price range but again you'll need to shop around. Still a good improvement from the 280 but I'd spend the extra on a 580 if I were you.

 

[ANDREW GREEN]

You'll notice a pretty decent bump in performance about 50%. I have a 1 month old RX 580 Sapphire Nitro available if interested having just bought a Vega 56. I had the MSI RADEON RX 570 ARMOR 8GB too, it's now in my Dad's PC. All great cards that can max out most games at 1080p

 

[nashathedog]

Can you hold out a little while? The end of the year?

If so do that, the smaller Navi cards should be around by Xmas meaning you'll be on the gaming oriented RDNA architecture rather than the outgoing GCN which is a good thing if you plan on keeping it for a few years.

 

[boyle]

Thank you all for your comments.How much does it matter if the 580 mentioned has 4gb rather than 8gb.?

 

[MegaPinches]

Thank you all for your comments.How much does it matter if the 580 mentioned has 4gb rather than 8gb.?

Get the 8gb for sure, also the ram is faster on the 8gb too, 2000mhz

 

[ANDREW GREEN]

Thank you all for your comments.How much does it matter if the 580 mentioned has 4gb rather than 8gb.?

Once you run out of VRAM it'll start to stutter. In most current games you won't notice. It's more for future proofing, so you won't need to replace as quickly