Spec me a gfx card.

[swanseajack]

Budget around 250, will be playing games at 1080p.

Don't really care on Nvidia or AMD.

Just best bang for buck within this budget. At the moment got a hd7850.

Cheers.

Sj.

 

[beany_bot]

New or 2nd hand? Either way, wait until new nvidia cards come out. this will drive down both new and used prices. should be able to get a 980 or 390x for that money second hand.

 

[maltrabob]

Well, Polaris is launching in two weeks time (roughly) so I would wait if I were you. Even if you aren't planning on buying a new generation graphics card you are likely to get a better deal on the previous generation ones after the launch of Polaris.

 

[arc@css]

The new cards are arriving soon, so that may drive the prices of the older ones down a little.


If buying right now, then either the R9 390 or GTX970 have cards within your budget & will be a very good upgrade from your 7850 - which I hope you had a go at overclocking?


My choices would probably be narrowed down to these (cost in mind as well as other factors), but there are cheaper within each range:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kfa2...ess-graphics-card-97nqh6dnb4tx-gx-006-gx.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-166-gi.html

 

[Jono8]

Wait till the end of the month. Silly time to buy a current card right now unless you absolutely have to.

 

[nashathedog]

Wait 2 or 3 weeks for new releases and info on AMD releases as they're in your budget so will affect current gen prices as well as the secondhand market.

 

[swanseajack]

Ok cheers, didn't realise new cards are just around the corner, I'll wait a week or two, it will be a new card I want.

SJ.

 

[Mauller]

Erm, spec you a card, well i would spec it at 5ghz clock, around 20 - 50 billion transistors give or take a few million. 8000 SP's and plenty of cache for them. erm... about 32GB of HBM3 memory or some shizzle like it. erm... 7nm process using stanene transistors and a graphene backplane.

being realistic I would wait till the end of the month for the new AMD cards to drop, should give you a lot of performance for your pennies.

 

[beany_bot]

Hopefully you could get a 980/390x for under £300 once new cards are out. I don't think as cheap as £250 though.

the 970/390 are already in your budget... so maybe this is one of those rare instances where you should just buy now? Depends whether your budget is a gift or savings or what.

 

[Jono8]

Hopefully you could get a 980/390x for under £300 once new cards are out. I don't think as cheap as £250 though.

hmm...