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Which GFX Card ?

Jeramba

Jeramba

Jeramba

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I noticed some of my latest games have started to slow down a bit (Unity + GTA V). So I think I need a new GFX card. I've heard that Geforce 970 are a good bet. So long as they have good coolers. What are your recomendations ?

I've also heard that some new cards are out in the next couple of months. But could do with one now. Willing to spend about £200-£300....


My current card is a MSI GeForce GTX 580 OC Twin FrozR II 1536MB GDDR5 and the rest of my system is as follows....

Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB
MSI Z68A-GD65 Intel Z68 (G3) (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz

Thanks

J
 
At this stage in the release I don't see any point buying new tbh you can easily pick up a second hand 980 for 300ish and that'll see you right through. Or get a 970 and maybe try and bag an i7 for your board. Both cards are good just depends on whether you'd rather top end or low end of your budget.

Anything by evga I couldn't praise enough. There ACX cooler is amazing and the customer service and rma system they have is hands down the best around imo
 
Get a 390 , much faster card than the 970 with full dx12 and async compute support and it will not run out of vram. If you can get a 390X much better.
 
I have a 970 so my biased vote would be that. 390 series is also an option and quite popular on here but worth baring in mind that AMD cards tend to run hotter, louder and require more power to run.

Also double check the size of the cards to make sure they'd fit in your case. You'd be surprised how big some of them are.
 
Just bought a MSI 970. it powers up however nothing loads just get a B2 error in bottom of monitor. I've heard this can mean a bad card or it's not seated correctly ? The other thing is the DVI cable doesn't seem to have the same connections as the card. But I assume all the pins are used for higher resolutions ?

I'll update my Bios and see if that helps....

My old card works fine in the same slot....

Thanks

J
 
Nvidia gtx 970 is more supported then the r9 390.. though the 390 is better in almost every other way. Its amd's fault for re branding things that were unnecessary...
 
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