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Graphics Card upgrade

Posted: 2015-02-17 10:03
by WelshManDan
Hey guys, I was gonna use the rhino thread instead but the advice is 2 years old regarding GFX cards so opened up this.

Basically its time for me to upgrade my card, im still running a GTX 570.

The rest of my system is pretty solid as far as im aware. Specs below.

Processor (CPU) Intel? Core?i7-2600 Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard ASUS? P8Z68-V: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, NVIDIA?SLI?, ATI?CrossFireX
Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES? TX650 V2-80 PLUS? BRONZE

My max price range is ?250 ish, but would obviously prefer to spend less if its possible. Im more a fan of future proofing it and using the same graphics card for the next 4 years same way ive done with this one though.

Any help is massively appreciated im a bit of a dumbo when it comes to computer stuff.

EDIT: Nvm I read past page 5 on Rhinos thread....

Re: Graphics Card upgrade

Posted: 2015-02-17 17:49
by LITOralis.nMd
Yeah, your system is still solid,
the GTX 960, GTX 770, and the AMD R9 280X and r9 290 should be in your price range if you can find a decent sale.

A slight stretch of the budget will get you to the GTX 970, the performance gains are real because the GTX 960 is comparatively overpriced right now from a price/performance standpoint. might find it on sale at at exactly the 250 UKP price though.

Re: Graphics Card upgrade

Posted: 2015-02-17 18:14
by WelshManDan
Awesome yeah im definitely gonna go for the 970, looks well suited for what I need.

I was having a bit of trouble deciding between MSI, EVGA, G1 and that but think im gonna go for the MSI, seems most applicable to me. G1 looks a bit big and loud.