Upgrading Graphics Card

[BlastHardCheese]

I am concidering upgrading my graphics card but its confusing trying to pick a card. (Some are £30 with 2GB of memory and others are £150 with 1GB... huh?) I'm looking for a good card, preferably AMD just to have it matching the CPU (that probably sounds silly) but it doesn't matter all that much, that would go well with my system so as not to create a bottle neck;

AMD FX-8320 Vishera FD8320FRW8KHK
MSI 760GA-P43 (FX)
Samsung DDR3 4GB PC3-10600U 1333MHz x2
Seagate Desktop HDD ST1000DM003
Corsair CX600M


My top budget is ~£100

Or is my current card (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE) ok?

 

[Computer0304]

Clock speed and Memory does not always matter. The actual performance matters. PassMark Software - Video Card Benchmarks - High End Video Cards Look at this list and look for the GTX and Radeon GPUs. You may be surprised at the performance with the amount of clock speed and memory. EVGA - Products - EVGA GeForce GTX 760 w/ EVGA ACX Cooling - 02G-P4-2763-KR This or something similar from a brand that is available in UK.

 

[ganjiry]

Hi BlastHardCheese
Here are a couple of AMD Gpu's that are in your budget, both card's are slightly over your budget in most stores but I found them cheaper at AriaPc. I did look at Nvidia too but none of the card's in your budget would be as good as the ones I listed. If it was me I would choose the first of the 2 because it has a better cooler and a slightly higher core clock.

Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X OC WindForce £97.99 inc. VAT Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X OC WindForce Graphics Card - Aria PC

MSI Radeon R7 260X OC 2048MB £96.78 inc. VAT MSI Radeon R7 260X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Aria PC

If you could raise another £40 then this would be a nice improvement over the first 2.
MSI Radeon R9 270 Gaming 2G AMD Graphics Card - 2GB £137.99 inc. VAT MSI Radeon R9 270 Gaming 2G AMD Graphics Card - 2GB - Aria Technology

Edit: The prices don't include shipping but Aria are pretty reasonable with the cost of shipping.

 

[paulpicks21]

Clock speed and Memory does not always matter. The actual performance matters. PassMark Software - Video Card Benchmarks - High End Video Cards Look at this list and look for the GTX and Radeon GPUs. You may be surprised at the performance with the amount of clock speed and memory. EVGA - Products - EVGA GeForce GTX 760 w/ EVGA ACX Cooling - 02G-P4-2763-KR This or something similar from a brand that is available in UK.

That card would be pretty much double his budget in the UK sadly.

Hi BlastHardCheese
Here are a couple of AMD Gpu's that are in your budget, both card's are slightly over your budget in most stores but I found them cheaper at AriaPc. I did look at Nvidia too but none of the card's in your budget would be as good as the ones I listed. If it was me I would choose the first of the 2 because it has a better cooler and a slightly higher core clock.

Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X OC WindForce £97.99 inc. VAT Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X OC WindForce Graphics Card - Aria PC

MSI Radeon R7 260X OC 2048MB £96.78 inc. VAT MSI Radeon R7 260X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Aria PC

If you could raise another £40 then this would be a nice improvement over the first 2.
MSI Radeon R9 270 Gaming 2G AMD Graphics Card - 2GB £137.99 inc. VAT MSI Radeon R9 270 Gaming 2G AMD Graphics Card - 2GB - Aria Technology

Edit: The prices don't include shipping but Aria are pretty reasonable with the cost of shipping.

Good suggestions.

 

[ShamrockRig]

Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Dual-X Boost OC AMD Graphics Card - 2GB - 11217-01-20G - Scan.co.uk

@Paul its around £30 more than his budget here

 

[paulpicks21]

Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Dual-X Boost OC AMD Graphics Card - 2GB - 11217-01-20G - Scan.co.uk

@Paul its around £30 more than his budget here

I was referring to the EVGA 760 he linked to Devlin, I had a look for it on Scan and it was just under £200 before delivery costs.

 

[ShamrockRig]

aaah my bad buddy!

 

[badger906]

if you can stretch a little more (£20!) then grab one of these MSI GTX 750Ti Gaming OC Twin Frozr IV 2GB Nvidia PCI Express Graphics Card - N750Ti TF 2GD5/OC - Scan.co.uk

They seem to be spot on for value for money and youll benefit later on down the line with driver updates once the new chips become mainstream.

 

[Computer0304]

A higher over clocked one: EVGA GeForce GTX 750Ti FTW with ACX Cooling 2GB Nvidia PCI Express Graphics Card - 02G-P4-3757-KR - Scan.co.uk

 

[ganjiry]

A higher over clocked one: EVGA GeForce GTX 750Ti FTW with ACX Cooling 2GB Nvidia PCI Express Graphics Card - 02G-P4-3757-KR - Scan.co.uk

I've seen a review of that card today and it's supposed to be a very loud card.

 

[badger906]

dont think anything can compare to a reference r9 290 =p wpuld make my vacuum cleaner sounds like a light humm in comparison