Its time for me to upgrade from my OC'ed 6770 as games are getting a bit "slow" to say. Looking to spend £200 tops and just wondering what the best bet is to go on. I dont think compatibility is a huge issue. Nor do I think my CPU will be a bottleneck. Running 12GB of Ram and a Phenom II X6 ~3ghz. Any advice would be great!
If buying used is an option for you then you'd get a R9 280X or GTX770 for that sort of money, and warranty can often be transferred or follows the card which mitigates the second-hand nature to a large degree. Just for illustration as you don't yet have enough posts to view the marketplace, I sold my 5 month old EVGA GTX770 with over 2.5 years warranty remaining for £185 delivered, which is£80 cheaper then the new price at Scan. (The sale fell through but that's a separate story and not the fault of the buyer or seller!) Much more bang per buck than a new mid-range card. I've bought many new cards and I've bought many second hand ones over the years, ironically the only two cards I've ever had a problem with have been ones I bought new!
There's a 280 being sold for 159 at novatech http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/amdradeongraphicscards/amdr9280series/11230-00-20g.html
For a second then I thought I had made a huge mistake but looking at the specs I am happy The one I purchased: MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming 3G Twin Frozr IV OC PCI Express Graphics Card + FREE GAMES Spec: 28nm 6000MHz GDDR5, GPU 1000MHz Boost 1050MHz 2048 Streams HDMI/mDP/DVI On Novatech Specs: 850MHz Core, 940MHz Boost, 5000MHz GDDR5, 1792 Stream Processors, DVI-D, DVI-I, HDMI, DPort, PCIe 3.0, 2 Year Warranty Thanks for pointing it out though
