Sorry to do this guys. My trusty 7850 is starting to show its age with the more recent titles and i think it is time to be put into my partners rig to up her fps on minesweeper. I know the next gen of cards is around the corner but as i never buy top end cards and cant see it effecting the price of mid range cards too much. i normally spend between 140-180 on gpu's and although i have been rocking ATI/AMDs for a long while now i am not averse to going to the green side. I mainly play racing sims, AC, and some sports games and it all goes through my 3D TV. Having been out of the gpu circuit for a while is there a clear winner in this price range at present? I thank you for your time and advice.
I would hunt down a used 290/290x. The jump from a £180 card to a R9 390 for example is so huge that I would feel uncomfortable buying a card for £180. I know the 390 is £60 past your budget but the cards costing £140-£180 are generally a bit naff and a bit of a rip off. Well, unless you go second hand where you should quite easily be able to get a GTX 780, R9 290/x GTX 970 (selling for around £180 right now second hand) and so on.
