There's plenty of deals lately for high end graphics cards so here's one for us poor folk. Performance against the GTX 950 is arguable on both sides but it is NEWER and CHEAPER.
Sure, save up more for a better card, but £100 is already a fair wack for 1 PC component. Sure, buy a used 960 for around this price, but this is brand new.
I'm sure it will handle newer at titles at around 30fps and it will smash everything else, for around £100 i'd say that was good. Still beats a PS4/XB1.
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catbeans to ST3123
31 Aug 165#12
No one is going over 1080p with this card and the difference between 2GB and 4GB version of this card offer no performance increase in the majority of games at any kind of reasonable settings for the card. Even when allocated mory exceeds the 2GB. The only real exception being Vulkan Doom with very high settings.
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dealsonmeals
31 Aug 161#1
people on a budget would like this, good deal if it does everything you need.
clnsndrs to dealsonmeals
31 Aug 161#11
Thanks mate i ordered this to go with my sons birthday build and this seems perfect for his needs and my budget. He is not a heavy max setting fanatic and doesnt play many high end games so this is great. One less component to buy now and just a motherboard bundle and HD to get :wink:
LazybeatX
31 Aug 161#2
Still packs more power than the ps4
KiNG
31 Aug 16#3
would this crossfire with a 7970 ?
Nate1492 to KiNG
31 Aug 161#4
No, and it's not an upgrade over a 7970.
ST3123
31 Aug 16#5
Decent but 2GB really is the barest minimum to have in a graphics card these days. Even keeping the resolution down to 1080P you are going to be struggling to maintain high settings on newer titles. Not necessarily saying pay more though. As always the case if you are willing to step back one, even two generations, you can buy a lot more performance to the pound. Yes, that will mean buying from places like eBay and perhaps buying used but doing so can net you a lot more card for the same money. I got a highly factory overclocked GTX780 for about the same price as this, which performs at the same level as a GTX970 and to my delight I found it even has HDMI 2.0, which was super rare back then.
keepitonthelow to ST3123
31 Aug 16#6
Just so you know a 970 destroys a normal 780
catbeans to ST3123
31 Aug 165#12
No one is going over 1080p with this card and the difference between 2GB and 4GB version of this card offer no performance increase in the majority of games at any kind of reasonable settings for the card. Even when allocated mory exceeds the 2GB. The only real exception being Vulkan Doom with very high settings.
RyanBest to ST3123
1 Sep 161#23
stating the obvious. There is a market for these cards for a reason, people don't mind lowering settings or expect to play highest settings on the newest games maintining high fps.
Settee
31 Aug 16#7
Second hand 780/970s are £130+ plus the extra power consumption.
ST3123 to Settee
31 Aug 16#9
Often yes, occasionally, they will sell lower especially the 780 will, if you got a 970 even at £130-£140 I'd say that was a bargain and way better VFM than a RX460, as the 970 is still a very capable card, especially for 1080P...
ST3123
31 Aug 16#8
It's pretty close, older games favour the 780 latest games favour the 970, but I don't just play the latest games and it isn't a 'normal' card as it has a decent overclock as standard and a huge triple fan cooler so could probably take a bit more OC if I ever needed to...
Tanweeralqarni
31 Aug 16#10
I think a second hand R9 270x is a better choice
Mrdom
31 Aug 16#13
I've been tempted by this because i want a card with low power requirements that can properly handle h265 video, gaming performance is not of real concern because i have a more powerful pc for gaming already, but im holding off for now because its ridiculous overkill for that purpose but its the best cheapest option currently. I wonder if they will release a lower end card any time soon... Alternative suggestions gladly accepted.
GAVINLEWISHUKD to Mrdom
31 Aug 16#15
Not expecting a lower end card based on Polaris. If Polaris feature's are required then you are probably going to have to wait around a year for Zen/Polaris based APUs.
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Sure, save up more for a better card, but £100 is already a fair wack for 1 PC component. Sure, buy a used 960 for around this price, but this is brand new.
I'm sure it will handle newer at titles at around 30fps and it will smash everything else, for around £100 i'd say that was good. Still beats a PS4/XB1.
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