Need to pick GPU for budget gaming build

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derek9fan

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I'm doing my first gaming PC build and its on a somewhat of a budget build, but I'm not going too cheap on the graphics card since I know how important it is.
I've been considering the Radeon HD 7850, but I don't know which brand is a good choice and i'd like to find one for the best price possible.
Any opinions or input on this card or another card that would work for medium-high level graphics settings would be awesome! At this time I don't play games that require a lot of graphics (Diablo 3, LoL, etc) but I want to buy a card that will run the games I play with ease and play other more intensive games in the future if I choose to buy them.
 
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phearbot

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If you are set on the 7850, the link from JuX is fantastic. If you are considering other cards as well I'd ask two things:

What is your budget?
Do you care about features, and not just performance?

By features I mean things like Shadowplay, or potentially streaming to an nvidia shield (or hopefully other android devices in the future)? Nvidia is doing a lot of really cool stuff right now with their software that AMD isn't really keeping up on. However, if you just want a good middle grade card for performance, you'll find AMD has a lot to offer and you won't pay for features you won't use.

If you are interested in an Nvidia card, in the sub-200 price point, the 660 is about all that I could recommend, but it may perform a little better than the 7850 as well, for a few bucks more. Here are some benchmarks. Hope this helps!

http://anandtech.com/bench/product/778?vs=783
 
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