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October 17, 2014 7:07:38 AM

Im a long time follower of this site but my first post ever..
Anyway This is My Rig.
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.7Ghz
Gigabyte 970a-UD3
8GB Kingston-1600 RAM
600W CM PSU
GTX480-1.5GB----DEAD----

The Thing is that the GTX480 died after 4 years of Awesome USage..and im currently running off the gt610..
And i want to upgrade to a GPU which would give me a better perfomance than my old card..
Budget varies cause i live in India and prices are generally 50USD higher here..

Would a GTX760 be fine?I mean is it worth Today?

BTW monitor is 1920*1080

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October 17, 2014 7:10:36 AM

Yes a GTX 760 is good for 1080p. It will perform much better than your old cards.
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October 17, 2014 7:11:23 AM

Cant you reach for GTX970? It would last you quite longer...
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October 17, 2014 7:14:07 AM

the 760 is fine but it's also very overpriced for it's performance. currently the r9-270x matches or beats it head to head in pretty much anything and costs significantly less. the r9-280 also costs less and is nearly 15% faster across the board. The r9-280x beats it by about 25% across the board and costs about the same.

So there are much cheaper, similarly performing options out there, there are also much better performing options at the same price.

If you have to go nvidia, i HIGHLY suggest you save a few extra bucks and go with the 970.
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October 17, 2014 7:15:35 AM

The Thing is that I wouldnt be upgrading for another 2 years or so..So Something that would allow me to play games at decent settings untill then..
And the GTX970 is a whopping 430$ here so meh..
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October 17, 2014 7:19:10 AM

This should have most of the cards you are considering



270x = 54%
760 = 60%
285 = 64%
280x = 69%
770 = 74%
970 = 98%

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October 17, 2014 7:20:01 AM

How about you link us to the site you're buying from, tell us your budget and we see whats the best you can get for your money.
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October 17, 2014 8:41:45 AM

def go with the gtx 970 if you can. Its a few dollars more, but well worth it as maxwell is the biggest improvement as far as price per dollar performance is concerned. It has the added bonus of 4gb of ram which all the latest games will be utilizing...so you will be set for a few years. Better to pay $350 now once then keep buying cheap $200 cards every year just to keep up to date with gaming tech.
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October 17, 2014 8:50:11 AM

huilun02 said:
How about you link us to the site you're buying from, tell us your budget and we see whats the best you can get for your money.


Yea That could work..
http://www.theitdepot.com/products-Graphic+Cards_C45.ht...
Remember 1USD=61 Rupees and budget um about 300USD

and sam80jr you are right too but it seems that kind of price-performance scaling doesn't work in my country..
You might find a gtx770 for a higher price than a 970 or so..
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October 17, 2014 8:52:11 AM

sam80jr said:
def go with the gtx 970 if you can. Its a few dollars more, but well worth it as maxwell is the biggest improvement as far as price per dollar performance is concerned. It has the added bonus of 4gb of ram which all the latest games will be utilizing...so you will be set for a few years. Better to pay $350 now once then keep buying cheap $200 cards every year just to keep up to date with gaming tech.


OP is in India and he said the GTX 970 is $430 there.
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October 17, 2014 9:07:18 AM

If you have access to Flipkart, this Sapphire HD 7950 Boost is great for only Rs 17,700/$290

I'm using a 7950 Boost myself and easily overclocks to reach 7970 performance.
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October 17, 2014 9:17:15 AM

GTX 480 is a fast card , so if you want the upgrade to be worth , you should go for R9 280 at least

GTX 750 ti - 5620 points
GTX 480 - 5760 points
R7 270X - 8550 points
R9 280 - about 10000 points
GTX 970 - 15690

Sapphire R9 280 would be fine

Edit :
Since your card is not bad , you might wait
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October 17, 2014 9:23:12 AM

If you want a R9 280 you can have it a bit cheaper

http://www.flipkart.com/sapphire-amd-ati-r9-280-overclo...

edit: The GTX 960 will probably be massively overpriced for you considering its new and from Nvidia
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October 17, 2014 7:49:34 PM

huilun02 said:
If you want a R9 280 you can have it a bit cheaper

http://www.flipkart.com/sapphire-amd-ati-r9-280-overclo...

edit: The GTX 960 will probably be massively overpriced for you considering its new and from Nvidia


Thanks For all of your input..I ordered the r9 280..

And one last thing do i need to upgrade my cpu??
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October 17, 2014 7:54:29 PM

Unlikely
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I believe your CPU is fine.
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