AMD/ATI R7 250 1GB DDR5 Graphics Card in which brand is good... MSI or HIS or Sapphire

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photonboy

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My two cents:

The R7-250 is a fairly low-end graphics card so it would be a good idea to know what you are replacing. If you don't even need gaming graphics there are cheaper cards. You also have an iGPU but I wouldn't use that as it would use up some of your System RAM.

(If you have 32-bit Windows AND don't do any gaming then your CPU's iGPU might make sense)

Pricing and performance:
R7-250 starts at $70 (comparable to HD7750)
R7-260 starts at $83
EVGA GTX750Ti is $110 http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-02gp43757kr

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_750_Ti_OC/25.html

The stock GTX750Ti is exactly DOUBLE the performance of the R7-250 assuming no CPU bottlenecks, so in reality with your CPU and the better EVGA GTX750Ti's overclocking capability some of your games will be slightly CPU bottlenecked but some will go higher than 2x the R7-250 so let's just roughly call it DOUBLE the performance on average.

The GTX750Ti is also a 2GB card which is a bonus but ONLY consider if you have 64-bit Windows otherwise stick to 1GB video cards.

*If you're on a strict budget, then consider the R7-260 1GB card for $83 which comes with TWO FREE GAMES as well:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127780&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

That's only $13 more than the cheapest R7-250 through pcpartpicker for a noticeable improvement. Not as good as the GTX750Ti but the reduced price and games makes it an awesome value.

Summary:
1) I recommend the MSI R7-260 (+ 2 free games) for the best value. I can't recommend the R7-250 for about $13 difference.

2) I recommend the EVGA GTX750Ti for best performance for a reasonable price.

3) 1GB for 32-bit and no more. Preferably 2 GB if you have 64-bit Windows and budget allows.
 
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Manish Bidhuri

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I appreciate your advice but my budget not allow me for it and I also think that with low end processor and motherboard it would be not a great idea to go for higher graphic cards.
I just want to know to best brand among MSI and HIS in accordance with build quality and after sales service.
 
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Manish Bidhuri

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INR 7000 is my budget and MSI/Sapphire/HIS all were coming in this, but problem is for me is to choose a proper brand from these.
 
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MeteorsRaining

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Manish Bidhuri

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New Links
http://www.flipkart.com/msi-amd-ati-r7-250-1gd5-oc-1-gb-gddr5-graphics-card/p/itmduugfhw26ukfd?pid=GRCDUUFZ2BFYBZZV&otracker=from-search&srno=t_8&query=msi+graphic+cards&ref=a39b073a-e127-47e6-a36a-9f8b200f1bb0 MSI
http://www.flipkart.com/sapphire-amd-ati-radeon-r7-250-boost-1gb-ddr5-1-gb-graphics-card/p/itmdqz82gsj4gcmw?pid=GRCDQZ82GSJ4GCMW&otracker=from-search&srno=t_3&query=sapphire+graphics+card&ref=5712f1d9-58d1-4498-9037-0e19342becef Sapphire
Reviews present on flipkart are positive for both brand cards which make me confusing and thats why I came on this site.
Thanks for your suggestion.
 
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Manish Bidhuri

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Thanks to all of you people for suggesting me MSI but now stuck in new problem..... AMD GPU's get crippled when playing games with PhysX just because it will utilize your CPU instead of your GPU now is it right to go with Nvidia or AMD.
As price concern Nvidia provides less features than AMD on a single price. Is that PhysX matter for playing Watch Dog game and any other PhysX games. Help me guys...
 
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fkr

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this is only partially true. there are not many games that use GPU accelerated physx. most use CPU anyways. they few like metro, borderlands and witcher will use your GPU bt there are less than 30 games that use the GPU for physx.

while the effects do look pretty cool after a while I always end up turning them down because they are a serious distraction to trying to see what the hell is going on behind all of the particles. in borderlands you cannot even see past all of the mess which is great for a while but then it comes down to game play and wanting to shoot things and not having all of this stuff floating around.
 
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