Looking for feedback on GPU upgrade

Donnylicious · Oct 28, 2014

I am looking to upgrade from a GTX 580 (which for some reason crashes on some of the newer games: I'm pretty sure it's overheating)

What's the best card upgrade for the price for my system?

CPU - i7 2600k
16 GB RAM
Mobo - Asus P8Z68 Deluxe
HD - Samsung 240 GB SSD
Windows 7
Monitor BENQ 24"

Budget: 200-300

bignastyid · Oct 28, 2014

Budget? Currently the GTX 970 is the best bang for the buck and they cost ~$330

jbrown156 · Oct 28, 2014

Donnylicious :

the best card for the price at this moment would be a r9 280x
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-radeon-r9-280x-graphic-card-1070-mhz-core-3-gb-gddr5-sdram-pci-express-3-0/1309952854.p?id=mp1309952854&skuId=1309952854&st=r9 280&cp=1&lp=7#tab=buyingOptions

or a gtx 770
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-gtx770-dc2oc-2gd5-geforce-gtx-770-oc-edition-graphic-card/1307590072.p?id=mp1307590072&skuId=1307590072&st=gtx 770&cp=1&lp=4#tab=buyingOptions

Donnylicious · Oct 28, 2014

I'm tempted to capitulate the extra $100 for the 780 ti. It has 2880 cuda cores but is running on the old architecture. Is there really much of a difference between the architectures or do they just improve power efficiency etc?

jbrown156 · Oct 28, 2014

Donnylicious :

architecture change is a big difference .. newer architecture tend to be more effective at its task and draws less power ..
you will see a difference

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