I have a Gigabyte AMD R7 260X 2GB. Best way to upgrade (for £180 or less)?

eifeirobin · Mar 24, 2015

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00FW7YQSS/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?qid=1427212277&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX110_SY165&keywords=r7+260x+gigabyte&dpPl=1&dpID=51AnUdvbIsL&ref=plSrch
This is my current graphics card. I was thinking about getting a r9 280x but is this the best way to go for this kind of money?

Thanks for your help!

rkumaran · Mar 24, 2015

may i know, what is your PSU/watt? & your full PC config?

Esaelias187 · Mar 24, 2015

i just upgraded to a r9 280x and its a very good card i play everything on ultra

eifeirobin · Mar 25, 2015

Off the top of my head it's:

500w PSU
8gb ram
I3-4130 cpu
Asus h81m-e mobo

If you need anything else, just let me know.
Thanks

rkumaran · Mar 25, 2015

its safe to buy good quality 600W PSU for your R9280X configuration.

i suggest you this ->

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151096&cm_re=620w_power_supply-_-17-151-096-_-Product

for a i3 processor R9 280X will be a Ok. you can buy it. though it will be a slight bottleneck. you will not get the required Fps for some games.
your RAM and motherboard is good.

eifeirobin · Mar 26, 2015

rkumaran :

The GPU will bottleneck or the CPU?
That's american but I'm guessing you're saying I'll need a bigger PSU. Is that really necessary as I would rather not spend the money if I don't really have to. I'm not over clocking or anything so I would have thought my current would be fine.

rkumaran · Mar 26, 2015

Your CPU is slightly weak compared to powerful GPU.(R9 280X)

may i know which brand/model of your PSU?

eifeirobin · Mar 26, 2015

rkumaran :

Yeah, I don't mind the CPU being weak as I will eventually upgrade that too.

The PSU is evga 500W

Thanks

madmatt30 · Mar 26, 2015

^ you can run a 280x on that PSU with an i3.
However bang for buck this 285 is a very good buy at the minute.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-msi-radeon-r9-285-gaming-2g-28nm-5500mhz-gddr5-gpu-918mhz-boost-973mhz-1792-streams-dp-dvi-hdmi

eifeirobin · Mar 26, 2015

madmatt30 :

Thanks, I'll have a look at that when I get home.

Esaelias187 · Mar 26, 2015

the msi 280x is better than the 285

madmatt30 · Mar 26, 2015

Esaelias187 :

yes it is but the 285 is £133,the cheapest 280x is over £180
thats a very very big price difference for 10% performance gain.

coozie7 · Mar 26, 2015

You're looking to purchase in the most competitive segment of the graphics card market, so be prepared for plenty of options!
And the need to find some Asprin fairly soon.

I'd stay away from the R9 280X, too much extra cash for the fairly small performance improvement over the R9 285 or R9 280.
I'd consider the R9 280/285 or Nvidia GTX960:

Much as it pains me as a die hard AMD fanboi to say so but the top dog in this price segment really has to be the GTX960, it's around the same performance of the R9 280/285 and can even nip the heels of the R9 280X in some games, runs cooler and draws a lot less power, the custom cooled cards are reported as being virtually silent. It's biggest drawback is the higher cost...But it is within your £180 limit.

The R9 285 is a bit slower and burns more juice but is significantly cheaper than the GTX960, it is also Freesync compatible and the True Audio is handy if you hook up to a monitor or TV through HDMI.

The old man of this little group is the R9 280, a card whose roots reach back to the over 3 year old HD7950, still, it's DX12 compatible and has 3Gb of memory, not 2Gb as the other cards have, the extra 1Gb helps to smooth things out because the cards with less memory tend to need to load data more often, which does cause glitches.

Esaelias187 · Mar 26, 2015

madmatt30 :

you are right

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