Best graphics card for under £200

c_marriott · May 6, 2015

I'm looking to upgrade my GPU soon so I was wondering if anyone would be able to give me information on which way to go for the best one.

I only have £200 so anything under that is best.

I also need to buy a new PSU soon so if anyone could give me an idea of which would be best for me that would also be appreciated.

My current build is:
FX6300
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 7770
GIGABYTE 970A DS3P
ZALMAN Z11 PLUS Case
8GB RAM

disturbed force · May 6, 2015

A suggestion,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£169.55 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£48.64 @ More Computers)
Total: £218.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-06 10:35 BST+0100

herrwizo · May 6, 2015

Under 200 GBP, the fastest card you can buy is R9 280X (it is actually a rebranded 7970 GHz Edition). They can even be found for 160 GBP, depending on the version. Nothing touches it in that price range.

As for the PSU, get this:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9

EDIT: LOL @ disturbed force, we posted the same within a few seconds

RCFProd · May 6, 2015

170 GBP for the R9 280X is great value.

madmatt30 · May 6, 2015

Best value at the minute

MSI r9 285 £131
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

Msi r9 280x £170

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-msi-radeon-r9-280x-gaming-3g-twin-frozr-oc-28nm-6000mhz-gddr5-gpu-1000mhz-boost-1050mhz-2048-str

Whether the price difference of £40 for what equeates to 10% max performance difference is debateable (personally I don't think so)

There are then numerous models of the gtx 960 for £160-170 - IMO the 280x is a better choice of tbese 2 UNLESS you have an interest in the witcher 3 which cones free with the nvidia cards.

PSU wise - that's incredibly easy

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/550w-xfx-pro-550s-p1-550s-gren-system-builder-single-rail-80-plus-bronze-haswell-ready-1x-135mm-fan-

You can do the 285 + the psu for well under £200 & that leaves budget for an aftermarket CPU cooler if you don't have one

RCFProd · May 6, 2015

I agree, the R9 285 for 130 GBP is also very good value.

Most of the time on par with the GTX 960.

Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163 · May 6, 2015

The 280x is a great overclocker, so it is worth it, imo.

disturbed force · May 6, 2015

I would pay the little extra for the 280x over the 285, for performance and 50% more vram. Getting cards with 2gb vram at this point is going to hold your settings back in new games.

madmatt30 · May 6, 2015

^ if it were a little extra id be 100% in agreement - its pretty much 25% though which puts me 50/50.
Vram is a non issue IMO at 1080p.
Its a shame that in the UK all the amazon & eBay resellers snatched the cut price 280/280's jut after xmas.
The 280s were going for less than £130,280x's for the £150 mark.
That 285 is at such a great price point it's hard to ignore though IMO.

disturbed force · May 6, 2015

Take a look at games like dying light, watch dogs, shadow of mordor, da:I, GTA V, and the witcher 3 coming out, etc.. and more then 2gb of vram is definitely used at 1080p. 2gb will do but with reduced texture, shadows, and or AA. Not to mention performance is much better with the 280x http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1041?vs=1333

Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163 · May 6, 2015

If you are slightly above (in this case 2GB), you won't really have any problems, newer graphics cards handle this really well. But none the less, 3GB should be the minimum for titles mentioned above.

Moonstick2 · May 6, 2015

Scan are currently offering the R9 290 4GB for £203.99:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-xfx-radeon-r9-290-28nm-5000mhz-gddr5-gpu-947mhz-boost-1000mhz-2560-streams-dp-dvi-hdmi

Trouble is it's listed as pre-order and overdue, but it could be worth trying for.

It's been given an RMA review, but I've had one for months and been more than happy with it.

disturbed force · May 6, 2015

Moonstick2 :

Ya that is a great card for that price, I've had one for over a year now and it mined for a good 6 months with it and it's still running in my 1080p rig without issues and oc's well. But with a psu he would be over budget.

sora · May 6, 2015

c_marriott :

Look into the R9 280X!

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