Need help picking a graphics card to achieve desired performance.

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bronzeronze

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I'm currently trying to determine which graphics card I should get for my rig.
I'm kinda new at computering, so any info would be a huge help.

I'm currently only using integrated graphics with my TV as a monitor (Yuck, I know)

But, I've picked out a monitor and I was wondering if anyone could help me pick out a graphics card that will allow me to get the most out of the monitor I've chosen.

My rig:
MSI MSI Gaming Z170A GAMING M5
Intel Core i5-6600K 6M Skylake
Corsair 750W PSU
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2133

The monitor I plan on getting is the Asus VG248QE
I don't necessarily need to run at ultra settings 144 Hz, but I would at least like to run medium-high settings at 144Hz.

Any suggestions are appreciated.
 
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Buy the nvidia GTX 970 it is a decent card and can prettly much handle heavy demanding titles on high settings costs less than 500$ and nvidia Gpus always take lead in performance and gaming.
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t99

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I've always preferred AMD in the past, but honestly if your spending all this money get NVIDIA it's just a better quality card. You can compare almost any gaming benchmark that has AMD with higher specs that on paper you would think would win, but yet the Nvidia card almost always wins out. AMD is what you buy when you don't have 4-500$ to spend on your GPU.

Everything that comes out tends to be made to run better on NVidia cards with the exception of a few games here and there. Are there specific games you plan to play only or just a variety of new AAA titles?
 
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Buy the nvidia GTX 970 it is a decent card and can prettly much handle heavy demanding titles on high settings costs less than 500$ and nvidia Gpus always take lead in performance and gaming.
 
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Ask yourself this. Do I want to use the monitor with a 2K or 4K monitor in the future?

In that case, I would try to spend up to your budget. That can get you into gtx-980 territory. Unfortunately not gtx-980ti territory.
 
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The R9 390 is about the same price as the Gtx 970 and is a bit better in a lot of games. Plus it is a lot more future-proof with 8 gigs of dedicated memory compared to the 970's 3.5 gigs of memory. Plus the 970 won't be 100% compatible with DirectX12 while the 390 will. In future DirectX12 games the 390 will have significantly higher fps so I would recommend that. But I would also recommend waiting a while if you can, saving up some more money until Nvidia and AMD release their new cards in a couple months.
 
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