Graphics card under 200 hundred ($Canadian)

Nellythedawg · Mar 1, 2016

Hey guys, upgrading my graphics currently have a i2500k 8gb of ram a asrock extreme 3 z77 3gen a 500 watt power supply. Need a decent price on a card thats going to run like witcher 3 and the division for game examples! I have a 6870 radeon right now.

BadActor · Mar 1, 2016

Probably the best card in your budget and won't require a PSU upgrade.

http://www.ncix.com/detail/zotac-geforce-gtx-950-1089mhz-c5-113463-1307.htm

xApple77 · Mar 1, 2016

Definitely the R9 380 2GB.
It performs better than 20% the GTX 960.

Amazon Link:
http://www.amazon.com/XFX-DISSIPATION-DISPLAYPORT-Graphics-R9-380P-F22M/dp/B00ZFNDRFC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1456848227&sr=8-1&keywords=r9+380+2gb

If you can spend $15 more get the 4GB:

http://www.amazon.com/XFX-Double-Dissipation-990MHZ-DisplayPort/dp/B00ZFND0RM/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1456848709&sr=1-5&keywords=r9+380+4gb

The best part is, you don't need to upgrade your PSU!
Happy Gaming

BadActor · Mar 1, 2016

Canadian dollars, and he probably would need to upgrade the PSU. 500 watts is borderline especially if he has a cheap PSU.

xApple77 · Mar 1, 2016

BadActor :

IT WOULD DEFINETILY NOT BE A BORDERLINE

TJ Hooker · Mar 1, 2016

All caps really isn't helping your case. And it doesn't matter, because the cheapest R9 380 is $250 canadian, which is 25% over the OPs stated budget.

Barty1884 · Mar 1, 2016

xApple77 :

It would be borderline at best xApple77, especially without knowing the quality of the PSU the OP has.

The GTX 950 is the best you can do at $200 CDN, as has been said - although they do tend to be factoring in $10-$20 rebates to meet your $200 requirement.

It depends how firm your budget it - if you can stretch the extra $20 initially, the 950 is the way to go.

An alternative though: R7 370's, which are decent budget cards - the GTX 950 is the slightly better performer by around 8% better frame rates though, but the 370 can be found for $180 without having to deal with rebates.
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r7370p2sf5

Otherwise, anything else/better is going to be substantially over budget, and in some cases may also need you to upgrade your PSU.

SeroChan · Mar 1, 2016

Can you please specify the model of your PSU? If it's good quality go for the GTX 950. It's cheap and nice. If you want even cheaper, go for a GTX 750TI

Barty1884 · Mar 1, 2016

I agree with SeroChan that telling us your PSU make/model would help out quite a bit, but I disagree that it has to be a good quality PSU for the 950.

Consider your PSU runs your existing rig with an HD6870. The 6870 idles at 37W (according to PCPP) and full load uses 151W (again, PCPP), either the GTX 950 (ranging 22-90W max) or the 750TI (15-60W max) would run no problem.

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