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Hi I have some questions about the AMD Radeon R9 380 4gb GPU. (Which brand should i buy it off of? Gigabyte MSI etc.) I was wondering if my PC could use it without bottlenecking. I would like to play games such as Grand Theft Auto 5, Fallout 4, Doom, Overwatch and a few others all in 1920/1080p. My goal is to play all these games on medium/high settings (Maybe things like particles and shading on low) but, of course it would be awesome to play them all on max/ultra settings.

Here are my specs:
Motherboard: MSI A68HM-E33 v2
GPU: Nvidia GT 9800
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860k (Black Edition)
Ram: Kingston Hyper X 8gb
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80 plus
OS: Windows 10

Thanks: Nathan
 
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Honestly, don't buy one now. You're clearly in the ~$200 price range. Right now that's an R9 380 or a GTX 960. The R9 480 was just announced yesterday and will be out at the end of this month. MSRP is also $200 for the new card, but performance numbers are placing it at or above the 390/970 region (roughly 40-50% more performance for the same cash and only requires one 6 pin connector). A 390/970 *will* max everything on the market at 1080p, unless you're looking to use a much higher refresh monitor. If it's a standard 1080p/60Hz monitor, there is no reason to ever spend more than $200 now. Just hold out til the end of the month.
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Honestly, don't buy one now. You're clearly in the ~$200 price range. Right now that's an R9 380 or a GTX 960. The R9 480 was just announced yesterday and will be out at the end of this month. MSRP is also $200 for the new card, but performance numbers are placing it at or above the 390/970 region (roughly 40-50% more performance for the same cash and only requires one 6 pin connector). A 390/970 *will* max everything on the market at 1080p, unless you're looking to use a much higher refresh monitor. If it's a standard 1080p/60Hz monitor, there is no reason to ever spend more than $200 now. Just hold out til the end of the month.
 
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