I don't know graphics card I should get

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KowFTW

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I have A problem and I have dont a lot of research and I cant some to a card I am looking at the AMD RX 480 but I cant find any for a good price or in stock And the other one is a GTX 970 Witch will leave me with no money left for PC things (I have around 300) If I buy the GTX 970 I will have to buy a new power supply (700 watt) but if I buy the 480 I might have to buy a new power supply (I cant find somewhere to test).

My PC specs :
ASUS GTX 750 TI 2GB 128 BIT
ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD
AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0 GHz
3 Tribyte hard drive 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900)

I am looking to run games like ARK at around 30 or higher fps on high/normal/ultra but I dont know what to buy can someone please help me with this.
 
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It's possible Nvidia may drop prices of the GTX970/980/980Ti further to clear existing stock, but I doubt they'll lower prices on the lower end cards, neither they nor AMD have anything new in that price band coming out for a while.
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@ KowFTW: Take the side panel off the computer there should be a label stuck to the PSU, we need to know make and model.
What is your current TOTAL budget?

In the meantime a GTX960 may do the job without needing a PSU upgrade but it very much depends on what PSU is currently installed.
 
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KowFTW

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Its is a rosewill RD400-2DB
Max 400 watt and my budget is around 350-360
 
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Not exactly a top line PSU, I'll suggest you change it for a decent 500Watt part. Look for: Superflower, Seasonic, Silverstone, Rosewill (Capstone series), Antec, XFX (Pro series) or EVGA for some of the best. Make sure it has dual 6+2 or 8 pin PCI-E leads, that way it'll power whatever you hook up to it

If you can hold off, then do so, Nvidia are releasing the GTX1060 tomorrow and if it's as good, and 'cheap' as expected it'll be a huge influence in the GPU market.
If you can't wait a GTX960 is a good , medium card suited to your needs, although you could, just, reach to a GTX970+PSU but for the reason above, I'd hold off on that option.
 
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KowFTW

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I see but I am still looking for some different GPUs so it will tka eme about a week or two maybe 3 so the prices should be even lower right?
and thank you for your help
 
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It's possible Nvidia may drop prices of the GTX970/980/980Ti further to clear existing stock, but I doubt they'll lower prices on the lower end cards, neither they nor AMD have anything new in that price band coming out for a while.
 
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KowFTW

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Alright well thank you man
 
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KowFTW

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Hi I am wondering if you know of anyone website that I can get a really good estimate on how many watts my computer will need once I get the new graphic card I have used a lot of site and they all give me really different answers
 
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