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Can't decide which card is better for me need help!!!!
i'm ready to upgrade my r9 280x and need help cause i dont know s..... about whats better gpu for the games that i play.
So the games that i play are WoW Legion (at least 4 hours/day),Overwatch,Heroes of the Storm,Battlefield 1 but i didnt start it yet,i want to buy Doom and For Honor.
Please help me guys what gpu to buy?
Also rx 480 4gb VS 8gb whats better for the games i play and any card from Nvidia?
my budget is around 250-300.
My pc is AMD FX 8350 4,7ghz,msi 970 gaming,32gb ram 1600,monitor LG 24 1080p
 
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Given the fact that you have an FX 8350, I would bother getting anything faster than an RX 470 4gb. Your CPU is simply too weak for higher end cards. WoW Legion is more Nvidia friendly, so a GTX 1060 3gb would probably be the next best thing. Blizzard titles in general are like that. They heavily favor Intel/Nvidia based builds, as they rely more on single threaded performance, than say, BF1 does.
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For BF1 you're going to want a very beefy card. My 1080 is on the edge of struggling with it on Ultra, but it looks freaking amazing.

Since you're running at 1080p I would suggest a 1070 if you have the money. You won't really need a 1080 and it would be overkill at 1080p. A 1070 will also have no trouble running almost any game on Ultra/max settings.

However with your budget you're pretty limited to either the 480 or the 1060 6GB, assuming your budget is in USD.

As far as I know there isn't too much of a difference between the 4GB and the 8GB 480, except more VRAM, I don't think it has a huge impact on performance, I don't know enough about it to say for sure though.

Lastly, either a 480 or 1060 is going to bottleneck on BF1, it is an extremely CPU heavy game and its going to severely limit the performance of your GPU.
 
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At the moment The AMD R9 Fury(not nano or X) is pritty cheap in some regions, so you might want to look into that one. It is roughly as powerful as the 1060, and there is a chance its cheaper.
 
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I would check the prices for the 1060 6gb and the 480 8GB in your country. Here's a list of my recommended models.

RX480
XFX GTR
Sapphire Nitro OC

1060 6GB
Zotac AMP!
Gigabyte G1 Gaming

Either:
Asus ROG Strix OC
MSI Gaming X

These are all very good options (Top tier) and if they are a little out of your budget you can also look at their lower end models, for example, Asus Dual, Asus ROG Strix (non-overclocked) MSI Armor, Zotac Mini, Gigabyte Windforce, etc.
 
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Yes, that is also a good option, if it is cheaper in Europe they are actually more powerful than a 1060 6Gb, closer to a 1070, so that would definitely be a good buy.

It is generally about the same price as a 1070 so that's why I ruled it out and didn't mention it, but if it is in the price range go for it.
 
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On amazon UK the card goes for about 270/280 ish £. Its about the same in Norway(where I live) and even cheaper in the US 260$
 
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That's for a VERY cheap one though. In the US they are still around $300 for a decent one, more since some companies charge outrageous prices for them. And talking price to performance you might as well spring another $80 for a 1070 which is going to be about 25% more powerful than a Fury. Some people buy entirely new cards for $400 plus for that extra 30%, lol.
 
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Given the fact that you have an FX 8350, I would bother getting anything faster than an RX 470 4gb. Your CPU is simply too weak for higher end cards. WoW Legion is more Nvidia friendly, so a GTX 1060 3gb would probably be the next best thing. Blizzard titles in general are like that. They heavily favor Intel/Nvidia based builds, as they rely more on single threaded performance, than say, BF1 does.
 
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Be warned that Blizzard's optimization of 10 series cards in general is poor and you are going to get much lower than expected FPS. I have a 1080 and it's hard for my card to stay above 60fps on high settings sometimes, also have an i7 6700K. Basically the 10 series cards are performing about a level of a card 30% slower on WoW. (My 1080 is performing about how a 980 Ti does). And before anyone says anything, I know for a fact, 100% its not me or my rig, or anything to do with my rig, it is a well-known, well-documented, widespread problem with 10 series cards and WoW.
 
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