Best Value GPU for Overwatch and LoL?

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Hello, my old gpu died on me and I need another one.

I have a budget of 180 dollars INCLUDING TAX/SHIPPING.

I would like to play Overwatch as smoothly as possible and maybe THE BEST QUALITY if my budget allows it.

My build consists of...

PSU - 650W
Mobo - Asrock z68 ex3 gen 3
Cpu - i5-2500k
Ram - 4Gb x 2... i believe...

Plis! Halp!
 
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The next step down would be an RX 460 or 1050/1050ti, and that nets you much less performance.
The RX 470 is the best choice here, save up.
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I should have mentioned that I'm in Canada. How are the price matches from online to retail stores? I might just go pick one up in person.

So youre recommending me a radeon rx480?
 
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So you mean i have to settle for a weaker card wjth my budget? I can do 20 more dollars i suppose
 
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The 470 at 4gb is a good card and will be fine for you. I have a daughter who is a Overwatch addict using a 7850 with no issues.

A 1050ti will play Overwatch as well as a GTX950. For some odd reason the Strix GTX950 that I bought a year ago for $150 is now over $400, so 1050ti it is... unless you want to go with a low end 1060 with half the memory disabled, those are comparable ($200 USD) to a 1050ti ($150-170 USD) but will out perform it.

And before the peanut gallery gets started, yes, the community hates these half mast 1060's. But unless you are using Vulcan while you are gaming, it really does beat the crap out of a 1050ti. All the reviewers state that, but then say they hate it on principle.
 
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Absolutely correct. Just my preference is for the Nvidea cards these days. This isn't a price or performance based preference. I just got tired of debugging the Radeon software and drivers every month or so when the updates hit.

You will notice that the radeon card has a little better color saturation, but that's all. Frame rates should be nearly identical.


 
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I kinda wanna try a nvidia this time hehe. Sorry to double post but...

Im deciding between the 470 or 1050ti. Is there a similar selection like these two? Maybe a tier lower? And how would they fair against Overwatch?
 
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The next step down would be an RX 460 or 1050/1050ti, and that nets you much less performance.
The RX 470 is the best choice here, save up.
 
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How is the rx460 compared to the r7850? The r7850 ran overwatch with no problems, just couldnt do it at max quality. And at the same time, even if my new rx470 could run it at max quality, would my i5 2500k be hindering?
 
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Hmmm. I might just get the rx460 even if its shit. I dont plan on crazy gaming and my r7850 was quite capable as is. But considering its a small gap in dollars.... hmmmmm. I think i got the right idea though. Thank you so much!
 
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But I mean I dont plan on getting newer titles. Im sure it WILL be better for the price but like... i bought my r7859 5 years ago and it has been able to run Overwatch with no problems. I was satisfied with the medium quality graphics and such and such.
 
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Theres also a 80 dollar price gap between the two as well, and it doesnt look too pleasing
 
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Really lol? I'm on my first Radeon card ever after 3 Nvidia GPUs and the software side has been leagues ahead of any Nvidia card i have ever owned. Each update gives me more performance and nice patching whereas my old Nvidia cards specifically my last GTX 760 got WORSE as it got older and i just avoided updates completely (Probably Nvidia dumping it so i buy a new card). That and so far Radeon drivers haven't killed any of my games yet like my GeForce updates did at least every 2nd or 3rd update :/ i just had to roll back or wait for the next update. Only thing i wish AMD would add is their own version of Nvidia Ansel (the sick screenshot tool) since they already did a better ShadowPlay competitor and the new AMD WattMan tool is neat (manually setting overclock profiles for specific games).

As for OP, i agree with Chugalug with saving up more for the RX 470 4GB, an excellent card for the price and should last a while for the games you are playing, no idea why someone would buy a 1050 Ti over it unless your budget is that strict or you specifically need a Nvidia card. It's better to spend a little bit more now and not need an upgrade for longer. :)
 
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Sadly no :p if you mean between me and him, then Chugalug deserves it for sure.

Probably going off topic with this a little and i apologize. What i meant with Radeon having better drivers was specifically long-term wise. Without a doubt better i still see HD 6xxx and 7xxx cards getting support and boosts/patches for the newer games. Take the 290X vs 780 Ti or example, a review was done last year showing the Kepler to be left behind and the 290X still swinging stronger than ever not that i would necessarily say many people would keep the GPU for this long but just annoyed that Nvidia is so careless with driver support unless you have the newest generation. http://www.babeltechreviews.com/nvidia-forgotten-kepler-gtx-780-ti-vs-290x-revisited/
 
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The lower tier you go, the less point there is in upgrading. If you already have an HD 7850, the improvement to an RX 460 is extremely marginal. An RX 470/480 would be a significant enough step to make an upgrade worthwhile, so if you want to be below those, I'd save the money.
 
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The last Radeon card I used was a 7850, on a three monitor setup. Every software update my settings would wipe and I had to reconfigure. Every other update I'd have to uninstall and reload the beta. That was ...nearly five years ago.
 
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