upgrade from nvidia geforce 560 ti

[NewBorn92]

I am looking for an upgrade from my current card that is nvidia geforce 560 ti

 

[random5]

R9 270X,R9 280X,R9 290,R9 295 X2,GTX 760,GTX 770,GTX 770 X2,GTX 780,GTX 780 Ti, many great options.

 

[LukaBoki]

What is your budget?
What motherboard and CPU are you using?

 

[random5]

What is your budget?
What motherboard and CPU are you using?

If he says it's i3,he's yours!

 

[NewBorn92]

What is your budget?
What motherboard and CPU are you using?

I7 2600K, and my motherboard is an asus P8P67 PRO, I guess my budget can be like £300 or something. just as long as its better than 560 ti

 

[random5]

in your budget range:
R9 290X
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103246&cm_re=r9_290-_-14-103-246-_-Product
GTX 780
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121779&cm_re=r9_290-_-14-121-779-_-Product
well OC'ed i7-2600K shouldnt have trouble with em.

 

[LukaBoki]

Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X.Costs around 250 pounds.

 

[Computersloeber]

I would never ever buy an R9 290x or Gtx 780 because the R9 290 beats them so hard in price/performance.
If you want to get better get a card that is a lot better: Gtx 780Ti

 

[coozie7]

Good base system so no problems with the CPU restricting an upgraded card.
Few points:
The powersupply needs to be strong, 700Watts from a good maker with dual 8 pin PCI-E leads to be certain it can handle the upgraded card.
Some of the R9 290s are very large, the Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X is a little over 30cm long, so be very certain the card you decide on fits your system case!
The AMD options in particular demand good case ventilation for their coolers to work effectively, if the system case is small or only has a couple of fan locations you might be better off looking at a reference cooled (single fan, exhausts its heat out of the case) GTX780: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-068-KF&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341
There's not much performance difference between the R9 290 and GTX780.
You'll easily find a R9 290 under £300, delivery included, but both the R9 290X (not really recommended for reasons already stated) and GTX780 will exceed your budget.
A few nice places to look: Dabs, Novatech, CCL, Scan, Ebuyer, Pixmania, Overclockers, Aria and the omnipotent Amazon.
Top picks: Sapphire Tri-X, Sapphire Vapor-X, MSI Gaming, Asus DirectCUII R9 290.

 

[NewBorn92]

Good base system so no problems with the CPU restricting an upgraded card.
Few points:
The powersupply needs to be strong, 700Watts from a good maker with dual 8 pin PCI-E leads to be certain it can handle the upgraded card.
Some of the R9 290s are very large, the Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X is a little over 30cm long, so be very certain the card you decide on fits your system case!
The AMD options in particular demand good case ventilation for their coolers to work effectively, if the system case is small or only has a couple of fan locations you might be better off looking at a reference cooled (single fan, exhausts its heat out of the case) GTX780: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-068-KF&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341
There's not much performance difference between the R9 290 and GTX780.
You'll easily find a R9 290 under £300, delivery included, but both the R9 290X (not really recommended for reasons already stated) and GTX780 will exceed your budget.
A few nice places to look: Dabs, Novatech, CCL, Scan, Ebuyer, Pixmania, Overclockers, Aria and the omnipotent Amazon.
Top picks: Sapphire Tri-X, Sapphire Vapor-X, MSI Gaming, Asus DirectCUII R9 290.

well my case is a corsair 300R, THOSE HAVE mega room specially for graphic cards.. and my power supply is 750

 

[coozie7]

So...Which R9 290 will you choose?

 

[NewBorn92]

So...Which R9 290 will you choose?

don't know yet lol, I have an problem right now, one of my WD drive is showing up as a USB..

 

[LukaBoki]

R9 290 Vapor-X or Tri-X.
What PSU do you have?

 

[NewBorn92]

R9 290 Vapor-X or Tri-X.
What PSU do you have?

750, it was from nova tech.

 

[LukaBoki]

You should consider changing it.
You need at least 700W for your system with the 290,and at first,seems that you have that kind of power.But I think you don't.
I can't find that PSU here:http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html,so I'm guessing it's low quality and that it can't output the power it says it can.
XFX Core 750W is a great choice for a PSU.