The best GFX card I can buy for around the £300 range

[ozoscroft]

The title says it all really.
I have been looking at the GTX 670 2GB witch is about £330 but I can probably stretch to £350.

Though I will be getting the card a little later in the year (about June ish time)

Thanks

 

[yamahahornist]

Either the Msi 680 Lightning or XFX 7970

I would say the 680 because in most cases it performs way better, but these are the most equal from the Nvidia and AMD side. Both are priced at $500 US which is £315.14

Msi 680: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127693

XFX 7970: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150632

 

[EzioAs]

No point in getting a 680 Lightning when you can't increase the voltage. Get the 7970. I would suggest the Sapphire Vapor-X 7970.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

7970 - £300 (9.1 rating)
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Sapphire/HD_7950_Vapor-X/33.html
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-gigabyte-radeon-hd-7970-overclocked-5500mhz-gddr5-28nm-gpu-1000mhz-2048-cores-dvi-i-hdmi-2x-mdp-

670 - £324 (10.0 rating)
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_670_Direct_Cu_II/33.html
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-asus-gtx-670-directcu-ii-28nm-pcie-30-%28x16%29-6008mhz-gddr5-gpu-915mhz-boost-980mhz-cores-1344-2xd

680 - £380 (9.4 rating)
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_680_Twin_Frozr_III/33.html
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-msi-gtx-680-twin-frozr-oc-28nm-pcie-30-6008mhz-gddr5-gpu-1058mhz-boost-1124mhz-cores-1536-2x-dl-

 

[Opaz1ka]

The title says it all really.
I have been looking at the GTX 670 2GB witch is about £330 but I can probably stretch to £350.

Though I will be getting the card a little later in the year (about June ish time)

Thanks

If you insist on the nVidia side then 670 2GB
If you want more power then get a 7950/70

 

[EzioAs]

Though I will be getting the card a little later in the year (about June ish time)

Keep an eye out on next gen cards at that time.

 

[Mousemonkey]

Either the Msi 680 Lightning or XFX 7970

I would say the 680 because in most cases it performs way better, but these are the most equal from the Nvidia and AMD side. Both are priced at $500 US which is £315.14

Msi 680: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127693

XFX 7970: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150632

Actually they tend to start at around the £350 - £360 mark, a straight Dollar to Sterling conversion doesn't work. Try looking at some UK websites in future.

 

[ozoscroft]

Thanks for the answers guys.

I think I will ask the question again just before I am going to order the card, just incase of any newer cards that come out at the price bracket I am looking at.
But another question I have is should I upgrade the PSU. I have a 500W Corsair in at the moment and I know most of the cards say that you should have at least 500W but as I said. Should I get a bigger PSU aswell?

(this is the cards that I am considering BTW
http://www.amazon.co.uk/EVGA-GTX-Graphics-Card-Backplate/dp/B0087ZSJRQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1358893559&sr=8-1 Little over budget
and
http://www.amazon.co.uk/EVGA-GeF-GDDR5-Graphic-Card/dp/B00829L3W0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1358893559&sr=8-2 under budget)

 

[Mousemonkey]

A single 670 will be fine as you have a decent 500w PSU.

 

[ozoscroft]

A single 670 will be fine as you have a decent 500w PSU.

Oh that good then

 

[iceclock]

whats the rest of ur specs?

 

[ozoscroft]

whats the rest of ur specs?

PSU-Corsair 500W
CPU-Intel Core i5 3570K
RAM-Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB
Primery drive-OCZ AGT3-25SAT3-60G
Secondery Drive-WD Caviar Green 1TB
MoBo-AsRock Z77 Pro4

 

[iceclock]

if u want nvidia:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/9Q9P
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/9Q9P/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/9Q9P/benchmarks/

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 670 4GB Video Card (£350.99 @ Dabs)
Total: £350.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-01-23 17:20 GMT+0000)

or amd:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-xfx-radeon-hd-7970-ghz-dd-edition-ghost-thermal-hydrocell-6000mhz-gddr5-28nm-gpu-1050mhz-2048-co

clearly the 7970 beating the gtx 680 and when overclocked is a no brainer being the best bang for bucks here, unless u need cuda.

 

[ozoscroft]

if u want nvidia:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/9Q9P
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/9Q9P/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/9Q9P/benchmarks/

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 670 4GB Video Card (£350.99 @ Dabs)
Total: £350.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-01-23 17:20 GMT+0000)

or amd:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-xfx-radeon-hd-7970-ghz-dd-edition-ghost-thermal-hydrocell-6000mhz-gddr5-28nm-gpu-1050mhz-2048-co

clearly the 7970 beating the gtx 680 and when overclocked is a no brainer being the best bang for bucks here, unless u need cuda.

I am trying to stick to Nvidia as I know a few people that have had a lot of problems with AMD cards. But If i can get one that tempts me enough I will go AMD.
Also I am not really looking to overclock at the present time unless I get a superclocked one from the manufacturer.

 

[iceclock]

anyways stock the 670 runs great, but for speed the 7970 runs faster at stock.

the current small issues with amd cards will be resolved soon in a driver update,

if u cant go with amd, the 670 i suggested will do u good

 

[ozoscroft]

anyways stock the 670 runs great, but for speed the 7970 runs faster at stock.

the current small issues with amd cards will be resolved soon in a driver update,

if u cant go with amd, the 670 i suggested will do u good

sweet thanks for the input. As I said in an earlier post I will most likely do another question when I both know exactly how much money I can go up to max (prob about £370) and if there are any latest better cards about. But at the moment this is helping a lot as I don't know too much about GFX cards.