Looking for Graphics Card Upgrade Recommendations

[Jarek_Avanti]

I'm planning to upgrade my graphics card in the next month or so and would like some recommendations from the AOD community.

My current specs:
AMD FX-6100 processor
MSI 970A-G46 mainboard
16 GB DDR3 memory
nVidia GeForce GTX 650
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 910 W PSU

My budget is in the $300 (USD) range and I would like to stick with nVidia, but am willing to entertain AMD suggestions. Let me know what the rest of you think.

JA

[AOD_BritishBob]

Maybe; http://www.clanaod.net/forums/showthread.php?t=136571

[Das_Qrow]

I've got a 970 on ebay for 210 but we're not supposed to sell stuff on here so forget i said that lol.

But anyway a 970 would do nicely for just about everything, I was doing pretty well at 1440p before I got my 1080. A brand new 1070 is way over your budget currently. AMD RX480 Also looking to be a nice newer card but we don't have full details yet.

[ShadowCube]

Stay with NVIDIA, It is hard to pick out what is better or different between models in the ways of AMD stuff. But as a side-note, your processor isn't the best. If you can wait until 2017, get a AMD A4 Zen Processor or get a AMD A3 FX-9370 FX-Series 8-Core for extreme gaming or AMD A3 FX-8350 (Lower priced, not much difference between FX-9370 or FX-8350) Now back to GPU (Graphics Card)

GeForce GTX 970 or GeForce GTX 960 , Staying above 950 is the best option. If you stretch your budget for a good GPU; GeForce GTX 970 Ti or GeForce GTX 980

AMD's; XFX Radeon R9 390 (R9-390P-F28M) 8192MB PCIe Gen 3.0 at $300 or XFX Radeon R9 390X (R9-390X-8DFG) 8192MB PCIe x16 Gen 3.0 at $325-340

Your GPU is just as important as your CPU (unless you play PlanetSide 2, 95% of time it uses CPU)

Respectfully
-Shadow (Cube)

[Sidious_SithLord]

I kept my GTX 970 from my old computer and put it in my new one since it does great in every game I've played and saved me from getting a new graphic card. Its about 2 years old now and still no issues with it. I think they are in the $300 range. My first card was the GTX 650 and your going to see a massive change if you go to the 970.

[Grady666]

Before upgrading your graphics card, Id highly recommend upgrading your CPU/Motherboard. The reason I say this is because with a FX-6100(Or really any AMD CPU for that matter), your not going to get the best possible performance than you can out of a 970, Or even a 960.

Heres an Intel Skylake i5-6400, and An ASUS Z170 MB that I chose along with it(you can pick any HI70/Z170/B-Series chipset board, this is just what I considered to be the best value for your money):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...64&ignorebbr=1($189.99) [CPU]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...91&ignorebbr=1 ($105.99) [MB]

Total: $295.98 W/ 4-7 Day shipping

[Guard]

Before upgrading your graphics card, Id highly recommend upgrading your CPU/Motherboard. The reason I say this is because with a FX-6100(Or really any AMD CPU for that matter), your not going to get the best possible performance than you can out of a 970, Or even a 960.

Heres an Intel Skylake i5-6400, and An ASUS Z170 MB that I chose along with it(you can pick any HI70/Z170/B-Series chipset board, this is just what I considered to be the best value for your money):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...64&ignorebbr=1($189.99) [CPU]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...91&ignorebbr=1 ($105.99) [MB]

Total: $295.98 W/ 4-7 Day shipping

Agree 100% the Zambezi Set of chips have a huge bottleneck even with midrange cards

An 8350/8370 with a decent OC can run a 980 and thats pretty much the ceiling for AMD, the 9xxx series isnt even worth looking at with that wattage footprint however i wouldn't suggest someone upgrade from a 6xxx series to an 8xxx series its not the same gain in the long run as a i5 is, but budget constraints can factor into this as well