Subject states it. I'm currently running a pointless CrossFire setup with an HIS HD 7870, and an XFX 7870 because my friend had one (a 7870 that is) laying around so I wanted to see what this CrossFire shit was all about, and it seems pretty meh. From doing a bit of research, it seems as if CrossFire only really helps if the game/whatever you're doing is correctly optimized for it? I've actually had to disable it for a few different games (or switch to borderless fullscreen) because I get a strobelight lightning effect in-game. Anyways- so I'm looking to buy a new(er) card, and my only real goal is to keep it under $300ish. I'm not extremely well-versed in what exactly to look for when I'm comparing cards (obviously I understand that more GB is probably better, I mean shaders, core clock, mem clock, etc.), so any advice would be great/specific card suggestions (and WHY you're suggesting it, I want to learn what I should be looking for/comparing).
In other words- GPU Thread.
>>55114014
RX 480. Releasing on June 29th for $200 and will be by far the best price/performance card on the market.
>>55114063
Fucking AMD shill
>>55114063
OP here. Why is it so cheap? Aren't brand new cards usualy much more expensive? Or is that the gimmick they're selling?
>>55114110
It's the equivalent to the HD 7870 you have now. It's not the big AMD chip. That one will come at the end of the year.
>>55114063
That's not the 1070 anon.
>>55114152
I see. Is it worth it? Will I see a decent boost in performance? You said equivalent, that's why I ask.
>>55114110
Rx 480 will be a decent upgrade because it'll be on par with an r9 390/x, but a gtx 1070 would be a significantly better upgrade and more futureproof.
>>55114082
>>55114162
OP said keep it under $300
>>55114162
>>55114186
Tell me about this 1070, I'm curious. Seems like this is very quickly boiling down to these two cards vs. each other.
>>55114185
It'll give you enough performance to max out every game at 1080p / 60+ Hz.
RX480 uses less electricity then 1070
AMD has superior driver updates expect a decent performance boost.
>>55114186
>Nvidia cards
>Futureproof
Pick one.
Also, the GTX 1070 will be twice the price of an RX 480.
>>55114082
Triggered Nvidia shill detected.
>>55114221
Cool. How about if I'm also recording a high-end game? I've recently gotten into that whole thing. It's gay as shit but I enjoy it. I ask because although I know recording is mostly CPU-intensive, the only times I really see frame drops are when I'm trying to record a higher-end game on maxed out graphics settings. Will this card be better at that than my current setup?
>>55114243
A much bigger selling point is quite a big deal to me as I'm trying to keep this below $300. Thanks.
>>55114232
Gotcha. I've got a 750W PSU so I'm not too worried about electricity, but hey, a lower electric bill is a lower electric bill. Thanks.
>>55114312
You should notice almost no performance impact while recording.
>>55114243
$600 is 1080 territory.
>>55114014
Depends if you can hold out 2 weeks or or so. GTX 1070 will undoubtedly be more powerful than a Rx 480 but will cost about $300 for the 8gb version. The 1070 will offer about 40% more power for $100 more.
>>55114333
Alright cool. I guess I also should've done this much earlier, but here's my current build.
>>55114368
Should be fine for another five years.
what's with all these bait GPU threads?
>>55114365
Kek the baseline 1080 is selling for $800+ bucks and the 1070 is selling for over $550 bucks You cannot find a cheaper one since all the price gouging and the fact that Nvidia will not sell anymore on their store.
>>55114110
Dont listen to people suggesting 1070's Nvidia has a bad tendency to underperform whilst under heavier loads. As the first replier stated get an RX 480 , its very power efficient, performs like a badass, has 8GB of VRAM and is cheap. Youll save yourself 100 bucks for a future upgrade. And as for your question of why its cheap, its because AMD are competing for a larger market share.
>>55114365
>40% more performance
More like 10 percent more performance on Novidia titles (spoiler: Nvidia optimized games are generally shit)
>>55114082
>Nvidia shills get nervous when asked to suggest something less than $300
>>55114561
Op here. It isn't bait. If anything, your comment is bait and I'm falling for it. What exactly is 'bait' about this? Did you even look at the image I posted above where it lists my current GPU setup? Oh no, you're right, this was all a huge conspiracy where I CrossFired two old 7870s just so I could make a GPU thread on /g/, and sit here asking for more information on BOTH the AMD cards and the NVidia cards. You caught me.
>>55114368
>>55114368
I just noticed that this image says my Crossfire is disabled, yet I know it isn't (pic related). Is that just a speccy issue?
>>55114082
>paying over $400 when 1080p is still the sweet spot
>he fell for the "nvidia is directx 12 ready" meme
>>55114014
OP here. Thanks for the input everyone. As of right now, I'm leaning towards the RX480, we'll see if I am patient enough to wait until the end of the month.
>>55114365
Pretty sure its already been confirmed the 8 GB version of the 480 will cost 249$
