What Is The Best graphics card under £300

[Akashi90]

Right now i have an AMD Radeon 270 and want to upgrade. I play games like red orchestra 2, battlefield 4, tomb raider and skyrim. Im currently looking to purchase GeForce GTX 960 or 770... any thoughts on those two?

 

[ALXAndy]

too slow not enough VRAM.

Get a 290x, dependent on your PSU.

 

[n14hta]

+1 for a 290x, and you can pick up certain models for under £250.

 

[nashathedog]

Wait for a 300 series or go for a 970.

 

[Geeman1979]

As above ^

The 970s are a solid all rounder.

 

[taz488]

Is there a predicted price reduce on the 970 when the 300 series get released?

Or is that all depending on what performance bracket the new cards lie in?

 

[Geeman1979]

It's inevitable there will be some form of drop. By how much will come down to how the latest round up perform.

 

[Goody_GTI]

I'd say the 970, plus at the moment you get two free games

 

[passey89]

290x or 970 depending what resolutions u play at

1080 970
1440 290x

 

[sprite1275]

290x

 

[justalex81]

970

 

[jkb]

I would go 290X

 

[maj]

Haven't the 970s got the VRAM issue? Or am I thinking of something else.

 

[Squink]

Haven't the 970s got the VRAM issue? Or am I thinking of something else.

Yes but you're less likely to experience it at 1080p

 

[Andy__C]

970 for 1080p all the way

 

[mahius]

Depends on the games. 970 performs better in most games than 290x, but games more dependent on VRAM, the 290x is better due to 0.5GB/4.5GB (if you go with the 8GB version) more VRAM than the 970. But this doesn't matter for most current games, the 970 is enough. On GTAV, benchmarks show that the 970 is better than the 290X and they come neck and neck at higher resolutions. If you do go 290x, buy one now while you still can, stock isn't being replenished and they are being sold cheap to clear them out before the 300 series launched.

I'm also looking at the £240-£300 price point for a card in my build next month, but I'll be patient and wait till 980ti/R9 300 series release to see the effect on prices before I go for it.

As for individual cards, the best 290x include Asus DirectCU, MSI TwinFrozr and Sapphire Tri-X/Vapor-X. Best 970s are the MSI Twin Frozr, Gigabyte G1 and Asus Strix.

 

[maj]

Yes but you're less likely to experience it at 1080p

What about at 1200p? I'm in situation where I need to RMA my 290 and wondering if paying the difference and getting a 970 in exchange is the better deal.