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Best Graphics card for €200

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  • 04-12-2015 7:13pm
    #1
    sirboby
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭


    hi im buying a full pc build budget €700 and i was wondering of the best graphics card for €200 or less

    cant go over this budget -- im already pushing it pretty far.

    if it maters im planning on getting:

    intel i3 4170
    8Gb of RAM
    not sure what motherboard yet.


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    BloodBath
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    R9 380 I think. Sapphire Nitro if you can get it that cheap.

    With a budget of €700 you could probably get an i5 as well.


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    sirboby
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭sirboby


    i can get that for €196.43


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    BloodBath
    Registered Users Posts: 10,299 ✭✭✭✭BloodBath


    Yeah you would from Mindafactory. Order your case from amazon, it will cost €30 extra delivery to get it from mindfactory.


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    Eoinmc97
    Registered Users Posts: 403 ✭✭Eoinmc97


    The R9 380 is the best so far for €200, as BloodBath said. As for a budget of €700, a Core i5 is definitely possible.

    Core i5 4460: €180
    8 GB RAM: €40
    Any case from Amazon: €50
    1TB HDD: €50
    R9 380 Sapphire: €200
    500W PSU: €60
    That's about €610.


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    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    Eoinmc97 wrote: »
    The R9 380 is the best so far for €200, as BloodBath said. As for a budget of €700, a Core i5 is definitely possible.

    Core i5 4460: €180
    8 GB RAM: €40
    Any case from Amazon: €50
    1TB HDD: €50
    R9 380 Sapphire: €200
    500W PSU: €60
    That's about €610.

    H81M or B85M board pushes you to about €670/680

    Should be doable. Op wants monitor and kbm under €800 too AFAIK, which complicated it


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    Shabaz50
    Registered Users Posts: 282 ✭✭Shabaz50


    Hey, I'm looking to buy a 200ish nvidia card and i was going to buy this one,any thoughts?


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    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Shabaz50 wrote: »
    Hey, I'm looking to buy a 200ish nvidia card and i was going to buy this one,any thoughts?

    For that price I'd go with the MSI GTX960 NVIDIA Gaming


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    Shabaz50
    Registered Users Posts: 282 ✭✭Shabaz50


    Shabaz50 wrote: »
    Hey, I'm looking to buy a 200ish nvidia card and i was going to buy this one,any thoughts?

    Sorry i forgot to leave a link
    http://www.computeruniverse.net/en/products/90613350/gigabyte-geforce-gtx960-n960oc-4gd.asp


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    Shabaz50
    Registered Users Posts: 282 ✭✭Shabaz50


    tuxy wrote: »
    For that price I'd go with the MSI GTX960 NVIDIA Gaming

    Is this the one?
    http://www.msi.com/product/graphics-card/GTX-960-GAMING-4G.html#hero-overview


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    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    That's the one, although looking at the price difference now I'm not sure it's worth it. The msi will probably overclock better but in game frame rate won't be much different.


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    Shabaz50
    Registered Users Posts: 282 ✭✭Shabaz50


    tuxy wrote: »
    That's the one, although looking at the price difference now I'm not sure it's worth it. The msi will probably overclock better but in game frame rate won't be much different.

    Its on sale on amazon at the moment for 248 euro (down from 319).
    Is it worth an extra 30 euro?


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    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Probably not, I found this card that looks very good, nice cooler and back plate and an even faster factory over-clock than the msi

    http://geizhals.de/kfa-geforce-gtx-960-exoc-96nqh8dvd9cj-96nqh8dve9ex-a1336815.html?t=alle&plz=&va=b&vl=de&hloc=de&v=e&togglecountry=set#filterform

    I'm not sure what the listed shops charge for shipping to Ireland though.

    It would be nice to get a better cooler than on the Gigabyte card but it's not going to make a big difference so I wouldn't recommend paying extra for it.


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    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    KFA are not great cards.


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    Cians Blades
    Registered Users Posts: 84 ✭✭Cians Blades


    R9 270x is a real nice card for 200 Euro runs all my games 60 frames plus (exept fallout four runs at 40-50 ish)


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    tuxy
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    Digital Solitude wrote: »
    KFA are not great cards.

    Do they have reliability issues? It's the European brand name for Galax which do well in reviews and benchmarks.


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    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    I've heard a few from different people yeah. Mightn't be wholly widespeead


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    #18
    Eoinmc97
    Registered Users Posts: 403 ✭✭Eoinmc97


    KFA are fine. It's their blower cards that sucked, but what do people expect when they OC'd Kepler 760s, and gave it a measly little fan to disappitate heat.


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