Hi,
iyho, what is the best price-performance ratio for video cards right now?
price range 100$-500$
not for bitcoins mining...
The best price/performance is HD 7770, followed closely by the GTX 760 at about twice the price.
If the R9 270X were actually available at its $200 MSRP, it would probably take the crown.
All of these are much worse bang-for-the-buck than cards back in Sept/Oct., like the HD 7870 for $130 and the HD 7950 for $180.
at about 200$ you can get cards like 3 times as fast as as the 100$ mark.
Once you go much above that you start paying alot more, for much less performance gains.
at 400$ you ll get cards that are like ~40% faster than at 200$ (but your paying twice as much).
at 550-600$ you ll get cards that are like ~60% faster than those at 200$ (paying 3 times as much)
To me the most bang for buck, seems to be around the 200$ mark.
That means you look for the cheapest "AMD's 270x" or "Nvidia's 760".
Just wanted to chime in and say I've been able to come across 270x open box items twice, second time being tonight at Frys so I snatched it up and returned the Diamond 290x. My honest opinion? I'd prefer to be able to run max resolution at ultra settings without the noticeable dip in frames.
My assessment? Mantle enabled, 1080p res, and all settings on ultra. Operation locker was almost unplayable, open maps with FoV scaled down was far more playable but still not anything close to enjoyable. Granted I'm running mantle and its not quite optimized so I'd like to see if a more stable version actually yields the gains they claim.
Umm I would of kept the 290x
Is it safe to say that 2 either 660 or 270 (7870) in sli or xfire would be better than a 400$ card?
So, best bang for the bucks seems to be cards around 200$ like 7870 and gtx 660.
Is it safe to say that 2 either 660 or 270 (7870) in sli or xfire would be better than a 400$ card?
i don't follow the videocard market that often, and last card i bought for myself was a gtx770 back in june. but i am not trying to upgrade or sell it, i just build a lot of rigs.
Btw, don't mind my location, i often travel to the us, so i can buy from newegg, amazon, fry's whatever.
If you find Two 7950 Boost by around this price would be a great deal. 660 or 270 not so much.
At $400 you have R9 290, that performs close to the 2-way setup of R9 270/GTX660.
To me the most bang for buck, seems to be around the 200$ mark.
That means you look for the cheapest "AMD's 270x" or "Nvidia's 760".
The TechPowerup chart is very interesting, but it would change dramatically depending on actual market prices of AMD cards.
My vote is for the R9 270 with a non-reference cooler. You can overclock it to 270X specs and have a day. I'm not sure if you can get BF4 with it but it was available when I purchased mine for $179.
looking at prices on many online shops, videocards are very expensive right now, not really a good time to buy one...