Best $200 - $300 GPU?

[JapesFaw]

I'm building a new gaming PC and my GPU budget is between $200 and $300 - what GPUs would people recommend, and if possible what PSU would be alright for the recommended GPUs? I'm currently running a 500Wt PSU.

Thanks!

 

[SproutSchon]

If you can stretch a bit you should get a GTX970.
It is super power efficient and you won't have to change your PSU.
It will also max out all modern games at 1080p.

Pick either the MSI or the Gigabyte model:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-gtx970gaming4g
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvn970wf3oc4gd

 

[prit87]

I am not sure about you PSU quality so here is a GPU and PSU combo.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($269.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $344.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-04 04:53 EST-0500

In case you gave a good quality PSU then you can go with gtx 970.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($349.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $349.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-04 04:55 EST-0500

But the selection of the cards also depends on what CPU you have if you own a weak CPU then high end card like above can be bottlenecked by it.

 

[rockie_]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/zotac-video-card-zt9010110p
at least 500-550W PSU

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100363l
at least good 650W PSD , it depends