Best GPU For the AMD Athlon X4 760K?

[Deleted member 1359562]

Hello to the fellow users of Tom's Hardware!

Today, I would like to raise an important question.

When i built my first PC, i was looking for entry level hardware that would suit my light - medium level gaming needs. For the CPU + GPU, i choose the AMD Athlon X4 760K paired with the R7 260X.

At the time, i wasn't very familiar with the Price/Performance ratio concept. If i had properly understood this, then I would have purchased the Intel Core i5 4690K.

I have overclocked the CPU to 4.3 GHz and it is stable and works fine. However, I feel as though the choice of graphics card was incorrect. The drivers are somewhat unstable and framerates are somewhat inconsistent (even on lower settings).

I am now considering which GPU is ideal for the AMD Athlon X4 760K. I don't have the budget to build another system. For the GPU upgrade, I was considering the following options:

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  AMD R9 280
  AMD R9 285
  Nvidia GTX 760

Which GPU out of this would be the best? Obviously, I would want as little bottleneck as possible!

Please reply soon.

Regards.

 

[Danoded]

A 270x would be a good match for that CPU, I probably wouldn't go much higher than that GPU for that CPU.

 

[Vic 40]

Looking at prices would the r9 280 imo be a good choice.

 

[Deleted member 1359562]

Looking at prices would the r9 280 imo be a good choice.

OK Thanks,

Will this GPU be bottle-necked by the processor?

 

[Vic 40]

Could be,depends also on the game,at 4.3 are you probably fine.Danoded is probably right when saying that the r9 270X is a better matched card,but the difference in price isn't that big at the moment so would i pick the r9 280 anyway.When you would upgrade the cpu+motherboard would you still have an imo decent card .