Best gpu under $500

[funnydavid99]

I’m looking to upgrade my 970 to a 10 series or something more powerful than my current gpu.

 

[Barty1884]

At $500, the 2070 is the outright strongest GPU available.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2070 8GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($499.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $499.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-25 11:11 EDT-0400

 

[2sidedpolygon]

I’m looking to upgrade my 970 to a 10 series or something more powerful than my current gpu.

This 1080 is on sale for $450

 

[Hellfire13]

You can go with this card...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Turbo OC Video Card ($429.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $429.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-25 11:12 EDT-0400

But the blower cooling is not always recommended.



Or, you can go with this card...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2070 8GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($498.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $498.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-25 11:14 EDT-0400

Which is same in performance as above but has ray tracing ability, which can be beneficial in the future.


Just make sure you CPU and PSU are good enough to support these.

 

[funnydavid99]

You can go with this card...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Turbo OC Video Card ($429.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $429.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-25 11:12 EDT-0400

But the blower cooling is not always recommended.



Or, you can go with this card...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2070 8GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($498.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $498.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-25 11:14 EDT-0400

Which is same in performance as above but has ray tracing ability, which can be beneficial in the future.


Just make sure you CPU and PSU are good enough to support these.

I have a 850 watt psu and 1400 oc to 3.5ghz

 

[Hellfire13]

You can go with this card...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Turbo OC Video Card ($429.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $429.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-25 11:12 EDT-0400

But the blower cooling is not always recommended.



Or, you can go with this card...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2070 8GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($498.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $498.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-25 11:14 EDT-0400

Which is same in performance as above but has ray tracing ability, which can be beneficial in the future.


Just make sure you CPU and PSU are good enough to support these.

I have a 850 watt psu and 1400 oc to 3.5ghz

If that 850w is a quality unit, then it should be more than enough... https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/631048-psu-tier-list-updated/
The 1400 might limit the 1080/2700 a slight bit, but not by much. The good thing is, that you can carry forward the card to your next build.

 

[funnydavid99]

You can go with this card...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Turbo OC Video Card ($429.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $429.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-25 11:12 EDT-0400

But the blower cooling is not always recommended.



Or, you can go with this card...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2070 8GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($498.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $498.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-25 11:14 EDT-0400

Which is same in performance as above but has ray tracing ability, which can be beneficial in the future.


Just make sure you CPU and PSU are good enough to support these.

I have a 850 watt psu and 1400 oc to 3.5ghz

If that 850w is a quality unit, then it should be more than enough... https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/631048-psu-tier-list-updated/
The 1400 might limit the 1080/2700 a slight bit, but not by much. The good thing is, that you can carry forward the card to your next build.

I’m planning on upgrading to a 2700 or 1700 in the next couple of months.

 

[Hellfire13]

You should be good then.