Best Graphics Card €500

[Quintenboy14]

I am upgrading my pc and was wondering what would be the best grahics card my pc can handle under €500.

Current build:
HKC 4672GD Mini Tower
PSU: will upgrade to whatever is necessary (does not effect €500 budget)
Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE S1150 Z97 MATX (I am gonna buy this one)
Intel Core I7 3770 3.4GHz LGA1155
PATRIOT PV38G160LC9KG 8GB 1600 MHz C9 1.35V V3
Seagate 1TB SATA 6 Gbps 64MB buffer
INTEL SSD 330 series SATA3 60GB

(if you see anything else that you should do different fel free to notify me)

 

[unknownofprob]

Not anymore it isn't.

 

[M4DCRUSH3R]

oke. thank you very much.

and i currently have everything but i am gonna replace the PSU, Motherboard and graphic card.

geofelt I am pretty sure he means this current build - (Original post at top of thread)

Current build:
HKC 4672GD Mini Tower
PSU: will upgrade to whatever is necessary (does not effect €500 budget)
Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE S1150 Z97 MATX (I am gonna buy this one)
Intel Core I7 3770 3.4GHz LGA1155
PATRIOT PV38G160LC9KG 8GB 1600 MHz C9 1.35V V3
Seagate 1TB SATA 6 Gbps 64MB buffer
INTEL SSD 330 series SATA3 60GB

You cannot have a Maximus VII gene with your x77 Intel Chip if you did not know this already

 

[M4DCRUSH3R]

Not anymore it isn't.

then what is? The gtx 970? I doubt its as powerful as the r9 290x.

 

[unknownofprob]

"You cannot have a Maximus VII gene with your x77 Intel Chip if you did not know this already"

If you look up the very top of the thread this was already stated.

The GTX 970 performs so close to the R9 290X, but depending on where you live costs around ~$60 more.

 

[CAaronD]

I don't think AMD has dropped the prices of the R9 series at the release of the GTX 900 series. So it really isn't worth it to buy the R9 290/290x as of today 😛 They would have to drop the prices at least 35% to make it worth the purchase! They would need to make the R9 290x at $290 And the R9 290 at $230 or so.

 

[M4DCRUSH3R]

"You cannot have a Maximus VII gene with your x77 Intel Chip if you did not know this already"

If you look up the very top of the thread this was already stated.

The GTX 970 performs so close to the R9 290X, but depending on where you live costs around ~$60 more.

I'm very sorry I did not see this at the top of the board. I'm sorry for my ignorance.

 

[M4DCRUSH3R]

oke. final check.
New build is gonna be:
HKC 4672GD Mini Tower
Corsair 750W---------http://
Asus P8Z77-M--------http://
Intel Core I7 3770 3.4GHz LGA1155
GTX 970----------http://
PATRIOT PV38G160LC9KG 8GB 1600 MHz C9 1.35V V3 (2 of those so 16GB ram)
Seagate 1TB SATA 6 Gbps 64MB buffer
INTEL SSD 330 series SATA3 60GB (I believe this is progammed in Raid mode, It isn´t listed next to my C: Drive)

If you want you can get an ASUS MAXIMUS V GENE since it is lga 1155

 

[Quintenboy14]

oke. final check.
New build is gonna be:
HKC 4672GD Mini Tower
Corsair 750W---------http://
Asus P8Z77-M--------http://
Intel Core I7 3770 3.4GHz LGA1155
GTX 970----------http://
PATRIOT PV38G160LC9KG 8GB 1600 MHz C9 1.35V V3 (2 of those so 16GB ram)
Seagate 1TB SATA 6 Gbps 64MB buffer
INTEL SSD 330 series SATA3 60GB (I believe this is progammed in Raid mode, It isn´t listed next to my C: Drive)

If you want you can get an ASUS MAXIMUS V GENE since it is lga 1155

That was the 1 I was originally going for but I can´t find it on any site that delivers here in Holland.

 

[M4DCRUSH3R]

oke. final check.
New build is gonna be:
HKC 4672GD Mini Tower
Corsair 750W---------http://
Asus P8Z77-M--------http://
Intel Core I7 3770 3.4GHz LGA1155
GTX 970----------http://
PATRIOT PV38G160LC9KG 8GB 1600 MHz C9 1.35V V3 (2 of those so 16GB ram)
Seagate 1TB SATA 6 Gbps 64MB buffer
INTEL SSD 330 series SATA3 60GB (I believe this is progammed in Raid mode, It isn´t listed next to my C: Drive)

If you want you can get an ASUS MAXIMUS V GENE since it is lga 1155

That was the 1 I was originally going for but I can´t find it on any site that delivers here in Holland.

Yeah even in Canada they are hard to find. You don't have to get an ROG board to get enthusiast quality however I still am going to buy it for color. MSI and ASUS are amazing quality so choose one from there company.(I know ROG is ASUS) Best of luck with a new GPU and otherboard shopping!!