Best Graphics Cards For The Money: January 2012 (Archive)

[harly2]

Look at all the AMD on this, to bad the hierarchy chart is still a mess. Nvidia pull some funding to Tom's...Damn this surprising.

 

[neon neophyte]

conclusion: theyre all good. buy what you can afford.

considering you pretty much just listed every video card available.

 

[Onus]

Cleeve (Don) said over a year ago, that there are no longer any bad cards, just bad prices.

 

[Martell1977]

I suspect we will be seeing some price adjustments from nVidia sometime soon. I don't think I've seen a list like this so dominated by AMD, have to give them a pat on the back for their price/performance.

As for the "Titan Z" being delayed, I'd bet the R9 295x2 caught them by surprise and they are either reworking the card or their cooler. Wonder if they still intend to keep that horribly inflated price.

I'm one of those people that doesn't upgrade a GPU until I have a compelling reason and with the games/programs I run, I still don't have a reason to change out my Radeon 6870

 

[Onus]

I play mostly older games, and my "mere" HD7750 has been sufficient, even at 1920x1080. I hope to start playing some newer games again soon though, so I suspect Phoenix will rise again...

 

[spentshells]

WOW 5970 is a BEAST

 

[RazerZ]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131562

HD 7850 for $130. $100 after rebate. You're welcome

 

[Onus]

The next graphics card I'm likely to purchase will be a low-profile GTX750Ti (or equivalent) if/when one becomes available for a fair price.

 

[ingtar33]

I play mostly older games, and my "mere" HD7750 has been sufficient, even at 1920x1080. I hope to start playing some newer games again soon though, so I suspect Phoenix will rise again...

I don't know.. i mean my 7770 has been fine for both old AND new games. pretty powerful little card (and i do play at 1080p)

 

[Onus]

Yeah, the HD7970 in Omega I bought for mining, until that became unprofitable. Nothing I have needs that; the HD7870 in Phoenix is enough.

 

[chewy1963]

Wish you guys would take into account that people will need a power supply for their systems too. I think the GTX 750 ti is better than the R7 260X based on the fact it can run on a 300 watt power supply vs. 500 power supply for the R7 260X.

 

[Supernova1138]

Wish you guys would take into account that people will need a power supply for their systems too. I think the GTX 750 ti is better than the R7 260X based on the fact it can run on a 300 watt power supply vs. 500 power supply for the R7 260X.

If you're looking to upgrade a pre-built box that has a weak PSU, then the 750Ti might be better value despite the higher price point. However, if you have a system with a decent PSU already, then there really isn't any point in getting the 750Ti at its current price. The 750Ti does get an honorable mention for those who do have weaker PSUs, but this article focuses on prices for just the cards themselves, and operates under the assumption that you already have a PSU that can handle said card.

 

[ConfuciusSayyy]

Dear God, the R9 290X Sapphire Tri-x is priced at $500!!!

 

[IRONBATMAN]

^ did he just vote up his own post ?

 

[mikenygmail]

Excellent, I see action was finally taken thanks to my post shown below, from: "In Pictures: AMD Consolidates From 18 Datacenters To Just Two"

mikenygmail , May 9, 2014 3:29 PM
Fix the comments section for Best Graphics Cards for the Money already, it's getting to be ridiculous. Do you not want people to come to this site??

 

[ConfuciusSayyy]

^ did he just vote up his own post ?

What? Of course not, that's pretty low xD

 

[mikenygmail]

Glad to be able to finally enjoy the comments section.
Good job fixing it. Better late than never!

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Am I missing something? Nothing's changed that I can see, except possibly a shift to newest first on the articles, but that was months ago.

 

[Rounak Kayathwal]

I think GTX 750ti and R9 280x are the best!

 

[Slesreth]

R9 295X2

How many years has it been sine anything Radeon has been at the top of a Graphics Card Hierarchy Chart?

Been camping out on this ancient system waiting for things to quadruple the specs. Only thing left for AMD to get its ass in gear on is 3.0 PCI support for the bloody CPU already holy crap... Was no reason to upgrade until then. This card has me almost jumping jumping the gun. Stop holding the fanboys back or you will loose us...

To much integration on Intel, wasted space, wasted budget, wasted time working around it. Only reason I don't have it already.

 

[SessouXFX]

It would be a waste anyhow, since 2 R9 290X can handle the same duties for cheap...

 

[Avro Arrow]

I think you should perhaps include 2 x HD 7970 (or R9-280X) in crossfire. I've been using that for over 6 months and paid only $570CAD ($522USD) for both cards. I have had literally had no problems whatsoever. No stuttering, no driver errors, nothing. The setup just works and works perfectly! To me, that's the best deal I could have hoped to find.

 

[The BBC American]

I know prices fluctuate, but I'm wondering why there are three cards recommended in the span of less than $75 (the 750 Ti to the R9 270) in the May 2014 edition of this list, but the next card after those (the GTX 760) is $70 more expensive.

There are no cards to recommend between $180 and $250? They even say it's the best cards from $200 to $380, but the first one jumps in at $250. Recommendations from commenters would be welcome, but it begs the question of the disappointing, gaping hole in TH's ist.

 

[Sakkura]

I know prices fluctuate, but I'm wondering why there are three cards recommended in the span of less than $75 (the 750 Ti to the R9 270) in the May 2014 edition of this list, but the next card after those (the GTX 760) is $70 more expensive.

There are no cards to recommend between $180 and $250? They even say it's the best cards from $200 to $380, but the first one jumps in at $250. Recommendations from commenters would be welcome, but it begs the question of the disappointing, gaping hole in TH's ist.

It's not Tom's Hardware's fault that there aren't really any good buys in that price range. That's just the way it is. If you're going for something better than an R9 270, you really should step up to a GTX 760 (or similarly priced R9 280). The options in between are somewhat pointless.

 

[vertexx]

I know prices fluctuate, but I'm wondering why there are three cards recommended in the span of less than $75 (the 750 Ti to the R9 270) in the May 2014 edition of this list, but the next card after those (the GTX 760) is $70 more expensive.

There are no cards to recommend between $180 and $250? They even say it's the best cards from $200 to $380, but the first one jumps in at $250. Recommendations from commenters would be welcome, but it begs the question of the disappointing, gaping hole in TH's ist.

It's not Tom's Hardware's fault that there aren't really any good buys in that price range. That's just the way it is. If you're going for something better than an R9 270, you really should step up to a GTX 760 (or similarly priced R9 280). The options in between are somewhat pointless.

R9 270x is right in between and has better price/performance than GTX 760.