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

[Iron124]

Prices are really coming down, my 680 2gb is still holding its own 2 years later . But if prices keep dropping so much, I am going to have to get something better !

You might've missed that window already, I saw prices on the 260x, 270, etc jump $20-$30 this morning on Amazon. I know because I had a 260x in my cart for $93, was gonna buy it when I got paid Monday, now it's $115.

I'm a little pissed...that card isn't worth that much.

 

[SoupRice]

comparing Radeon VS Geforce is like AMD VS Intel, each has its own pros and cons.

 

[Anakha00]

Noticed a couple potential mixups on the performance page/graph, "while the Radeon R9 270X takes top honors under $200" - the price on the graph shows it at $266. Also I've always assumed everything was listed in order of avg. performance, but the R9 280 is above the GTX 760 which does not does not perform as well in either resolution.

 

[loguerto]

AMD monopoly ...

 

[youcanDUit]

i have a gts 450 and have been wanting to upgrade for some time. i was wondering if now is a good time to buy a new card, considering tonga is around the corner. i figure this might force price changes. i don't know if i would go the amd route since everyone complains about drivers and heat. i was looking at the GTX 770 and wondering if that's a good choice for a card. i keep thinking i should wait. any thoughts?

 

[helper800]

AMD cards do not run hotter, furthermore if you have money for a 770, you are implying you have around 320$. If you want to get an AMD for 300$ i would get this:

http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=91074&vpn=11221-00-20G&manufacture=SAPPHIRE&promoid=1009

 

[youcanDUit]

AMD cards do not run hotter, furthermore if you have money for a 770, you are implying you have around 320$. If you want to get an AMD for 300$ i would get this:

http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=91074&vpn=11221-00-20G&manufacture=SAPPHIRE&promoid=1009

i should have added that i'm limited to shopping at fry's. i have a gift card and that place blows ass when it comes to selection.

 

[Iron124]

AMD cards do not run hotter, furthermore if you have money for a 770, you are implying you have around 320$. If you want to get an AMD for 300$ i would get this:

http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=91074&vpn=11221-00-20G&manufacture=SAPPHIRE&promoid=1009

i should have added that i'm limited to shopping at fry's. i have a gift card and that place blows ass when it comes to selection.

http://www.frys.com/product/7962570?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

How about this?

 

[youcanDUit]

AMD cards do not run hotter, furthermore if you have money for a 770, you are implying you have around 320$. If you want to get an AMD for 300$ i would get this:

http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=91074&vpn=11221-00-20G&manufacture=SAPPHIRE&promoid=1009

i should have added that i'm limited to shopping at fry's. i have a gift card and that place blows ass when it comes to selection.

http://www.frys.com/product/7962570?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

How about this?

it's about the same as a gtx 770 they are offering for 304bucks. is/are these worth it or should i just wait for the release of the tonga gpu's?

 

[helper800]

AMD cards do not run hotter, furthermore if you have money for a 770, you are implying you have around 320$. If you want to get an AMD for 300$ i would get this:

http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=91074&vpn=11221-00-20G&manufacture=SAPPHIRE&promoid=1009

i should have added that i'm limited to shopping at fry's. i have a gift card and that place blows ass when it comes to selection.

http://www.frys.com/product/7962570?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

How about this?

it's about the same as a gtx 770 they are offering for 304bucks. is/are these worth it or should i just wait for the release of the tonga gpu's?

You are asking the age old question. To wait, or not to wait. There real question is can you want? Do you need the GPU power now?

 

[youcanDUit]

AMD cards do not run hotter, furthermore if you have money for a 770, you are implying you have around 320$. If you want to get an AMD for 300$ i would get this:

http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=91074&vpn=11221-00-20G&manufacture=SAPPHIRE&promoid=1009

i should have added that i'm limited to shopping at fry's. i have a gift card and that place blows ass when it comes to selection.

http://www.frys.com/product/7962570?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

How about this?

it's about the same as a gtx 770 they are offering for 304bucks. is/are these worth it or should i just wait for the release of the tonga gpu's?

You are asking the age old question. To wait, or not to wait. There real question is can you want? Do you need the GPU power now?

AMD cards do not run hotter, furthermore if you have money for a 770, you are implying you have around 320$. If you want to get an AMD for 300$ i would get this:

http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=91074&vpn=11221-00-20G&manufacture=SAPPHIRE&promoid=1009

i should have added that i'm limited to shopping at fry's. i have a gift card and that place blows ass when it comes to selection.

http://www.frys.com/product/7962570?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

How about this?

it's about the same as a gtx 770 they are offering for 304bucks. is/are these worth it or should i just wait for the release of the tonga gpu's?

You are asking the age old question. To wait, or not to wait. There real question is can you want? Do you need the GPU power now?

honestly, i just want to be able to play the division on good settings. lol.

 

[youcanDUit]

AMD cards do not run hotter, furthermore if you have money for a 770, you are implying you have around 320$. If you want to get an AMD for 300$ i would get this:

http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=91074&vpn=11221-00-20G&manufacture=SAPPHIRE&promoid=1009

i should have added that i'm limited to shopping at fry's. i have a gift card and that place blows ass when it comes to selection.

http://www.frys.com/product/7962570?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

How about this?

it's about the same as a gtx 770 they are offering for 304bucks. is/are these worth it or should i just wait for the release of the tonga gpu's?

You are asking the age old question. To wait, or not to wait. There real question is can you want? Do you need the GPU power now?

AMD cards do not run hotter, furthermore if you have money for a 770, you are implying you have around 320$. If you want to get an AMD for 300$ i would get this:

http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=91074&vpn=11221-00-20G&manufacture=SAPPHIRE&promoid=1009

i should have added that i'm limited to shopping at fry's. i have a gift card and that place blows ass when it comes to selection.

http://www.frys.com/product/7962570?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

How about this?

it's about the same as a gtx 770 they are offering for 304bucks. is/are these worth it or should i just wait for the release of the tonga gpu's?

You are asking the age old question. To wait, or not to wait. There real question is can you want? Do you need the GPU power now?

honestly, i just want to be able to play the division on good settings. lol.

 

[helper800]

Like i said if you can wait then wait. If you cannot wait then get the 770. Either way you should be fine.

 

[youcanDUit]

Like i said if you can wait then wait. If you cannot wait then get the 770. Either way you should be fine.

thank you!

 

[helper800]

Any time.

 

[trog69]

I see that the gtx 780 isn't even mentioned. Did they stop selling them?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

I see that the gtx 780 isn't even mentioned. Did they stop selling them?

Costs more than the 290 for similar performance.

 

[Menigmand]

Isn't the GTX 760 placed a bit odd in the chart 'Performance per dollar'?

 

[cooldex]

I guest yall just stop adding mobile gpu's

 

[mikat]

How can you do a Performance per Dollar graph and put both Performance and Dollars on the same axis?!!?

 

[Chris Droste]

regardless of pricing, one of the more annoying factors with these articles is that whenever looking at a given price bracket (i.e. $300) is that it's a real pain to reference OLD test/review articles to judge whether (personally) I would like to lay down a few extra bucks to goto a product that didn't make the cut.

example: I'm shopping the 280x vs 770 vs 290. Most of the articles referenced are from releases when the 770 isn't available, and/or the 770 article doesn't show aggregate performance to the 290/780, etc so i have to go back n' forth trying to figure out if maybe I'd personally like to just spend an extra $30-40 for the cooler-running nVidia card, or, if at that price point I'm too close to 290 territory, and/or vice versa/ I know the 770's slower than the 290(duh) but i don't know how close it is to the 280x on these things to make a personal choice at the given price tier. am i making any sense?

 

[youcanDUit]

regardless of pricing, one of the more annoying factors with these articles is that whenever looking at a given price bracket (i.e. $300) is that it's a real pain to reference OLD test/review articles to judge whether (personally) I would like to lay down a few extra bucks to goto a product that didn't make the cut.

example: I'm shopping the 280x vs 770 vs 290. Most of the articles referenced are from releases when the 770 isn't available, and/or the 770 article doesn't show aggregate performance to the 290/780, etc so i have to go back n' forth trying to figure out if maybe I'd personally like to just spend an extra $30-40 for the cooler-running nVidia card, or, if at that price point I'm too close to 290 territory, and/or vice versa/ I know the 770's slower than the 290(duh) but i don't know how close it is to the 280x on these things to make a personal choice at the given price tier. am i making any sense?

sweet jesus, i'm in your situation. i decided to wait for tonga and see if prices change. if tonga doesn't come out, or if prices don't change i'm just gonna wait for maxwell. thing is i can wait, you probably can't. i did notice the r9 290's price drops though. that just gives me the itch.

 

[sincreator]

In the section where you discuss multi card configurations. Why would you recommend/mention 2 x GTX760 for $500, when you can get the same or better performance for $400 out of 2x R9 280. With deals, you can get 2 x R9 280x for right around $500, lol.

 

[kamhagh]

just a little question, why would anyone get GTX 780 to, or titan or anything powerful like that?! only reason is multi monitor gaming, right?

 

[BlasterX]

Why no GTX 770 in the list? It has high performance/price ratio as well.