Good quiet gaming card for my current setup?

[lenocturne]

Hi All,

I am looking to upgrade my old NVIDIA gtx 670 to a similar or a better AMD card, as it has recently started to develop issues (aka NVIDIA windows kernel mode driver crash). It's been progressively getting worse and worse and finally got to the point where I can't even log in to windows - as soon as i move the cursor, the screen goes black and shortly after reboot follows.

I currently have the following budget gaming setup:

CPU: Intel i7 3770-K
Motherboard: ASUS P8ZZ77-V LX
RAM: 16 GB Corsair Vengeance
PSU: SeaSonic G-Series 750W 80 Plus Gold

I am trying to find a good and quiet AMD card under $600 (ideally, less) that will fit this setup.
I was looking at ASUS R9 390x 8GB, but it seems like it overheats a lot and runs very loud.
AMD Radeon R9 Nano seems great, but is a bit over my target budget.

I appreciate your help/recommendation/any input you might have on this.

 

[David093]

If I were you I wouldn't be looking at old-gen cards, the new ones surpass them in both energetic efficiency and performance, and also at a nice price point. A GTX 1060 that performs on par with a GTX 980 (not TI) would be a VERY nice upgrade from your 670, but you say that u can spend $600 so I'd look at a GTX 1070 that would last you around the same time as that 670 of yours.

Just my 2 cents anyways, get what fits your preferences, at the end of the day there is major subjectiviness (that is, we buy what we are comfortable with when performance is on par between the options) around the PC market.

And finally a more personal opinion; Nvidia always gets the cake in consumption/temps/loudiness, so if one is worried about those matters the best thing to do is go with team green.

EDIT: I didn't catch before the part where u say that ur 670 is giving issues, I believe that could be hardware degradation (maybe running at hot temps for too long? idknow) and should have nothing to do with the brand... Anyways u can always get an nvidia and try if it keeps crashing on ur system, and if it does then return the card and get an AMD one (BTW it shouldn't be the case, as if ur system fails with a new 10xx series then it most likely is because something else is faulty within your build) buuuut anyways as I said before, just my 2 cents, i'm no expert on hardware or anything, just a mildy poor enthusiast

Good luck!

 

[lenocturne]

but you say that u can spend $600 so I'd look at a GTX 1070 that would last you around the same time as that 670 of yours.

Thank you! Followed your advice and got MSI gtx 1070 8GB. So far VERY happy with performance and level of noise. And it's definitely MUCH better than my old 670. Money well spent