Looking to Upgrade

[DownwardAcension]

Hi guys, I'm looking to upgrade my video card for something I can run demanding games at a high fps. Right now I have the SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7950 3GB, but it is starting to show it's age. I'm not getting a solid 60fps anymore on newer, graphically intense games, so I am looking to upgrade. I would like to spend around $300, and looking for something that would give the best performance for the price. I've seen some cards come out with 8gb of video ram for like $350, are those actually good? Give me your recommendations, thanks!

 

[RAZER Gamer]

I would personally get the GTX 970. It's a great GPU for the money and you will get 60fps on ultra on most modern games. The 970 has great performance, cooling and silence if you buy one from the right company. I would recommend either the MSI GTX 970 or the Gigabyte G1 gaming 970, both are great.

MSI GTX 970:
Looks nice, quiet, cool, good for overclocking, overall very good card.

Gigabyte G1 gaming:
Looks ok, louder, very cool, good at overclocking, great card still.

Hope this helps Personally I would go with the MSI card but it's up to you.

 

[sizzling]

What's the rest of your system? No point in a high end gpu if its held back by the rest of the system and seeing how old the 7950 is?

 

[RAZER Gamer]

What's the rest of your system? No point in a high end gpu if its held back by the rest of the system and seeing how old the 7950 is?

That is true. Please list your whole system specs.

 

[DownwardAcension]

What's the rest of your system? No point in a high end gpu if its held back by the rest of the system and seeing how old the 7950 is?

Intel i7-4790k
16gb Corsair Ram
Samsung 840 evo 250GB ssd
WD 1tb Hdd 7200rpm
ASRock Z97 Extreme4 LGA 1150

 

[RAZER Gamer]

What's the rest of your system? No point in a high end gpu if its held back by the rest of the system and seeing how old the 7950 is?

Intel i7-4790k
16gb Corsair Ram
Samsung 840 evo 250GB ssd
WD 1tb Hdd 7200rpm
ASRock Z97 Extreme4 LGA 1150

Ok yeah 970 is perfect for you.

 

[DownwardAcension]

What's the rest of your system? No point in a high end gpu if its held back by the rest of the system and seeing how old the 7950 is?

Intel i7-4790k
16gb Corsair Ram
Samsung 840 evo 250GB ssd
WD 1tb Hdd 7200rpm
ASRock Z97 Extreme4 LGA 1150

Ok yeah 970 is perfect for you.

Cool, i'll check that one out. Question though, how does this compare http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127874&cm_re=r9_390-_-14-127-874-_-Product I see that it has more vram, but is there anything else about it that would be better?

 

[RAZER Gamer]

Well the R9 390 is also a great card but Nvidia vs AMD = Nvidia wins so far. Also they are very similar in performance, look at these benchmarks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udXCusTnRsY

The GTX 970 is cooler, has more features/updates, uses less power, has similar performance so overall the GTX 970 is slightly better.

 

[sizzling]

970 or 980 would be awesome in that setup

 

[RAZER Gamer]

970 or 980 would be awesome in that setup

The GTX 970 is cheaper and still a great GPU but the 980 is way better in terms of performance.

 

[RAZER Gamer]

970 or 980 would be awesome in that setup

I agree, but a 980 Ti would be even better!