Step up from STRIX RX-470 4GB

[Programz]

I'm looking to upgrade from my RX-470 soon. I'm not particularly trying to spend more than $300-$400 but am trying to get a significant improvement on my GPU output.

Can anyone give me some good advice at some cards to look at? I tend to run 2-3 monitors at a time, 30hz 4k, 144hz 1080p, and a 60hz 1080p, and generally use the computer strictly for gaming.

Keep in mind I don't use all 3 monitors for gaming, I stream as well so they're mostly there for the extra windows I have open while I game on my 144hz.

Would I be better off going down a SLI route? Or just sticking with a better singular card?

Also I don't believe my case will hold a 3 fan very well, I've tried putting in a R9 390x and it got way too hot and didn't fit so well in my mid tower.

Specs for my PC are in my signature, if I'd need a better PSU as well, feel free to let me know.

Thanks in advance!

 

[pete_101]

Are you planning on selling the RX 470? You should get more for it than you paid.

The two obvious cards you should be looking at are the GTX 1070 and 1080. For 144 fps at 1080p the GTX 1070 is only just enough for modern games, and if you want to run ultra settings, the GTX 1080 would be required. Now the GTX 1080 is not a cheap card, hence why I asked if you were going to sell your 470.

 

[BlueHawk55]

Let's just get this out of the way IMHO do not go SLI if you can get a more powerful single card(unfortunately I learned from experience)that multi gpus ALWAYS have a ton of issues.And most games don't even support multi gpus so I would suggest you get a 1070 if you plan to game and stream and if you ever want to mine ETH then definitely the 1070 but if you're looking for better performance and don't plan on mining in the future go with the 1080 I have it and it can run 3 screens without any problems.Most games have negative scaling with multi gpus and I have only seen 1 or 2 games that take advantage of crossfire and sli and those were gta 5 and AC4 pretty much nearly everything else including:Assassin's creed,Far Cry,Watch_Dogs etc. had negative scaling(which means less fps in sli than with a single gpu)The GDDR5 vram in the 1070 can mine ETH good but the GDDR5X vram in the 1080 although better in games is terrible for mining ETH but from what i've seen you're interested only in gaming and streaming so then I would recommend you a 1080.You can get either the reference cooler(which IMO looks sick) or some dual fan model of it if you can't do a triple fan.

 

[Programz]

Are you planning on selling the RX 470? You should get more for it than you paid.

The two obvious cards you should be looking at are the GTX 1070 and 1080. For 144 fps at 1080p the GTX 1070 is only just enough for modern games, and if you want to run ultra settings, the GTX 1080 would be required. Now the GTX 1080 is not a cheap card, hence why I asked if you were going to sell your 470.

If I cannot find someone to buy the card, I'll likely break it in half, because it's been nothing but problems for me since the day I bought it.

Or I'll use it for my mining set up. Either way, I hate the damn card.

 

[Programz]

Let's just get this out of the way IMHO do not go SLI if you can get a more powerful single card(unfortunately I learned from experience)that multi gpus ALWAYS have a ton of issues.And most games don't even support multi gpus so I would suggest you get a 1070 if you plan to game and stream and if you ever want to mine ETH then definitely the 1070 but if you're looking for better performance and don't plan on mining in the future go with the 1080 I have it and it can run 3 screens without any problems.Most games have negative scaling with multi gpus and I have only seen 1 or 2 games that take advantage of crossfire and sli and those were gta 5 and AC4 pretty much nearly everything else including:Assassin's creed,Far Cry,Watch_Dogs etc. had negative scaling(which means less fps in sli than with a single gpu)The GDDR5 vram in the 1070 can mine ETH good but the GDDR5X vram in the 1080 although better in games is terrible for mining ETH but from what i've seen you're interested only in gaming and streaming so then I would recommend you a 1080.You can get either the reference cooler(which IMO looks sick) or some dual fan model of it if you can't do a triple fan.

Hell yeah, I'll look into a 1080. I don't want to cut myself short.

 

[pete_101]

Are you planning on selling the RX 470? You should get more for it than you paid.

The two obvious cards you should be looking at are the GTX 1070 and 1080. For 144 fps at 1080p the GTX 1070 is only just enough for modern games, and if you want to run ultra settings, the GTX 1080 would be required. Now the GTX 1080 is not a cheap card, hence why I asked if you were going to sell your 470.

If I cannot find someone to buy the card, I'll likely break it in half, because it's been nothing but problems for me since the day I bought it.

Or I'll use it for my mining set up. Either way, I hate the damn card.

If you're into mining, then you should use it for that. Otherwise someone else will pay more for it than it was worth new so that they can mine with it....the prices have gone crazy.

 

[BlueHawk55]

Honestly you could use it for mining but i'd rather sell it now with the inflated prices because it would be a while for you to make a profit out of the card when mining.Just please don't break it in half lel.

 

[Programz]

Honestly you could use it for mining but i'd rather sell it now with the inflated prices because it would be a while for you to make a profit out of the card when mining.Just please don't break it in half lel.

Where would be a good place to sell it? I'd imagine craiglist, but If there is a different place I don' know of I'd love to know!


I wont break it haha, but I've been wanting to damnit Lol

 

[BlueHawk55]

Yeah you could try craigslist and maybe ebay.

 

[Programz]

Yeah you could try craigslist and maybe ebay.

I'll browse around!

 

[Mousemonkey]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from Programz : "Rx-470 Is garbage."

Anyone else have constant issues with this piece of garbage graphics card? Random black screens which cause me to have to reboot, even though the drivers are always up to date, and it never gets past 70C?

I'm so sick of AMD products, I cannot wait to get the hell away from them all.

Did you buy the card used?

Did you buy the card used?

Negative ghost rider, bought it new. I've been told there is a 2 year warranty as well

Did you buy the card used?

Negative ghost rider, bought it new. I've been told there is a 2 year warranty as well

Are you using it for mining?

Did you buy the card used?

Negative ghost rider, bought it new. I've been told there is a 2 year warranty as well

Are you using it for mining?

Nope, just gaming and everyday use. I'm probably switching over to a 1080 and then using the RX for mining after that.

Did you buy the card used?

Negative ghost rider, bought it new. I've been told there is a 2 year warranty as well

Are you using it for mining?

Nope, just gaming and everyday use. I'm probably switching over to a 1080 and then using the RX for mining after that.

Why not sell it? Its a good time to sell a RX card.

 

[Programz]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from Programz : "Rx-470 Is garbage."

Anyone else have constant issues with this piece of garbage graphics card? Random black screens which cause me to have to reboot, even though the drivers are always up to date, and it never gets past 70C?

I'm so sick of AMD products, I cannot wait to get the hell away from them all.

Did you buy the card used?

Did you buy the card used?

Negative ghost rider, bought it new. I've been told there is a 2 year warranty as well

Did you buy the card used?

Negative ghost rider, bought it new. I've been told there is a 2 year warranty as well

Are you using it for mining?

Did you buy the card used?

Negative ghost rider, bought it new. I've been told there is a 2 year warranty as well

Are you using it for mining?

Nope, just gaming and everyday use. I'm probably switching over to a 1080 and then using the RX for mining after that.

Did you buy the card used?

Negative ghost rider, bought it new. I've been told there is a 2 year warranty as well

Are you using it for mining?

Nope, just gaming and everyday use. I'm probably switching over to a 1080 and then using the RX for mining after that.

Why not sell it? Its a good time to sell a RX card.

Why are RX's so good for mining if I may ask? What's the hype with them in ETH?

 

[pete_101]

The RX cards are seen as the best cost to performance cards to mine ETH http://www.thecryptomining.info/2017/03/best-hardware-for-ethereum-mining.html

 

[BlueHawk55]

All AMD cards are good at mining overall as their hashrates are amazing thanks to the GCN architecture which is good at integer math.