Need Video Card recommendation

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   General rule of thumb, always get the best one you can afford that has the best cooling solution and power design. The details on power design can be hard to find but generally google should be all you need to find it. A solid power design means the card gets more, more stable power and will have a better chance to overclock well compared to a weaker power design. My Gigabyte GTX 960 G1 Gaming for example has the same power design as most other GTX 980s and as a result was a phenomenal overclocker.
Even if you do not plan to overclock the GPU, the better cooling and power design usually accompany higher factory clocks.

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Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 25103	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jul 2016 at 9:16pm
	General rule of thumb, always get the best one you can afford that has the best cooling solution and power design. The details on power design can be hard to find but generally google should be all you need to find it. A solid power design means the card gets more, more stable power and will have a better chance to overclock well compared to a weaker power design. My Gigabyte GTX 960 G1 Gaming for example has the same power design as most other GTX 980s and as a result was a phenomenal overclocker. Even if you do not plan to overclock the GPU, the better cooling and power design usually accompany higher factory clocks.


shane49 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30 Nov 2015 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 26	Post Options Post Reply Quote shane49 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Jul 2016 at 1:52pm
	OK, nearly at end of this exercise. I have managed to buy a Sapphire Radeon 2Gb R9 380 Nitro OC card for AUD $195. I'm going to follow this up with a PSU upgrade to a Thermaltake Toughpower 550W 80+ Gold unit for AUD $119. Many thanks again to all who contributed to this thread.

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 25103	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Jul 2016 at 2:15pm
	Enjoy your upgrade


PetrolHead Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 07 Oct 2015 Status: Offline Points: 403	Post Options Post Reply Quote PetrolHead Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 Jul 2016 at 1:12am
	Sounds like a nice combo. Happy gaming! :)
	Ryzen 5 1500X, ASRock AB350M Pro4, 2x8 GB G.Skill Trident Z 3466CL16, Sapphire Pulse RX Vega56 8G HBM2, Corsair RM550x, Samsung 960 EVO SSD (NVMe) 250GB, Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500 GB, Windows 10 64-bit

shane49 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30 Nov 2015 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 26	Post Options Post Reply Quote shane49 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Aug 2016 at 2:42pm
	I installed the Sapphire card and the new PSU yesterday, what a staggering difference ! Must go back and have another look at all my other games now. Cheers everybody !