I built my sim racing system right before rF2 was released and now I'm looking to possibly upgrade if it's enough of a worthwhile improvement. Any suggestions?
Buy used is my biggest piece of advice. Most PC components don't deteriorate (relatively speaking, I'm sure they do but in very small and mostly inconceivable, to humans, ways). Your GPU will not be any slower after 2 years than it is when new, regardless of how many hours you've put on it or how many people have owned it before or after you.
GTX 770's are going to be on sale soon, look for deals pre/after xmas. Used is risky; was it overclocked, how much "deterioration" actually has happened? Are you comfortable of changing the thermal paste/heatsink/fans (ball bearings do not last forever.) No warranty. New can go kablooey just as used one, but personally its just too much of a headache to buy used PC components.
My shop GTX770 are gone they closed the menu. GTX780 are as cheap as they were but crap models. Newegg has 3 GTX770 1 in stock GTX780 are "refurbished or out of box" bar 1 a PNY model OCUK have 2 KAF GTX780 models a couple EVGA GTX770 You want to be quick.
If you use a single monitor and if you have a decent CPU, a 760 will allow you to run rF2 with maxed details having 60+ fps.
What's the rest of the system components? With a decent CPU, the GTX760 or 770 should give nice play with an even higher count of cars possible. I run 24 cars everything high to max and get 75-105 fps depending on the track with a GTX670. That's from the cockpit view of course.
GTX 770 is not a sub $200 card even close, 760 maybe you can find for under $200 if you get lucky. R9 280 might be an option, but AMD cards with rF2 are still a bit unpopular.
Sorry, I have a 5770. I always confuse it with the old 3750 I have... ASUS M4A79XTD EVO AM3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb Quad-Core 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Processor G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) SAPPHIRE 100283-2L Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
I would jump all over this deal right now if I was looking for a card in this price range --> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161442&cm_re=r7_270x-_-14-161-442-_-Product A. The price is great B. The price is instant rather than some sort of mail-in rebate like so many deals like this require C. You get Alien Isolation & Star Citizen which you can even sell if you want By the way, before moving to NVidia, HIS and their IceQ cards were my absolute favorite AMD cards. Insanely good cooling, some of the best, yet they don't get the attention that brands like Sapphire, ASUS, XFX, and MSI get. They're usually right at the top in cooling and quietness, and they also usually come with some of the highest out-of-the-box overclocks. Just awesome in every area and I've never had an issue with any of my HIS cards, but then again I've never had an issue with a GPU, period. This sale price is around the same price as an NVidia GTX 750 Ti, yet the r7 270x will probably give you around 30% more performance, on average. Having said that, they had the r7 270x on sale for $99 about 2 months ago, and the r9 280x (equivalent to an HD 7970) for $150.
never even heard of them, interesting. id also def go AMD if youre looking for performance/dollar, but as said ofc look into how it suits your specific setup/sims/games.
AMD R9 280 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131570&cm_re=r9_280x-_-14-131-570-_-Product $170 after $30 rebate (they may send you a pre-loaded $30 credit card for you to use instead, I'm not sure, you can check) + choose 3 free games from the AMD Gold Never Settle: Space Edition bundle, choices include Alien Isolation & Star Citizen (you can even sell these) P.S. This one just says "$30 rebate" rather than "$30 rebate card" like the NVidia ones below, so it may be an actual $30 credit/cheque to you rather than possibly a $30 pre-loaded credit card. [HR][/HR] Nvidia GTX 760 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125556&cm_re=760-_-14-125-556-_-Product $170 after $30 rebate (they may send you a pre-loaded $30 credit card for you to use instead, I'm not sure, you can check) + $150 ($50/game) in-game credits/currency for Strife, War Thunder, and Infinite Crisis (you can sell these) [HR][/HR] Nvidia GTX 760 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127744&cm_re=760-_-14-127-744-_-Product $170 instant price, no mail-in rebate or anything required + $150 ($50/game) in-game credits/currency for Strife, War Thunder, and Infinite Crisis (you can sell this) [HR][/HR] Nvidia GTX 760 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121775&cm_re=760-_-14-121-775-_-Product $169.50 after 5% off + after $30 rebate (they may send you a pre-loaded $30 credit card for you to use instead, I'm not sure, you can check) + $150 ($50/game) in-game credits/currency for Strife, War Thunder, and Infinite Crisis (you can sell this) [HR][/HR] Some nice deals here if $200 is your max. - Remember, real game performance is important, not synthetic benchmarks like 3D Mark, Unigine, etc.
Bloody hell...if i'm seeing that right, with all those games sold on ebay, you essentially end up with a free GTX 760.
http://isiforums.net/f/forumdisplay.php/8-Hardware-Building-Buying-Usage-Advice Forum: Hardware Building/Buying/Usage Advice People call me stupid. What a hide. p
The 770s, even 2gb, very likely won't come below that $200 price ceiling you're looking for. Maybe 680 GTX or 760, but have a look at them R9 280s or whatever. It may not perform as well in rF2 but you can see benchmarks for more games.
UPDATE! At 6pm PT tonight (11.5 hours from now) Option 1 listed above (AMD R9 280) will be on the shell shocker special sale for $150! I think these deals only last an hour or two, this is a great price! There are three products near the top of the page, scroll to the right, item 5 is the GPU --> http://www.newegg.com/special/shellshocker.aspx I am subscribed to the shell shocker deals, so I've aleady gotten the email stating it will be $150. I believe these deals are instant prices, rather than mail-inn rebates, plus, it still comes with the choice 3 free games.
The 760s are 2GB, the 280 is 3GB, also, most people report the 280 as a touch faster than the 760 for the most part. If this guy is looking for a GPU for under $200 I would seriously consider that 280 deal for $150. On the other hand, I would look into a 770 or 290 since he can sell the games/credits, and by the time he does that, it'll be as if he paid only $200 or less. If he doesn't want to deal with selling the games/credits, then I would get that 280 deal for $150. Awesome deal. It's on in about 5.5 hours.
