Graphics cards, is this a good buy?

Question

I currently have a Radeon HD 7800, and am looking for a new card. I ve found a new card, a GTX 950, for $175 at best buy. 
Wanted to ask if this was a decent price for the improvement. Yes, I know I could get it cheaper online, but asking about this one this itself.

m8xpayne · Answer

The GTX 950 would be a sidegrade to the 7870 and not that much faster than a 7850. It wouldn't be worth it for you to buy a GTX 950 because your graphics performance would remain roughly at the same performance level.

NO, it's not a good buy. I can go to amazon and get a better card for the same price. Best buy is absolutely the worst place to buy a graphics card. Check with newegg.com, amazon.com, Fry's Electronics, or Microcenter.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_kk_2?rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Agtx+960&keywords=gtx+960&ie=UTF8&qid=1463152771

A GTX 960 would net you better results and it would be an okay upgrade. However if I was you I'd hold out for something in the GTX 970/GTX 1060 ballpark.

Right now is a really bad time to buy a graphics card because both Nvidia and AMD plan to release a new generation of cards starting in a few weeks. I'd wait for 2 months. At that point you could either buy a new R9 400 series or a GTX 1000 series card or buy a used GTX 970 on craigslist for less than $200.

Here are some reviews with barcharts comparing other cards so you can get an idea of their performance levels.

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/R9_270X/26.html
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_980_Ti/31.html

Fulano · Answer

I'd save up some more...
And you can get much better cards for the price online.

Like Andy said, I've seen the 950 GTX on sale with rebate for $130 online. Amazon, Newegg, Tiger Direct, are great computer hardware dealers.

Here's a list of video card performance, that way you can tell how much faster one card is over another.
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

Ant · Answer

It is a good card, however if you're going to invest in a new card you might as well as go all the way and get a GTX 960 (like I have) for about $30 more...

Herfot · Answer

It would be a very minor upgrade. Especially if that is a Radeon HD 7870. You could likely make up the speed difference through a minor overclock of your current card.

The Radeon R7 370 is a rebranded R7 265 which is a rebranded 7850.
The Radeon R9 270 is a rebranded 7870.
The Radeon R9 270x is a rebranded 7870 XT.

Gaurav · Answer

Graphics Cards are only for your games, You should buy other equipments like Ram, HardDisk, or a new processor for speeding your system.

stan l · Answer

"asking about this one this itself". What does this even mean?

Anonymous · Answer

no it's a bad idea, stupid.

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