Tech Help New Video Card ASAP

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I have the GTX 970 and want to get a more updated card.

Nvidia is great and all but I want to get something AMD to try out or something.

I was thinking of getting two RX 560s so that each card has 1 monitor each, I have 2 monitors right now.

Any suggestions would be great, I don't have a lot of knowledge anymore with video cards so yeah

Thanks
Macgyver
 
What's your motherboard/power supply set up? What are you playing? What's your budget? 2 cards is likely extreme overkill, but we need a little more info to do much here.
 
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Getting two is sort of a waste for those two - they are very low-end budget minded cards. I think if your budget is that high, you'd be better off getting into something a bit more high-end that will last you a long time. Dual monitors is not an issue on one card at all so let's see some options...

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAD6H6MG2045

This would be good in the sub 300 range. If you want to spend a bit more and be future proofed for a while, I would go with something like...

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131713

You can sell your current card and get some good money for it still too, by the way.

S Snipeye , any thoughts?
 
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I hate video card prices so much these days. My build is on hold until I can figure out how to secure a cheaper one directly (maybe microcenter, frys and appeal to them as a gamer, or going directly to the manufacturer (Hi EVGA!))

So you're wanting to go from a GTX 970 to something better that is hopefully AMD. First things first, the 560 is about 2-3 rungs below the 970 on the performance level. For comparison, the RX560 4GB GPU is somewhere around the GTX 1050/1050 Ti. Or to put it another way, the GTX 970 competes against the RX 570, which superseded the RX 470, which is already much better than the RX 560 4GB.

Now that comparison is framed in your mind, what you want to be look at are the R9 Fury, Fury Nano, maybe the R9 390X (though performance isn't a good leap ahead as the Fury's would be), and anything above those three performance wise. Here's the fun issue: cryptocurrency has led to a giant shortage of video cards available on the market, and AMD GPU's SPECIFICALLY are considered superior for cryptocurrency mining over nVidia's. And yet, supplies are nonexistent for even nVidia; I'm waiting for a GTX 1080 to come down to a realistic price in the low $600s, and they're currently up around $1000-1100! Tells you how ridiculous and insane the GPU market is right now.

So we're in a pickle. Your budget allows for an upgrade that should most definitely be better than the GTX 970. However, the market is going stupid thanks to cryptocurrency and is pricing itself out and above your maximum budget, and I would tell you to NOT pay $1000 for a GPU ever unless you got $$$ to burn. The best fitting card I think for you to try is the RX 580 as that will sit just around your price range, and will be a decent boost over the 970 you got. However, that's a single card and you won't be able to CrossFire them. And the performance hit to actually get two sub $300 cards and CF them won't make it even worth it and just be a waste of your money.
 
I would definitely not even dare purchasing a new video card right now, especially when a 1060 6gb is selling for almost 50-75% nore than MSRP. You would be better off sticking with your 970 and hopefully prices will drop downs since Bitcoin is now dipped down to just below $9000. I am still riding it out with my Radeon HD 7950.
 
Yeah, I saw that with one of the video cards Simon messaged me about.
EVGA GTX 1080 is only 599.99 and usually is 200 or 300 more.

So I hope it will stay that price until next week, if not then I will just wait a little longer
 
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