My AMD 6870 appears to have died on me, and I'm looking for a replacement around $300. I haven't been paying much attention to the video card market over the last several years, so I'm now a little lost on what my best options are. I have seen very few video card related [H]otdeals or Slickdeals over the last couple months, and the top tier cards appear to be both excessively expensive and overkill for my particular setup.
My setup (the parts that might matter, anyway):
Intel 2600k
16 gigs of ram (4X4)
Fractal Designs Case, circa 2011
24" monitor at 1900x1080
So, my questions:
Is there a compelling reason to take AMD over Nvidia, or vice versa?
What generations should I be looking at? R9? 780? I'm lost here.
Any issues I should be aware of with respect to newer cards and cases (size, cooling, etc)?
My setup (the parts that might matter, anyway):
Intel 2600k
16 gigs of ram (4X4)
Fractal Designs Case, circa 2011
24" monitor at 1900x1080
So, my questions:
Is there a compelling reason to take AMD over Nvidia, or vice versa?
What generations should I be looking at? R9? 780? I'm lost here.
Any issues I should be aware of with respect to newer cards and cases (size, cooling, etc)?