I need you for a new GPU!

Im not suggesting you buy one, but my r9 270x hawx did an adequate job on most every game I threw at, i wasnt getting 90fps or anything, but good enough to play most at 30fps. But I'm sure value for the dollar there are better now.

I would prefer the 1060 over the 970, as it is newer, a bit cheaper and yet a bit better.

How about a RX 480?

Either GTX 1050 or RX470/460.
Please, don't buy old cards.

The 970 is really nice and holds pretty well, at least my OC Palit one.
I get 52FPS in "Rise of the Tomb Raider" at 1080p and Ultra settings using Directx12.
43FPS at least when roaming on Witcher 3 with everything at Ultra (including Hairworks as well, without it, I get around 53) at 1080p while using 3DVision.

But yeah, CPU may be a bit problematic unless it has got at least 3GHz...
You can always consider carrying the GPU into your future PC instead of buying a new one when you make the change.

460 looks set be significantly weaker than the 290x, so not sure exactly what level you're aiming for. It will be fine for CS and that but so are most things, there's a massive falloff in grunt between the 470/480 and the 460. In general the 470 looks to be the sweet spot, it will probably sit in the middle of the other forum suggestions but 8gb, an aftermarket cooler and DX12 friendly for under $200 is a winner for my money. I know EU prices for the 480 have been a bitch but they seem to be settling already, no reason to expect the 470 won't slip into your budget similarly quickly.

You could try and OC the CPU if you like and would get some mileage out of it but you'd get a massive performance boost from the card alone.

I hate to disappoint you but I'm not a GPU I'm a human being :/

New game not just need gpu
If you get a 970 or 1060(980) you might be still lagging by reason of you cpu
With you x4 940 even a I3 can be better
You can just grab a r9 270

For better performance you need higher budge
I7+1070 might be a good idea
Or I5+rx480 still very power

i just got an amd rx 480 and it performs amazingly with a dual core CPU i understand its above your price point but it seriously is an amazing gpu. doom maxed out and so did black ops 3 and what not. if you could find the extra money i recommend it

I personally would go for the 290X. Actually, can you tell me where you found it? :D
I see you are italian, but maybe I can find one too XD
But yea, your CPU will surely bottleneck, so maybe a lower card would be better :/
But I think even weaker GPUs might be bottlenecked, so I would go for the 290X :)

RX 470 reviews should be coming sometime early next week, and it just might land at less than 200 (even in EU). It really looks to hit the sweetspot on performance/buck, so unless the asshole retailers play their GougeAllTheGamers-card yet again, it really should be on your radar :)

Unfortunately I can't help you with that. I am playing on a pre-built rig I got from a larger super market chain, not kidding. The deal was pretty good, computer's decent and it got me into gaming again after a long hiatus. However... Wanted to tell you that I took the key for the Saints Row Thank You DLC, so thanks a lot, Syndrome. :)

GIven your poweful PSU you could look for a decent deal of past gen Radeons. Might be overboard but I've seen a Fury (non-X) for 320€ listed. You'd probably best go AMD as your CPU is not the most powerful and DX12 / Vulcan provides a nice speedup vs DX11 especially so on AMD GPUs. (need pointers to read?)

460 would be a tad low to itch on. RX470 is a nice sweet spot ~170€ for 8GB which should be more as fine for FullHD gaming. Then again there been deals for the 8GB RX 480 for 240€ shipped. Which a first card would form a imho formidable base for teaming them into a crossfire for later 4k upgrade.

For 200€ max. I believe the RX470 will be the best choise. It is said to be available for 150$ + taxes.
Compared to the RX460, which shall be available for 99$ + taxes, you get 100% more Gflops for 50% higher price.

Get Quadro Titan X, runs minecraft on 16K 144 fps m9.

Your CPU will be bottlenecking performance quite a bit, and it may interest you to know that an older AMD CPU paired with a recent AMD GPU gives you worse performance in general than a comparable Nvidia model. This video demonstrates what happens when a GTX 1060 and a RX 480 are tested with 6 year old Intel and AMD CPUs similar to your own. You'll notice the RX480 suffers with a weaker CPU much more than the GTX 1060. The reason seems to be AMD's driver overhead in DX11 titles, and this problem is non-existent with the newer lower level APIs (DX12 and Vulkan), as shown here.

That said, the R9 290X is extremely good bang for the buck at that price, probably more than the other options there. A RX 480 seems to be only marginally faster, although it has a theoretically newer version of the GCN architecture, the older card is still DX12 compliant and will be for years. (I actually own a R9 290 myself and I am very happy with its performance (it has no problem running the newest games on high to ultra at 1440p), albeit it's an i7 that feeds it in my case).

I have a R9 380X. Good performance/value, runs most games with maxed out graphics.

that 290X is pretty good still, has left behind the GTX780Ti in some games, but its also very hot and very power power hungry, and that CPU might bottleneck it, but i also think it might bottleneck an RX480 or a GTX1060, the Phenom IIs are starting to show its age.

You might be lucky and find an RX480 4GB for the 200$ it supposed to cost, if not then the RX470 is comming in 2 weeks and it looks to be pretty good. Theres nothing better for that money.

consider older cards, GTX970/980 or R9 380/390s if they are cheaper than the RX480 price.

Dunque, 190€ per una Radeon R9 290X é un ottimo prezzo, ma non la sfrutterai mai al massimo.
Di che marca é il tuo alimentatore? Perché se é di marca buona, va bene, ma se é un modello economico, 700 Watt sono un eufemismo, e difficilmente reggerebbe una scheda cosi potente.
Aspetta le Radeon Rx 460 e 470, e magari compra anche un dissipatore aftermarket per un leggero overclock alla CPU (e un alimentatore migliore se necessario).

Thanks for the offer but I didn't really plan to become a GPU.

wait and get a RX 470 FTW! i guess theres not gonna be so much difference in performance between that and rx 480.

Your CPU is not Speed demon this days ;) will limit performance mid range cards.
Try look for Used 7790 (latter know as R7 260X ) or GTX 750 TI / 760
or go for GTX 960 / R9 285/380
About R9 290 you have 90% chance to buy former mining GPU Bitcoin ect and this things decrease life spawn ;)

• I recommend you to visit locals pawnshop, sometimes they sell nice hardware so cheap that blowing my mind and other day day they try sell junk for insane price ;)

And check this CPU TEST in many games with GTX 780
http://overclock.pl/articles/show/id/660,8,13,wydajnosc-po-podkreceniu-zestawienie-zbiorcze-gtx-780
And R9 290x
http://overclock.pl/articles/show/id/660,9,13,wydajnosc-po-podkreceniu-zestawienie-zbiorcze-r9-290x
This are older titles but will show how much performance from high end GPU you will lose when you use weak CPU :)

Hello, for your machine the r9 290x is great. I have a 7950(roughly a r9 280) and performs great (dirt rally in ultra 1080, doom demo in high settings at 1080, etc) you could even sacrifice resolution to 720p and it would handle a lot of modern games at the highest settings. I even have another 7950 for crossfire but I don't even use it because none of the games in my collection needs it :/
What I don't know is if 190euros is cheap or if is it in price, but I would recommend you the r9 290x (I think 380 is kinda similar and a little more energy efficient, but that's all) .