Right now the Nvidia's 1070/1080, and AMD's 470/480's are getting all of the attention due to being new. However at $310 this value cannot be beat! Consider the following:



-It trades blows with a $450 1070 in DX11 games

-It nearly matches a 1080 in DX12/Vulkan games

-It costs 10% more than a 480, while performing 30% better.



The only cons to consider are the lack of 4K over HDMI, and the fact that 4GB of VRAM is not enough for 4K gaming in the long run. But considering there are DP-HDMI2.0 adapters and even the new Titan can't reliably game in 4K long-term, this is the perfect card for today anyways.



Before anyone brings up power-usage, just use AMD's frame-cap feature. At stock settings my card averages 200w while gaming, and idles at ~15w. Oh and it is massive so check dimensions!