Best $300 GPU

Best $300 GPU with amd pretty straight foward, give or take $20.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100352vxsr

Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card

was what i was origonaly going to go with but its out off stock.

You mean the one that I just linked that is in stock?

Im sorry i guess we posted at the same time and yours came infront of mine i meant to add it as a side note.

but thanks for your advice.

The newer versions of the Sapphire 7950. The old ones were absolutely terrible, with a dead-space of air between the heatsinks on the VRM, causing massive overheating and limiting the OC potential severly. If you are lucky, you might be able to catch a 7970 on sale, for that price. Sapphire is good, MSi is good, as well. For air cooling, Asus is great, but really expensive. I would get the Sapphire; just stay away from XFX - terrible for OCing.

hehe, sorry if that seemed quite harsh. I didn't mean it like that

Brennan What do you think of what Knightnight suggested?

Np

MSI GTX 660Ti Power Edition is a good card if you're looking for the CUDA.  You can overclock it to be almost as fast as a 670 because of the triple overvolting on the Power Edition card.  The 7950 overall is still faster, but it really depends on what game you're playing.

I have a Gigabyte Windforce 3X 7950, definitley one of the best 7950's and probably the best cooling solution ive seen on a 2 slot graphics card, plus they retail for around 290$ so theyre also on of the least expensive.

I'd go with this Sapphire 7950.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202026&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=