I need recommended GPU for my new .....

[ShawnDare]

I need recommended GPU for my new .....

 

Intel Pentium G3258

MSI B85M-P33 V2

G. Skill Ripjaws X 2x4GB 1600

Aerocool Strike X 500w 80+ Bronze PSU (Non-Mod)

​Seagate Barracuda 500GB

 

Recommend me some value Graphics card that can overclock.  :lol:   

And price range at $150-$300 B)  :rolleyes:    

[Pugs501]

If you can the 970

[TheSLSAMG]

The R9 270X should be in your price range, though the G3258 will bottleneck it in most AAA titles.

[RedSphyxis]

@ShawnDare, peenoise lol it all depends on what games you play and if you're planning an upgrade in the near future, 

 

with that cpu I'd only recommend a 260, 750ti, 270(x), 960

 

a 970 would be bottlenecked in AAA titles specially BF4

 

but if you're planning to upgrade to an i5 in the near future then get a 970, 280(x)

[Ostwind]

The R9 270X should be in your price range, though the G3258 will bottleneck it in most AAA titles.

 

My 3258 wasn't bottlenecking my 760's by that much, a single 270x at a moderate clock won't be bottlenecked.

[TheSLSAMG]

My 3258 wasn't bottlenecking my 760's by that much, a single 270x at a moderate clock won't be bottlenecked.

Eh, mine was causing major frame drops in a lot of games, AAA and not. That being at 4.6GHz.

 

Wait though, SLI GTX 760s?

[Ostwind]

Eh, mine was causing major frame drops in a lot of games, AAA and not. That being at 4.6GHz.

 

Wait though, SLI GTX 760s?

 

Yes, though my chip was at 4.8Ghz. I had solid utilization across my GPU's though with no real serious issues. Like I said though I doubt that a 3258 would bottleneck a 270x at stock speeds.

[sgloux3470]

What resolution?

1080p I'd say a 270, 280x or 290.

1440p a 970 or 290.

[SteveGrabowski]

GTX 960 is the way to go. A 970 will be bottlenecked to hell and run more like a 960 in almost any new game (I ran a 4.4 GHz G3258 + GTX 970 briefly, so I'm telling you firsthand) and a GTX 750 Ti is a little weak, since there are plenty of games where a 760 (and thus probably a 960 also) isn't bottlenecked too badly by the G3258. AMD is a complete no-go here because their driver overhead overwhelms i3s, much less Pentiums. But with an Nvidia GPU you can even play Crysis 3 on high using half refresh rate adaptive vsync to get a pretty steady 30FPS.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

nm

[ShawnDare]

@SteveGrabowski

@RedSphyxis

@TheSLSAMG

@sgloux3470

 

So should I buy GTX 960 or R9 270X?

[CoolaxGaming]

@SteveGrabowski

@RedSphyxis

@TheSLSAMG

@sgloux3470

 

So should I buy GTX 960 or R9 270X?

270x...

[SteveGrabowski]

@SteveGrabowski

@RedSphyxis

@TheSLSAMG

@sgloux3470

 

So should I buy GTX 960 or R9 270X?

 

960

[Fate]

So should I buy GTX 960 or R9 270X?

960 

[AlexWJD]

@SteveGrabowski

@RedSphyxis

@TheSLSAMG

@sgloux3470

 

So should I buy GTX 960 or R9 270X?

 

150-300 is kind of big. Are willing to spend all of that? If so then it goes as follows:

 

GTX 970: $330sih

 

R9 290: $270ish

 

R9 280X: $230-50ish

 

GTX 960: $200

 

R9 270X: $140-150ish

[Scarymonkeys]

The 270X has mail-in-rebates most of the time; so the 960 may be worth the extra $15 for it's cooling and silent fans.