What Card should I use?

[Jplayz07]

I´m receiving a relatively old PC within a few days, anyone know what card I should use. I don´t have specs yet, but I will update soon.

[Mick Naughty]

Can’t really help as age will play a factor. Along with psu specs and form factor of the case. 

[Princess Luna]

Too vague for us to advise you anything like budget, if used is fine and what is the other PC components like.

 

Also what you plan doing with the computer.

[Vishera]

Specs?

[Jplayz07]

11 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

Too vague for us to advise you anything like budget, if used is fine and what is the other PC components like.

 

Also what you plan doing with the computer.

Most likely an Intel I5, and I´m also getting it for free. I will keep you updated on specs 

[Jplayz07]

9 minutes ago, Vishera said:

Specs?

My budget is about $75 US 

[vSaft_Hype]

I suggest the 1050ti it’s an all around good one but probably not 75$

[Vishera]

Just now, hypeftwmlg said:

I suggest the 1050ti it’s an all around good one but probably not 75$

The R9 380 is faster and cheaper than a 1050Ti

The HD 7970 and R9 280X are also good options and are better than the 1050 Ti too.

[vSaft_Hype]

1 minute ago, Vishera said:

The R9 380 is faster and cheaper than a 1050Ti

The HD 7970 and R9 280X are also good options and are better than the 1050 Ti too.

True I was just suggesting because that’s what my friend did but he also doesn’t really like AMD but that is true I just don’t know if OP likes or dislikes a certain brand

[Jplayz07]

11 minutes ago, hypeftwmlg said:

I suggest the 1050ti it’s an all around good one but probably not 75$

Personnaly I was thinking the MSI Gaming GeForce GT 710 2GB GDRR3 64-bit HDCP Support DirectX 12 OpenGL 4.5 Single Fan Low Profile Graphics Card (GT 710 2GD3 LP), is that a good one?

 

[Vishera]

Just now, Jplayz07 said:

Personnaly I was thinking the MSI Gaming GeForce GT 710 2GB GDRR3 64-bit HDCP Support DirectX 12 OpenGL 4.5 Single Fan Low Profile Graphics Card (GT 710 2GD3 LP), is that a good one?

 

It's the worst option you can pick

[Jplayz07]

Just now, Vishera said:

It's the worst option you can pick

Ok

[vSaft_Hype]

Just now, Jplayz07 said:

Personnaly I was thinking the MSI Gaming GeForce GT 710 2GB GDRR3 64-bit HDCP Support DirectX 12 OpenGL 4.5 Single Fan Low Profile Graphics Card (GT 710 2GD3 LP), is that a good one?

 

My friend had that one and he ran OK graphics like Fortnite 60FPS on medium/high

[Jplayz07]

Just now, Jplayz07 said:

Ok

 

1 minute ago, Vishera said:

It's the worst option you can pick

 

1 minute ago, Jplayz07 said:

1 minute ago, hypeftwmlg said:

My friend had that one and he ran OK graphics like Fortnite 60FPS on medium/high

Ok

What about Gigabyte GV-N1030OC-2GI Nvidia GeForce GT 1030 OC 2G Graphics Card

[Vishera]

Just now, Jplayz07 said:

 

 

What about Gigabyte GV-N1030OC-2GI Nvidia GeForce GT 1030 OC 2G Graphics Card

Get a used R9 380 for that price,The difference in performance is huge

[Jplayz07]

Just now, Vishera said:

Get a used R9 380 for that price,The difference in performance is huge

Ok, I´ll look into it. Is it a good idea to get a used graphics card?

[vSaft_Hype]

I found this used one https://www.ebay.com/itm/PNY-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1050-Ti-4GB-Graphics-Card-VCGGTX1050T4PB-READ/184004242401?epid=2016432983&hash=item2ad781ebe1:g:HYkAAOSwseddgTq5 it’s a 1050ti 4gig for around 70USD Or this one

https://www.ebay.com/itm/PNY-GeForce-GTX-1060-3GB-Graphics-Card/133206628340?hash=item1f03bbd7f4:g:cb0AAOSwKRJdmpKx

[Vishera]

1 minute ago, hypeftwmlg said:

I found this used one https://www.ebay.com/itm/PNY-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1050-Ti-4GB-Graphics-Card-VCGGTX1050T4PB-READ/184004242401?epid=2016432983&hash=item2ad781ebe1:g:HYkAAOSwseddgTq5 it’s a 1050ti 4gig for around 70USD

And i found this one:

[vSaft_Hype]

1 minute ago, Vishera said:

And i found this one:

There’s this one too

https://www.ebay.com/itm/PNY-GeForce-GTX-1060-3GB-Graphics-Card/133206628340?hash=item1f03bbd7f4:g:cb0AAOSwKRJdmpKx

[Vishera]

Just now, hypeftwmlg said:

There’s this one too

https://www.ebay.com/itm/PNY-GeForce-GTX-1060-3GB-Graphics-Card/133206628340?hash=item1f03bbd7f4:g:cb0AAOSwKRJdmpKx

It's an auction

[Jplayz07]

Just now, hypeftwmlg said:

There’s this one too

https://www.ebay.com/itm/PNY-GeForce-GTX-1060-3GB-Graphics-Card/133206628340?hash=item1f03bbd7f4:g:cb0AAOSwKRJdmpKx

This would probably work best, can it run Minecraft at at least 60 FPS?

[Jplayz07]

Just now, Jplayz07 said:

This would probably work best, can it run Minecraft at at least 60 FPS?

Nevermind

[Jplayz07]

4 minutes ago, Genwyn said:

Need more details on this machine, which i5? Is it slim or full width? What is the power supply? Etc

A full name of the model would be useful.

 

Because all that can change a lot on a 75$ budget. If it is low profile your options are limited to a GT 1030 or RX 550, because you won’t find a low profile 1050-1050ti for under 75$.

If it’s full height you have a lot more options including 1050’s, an RX 460/560, maybe a 750ti or whatever.

 

And if it has a decent power supply then you can go even farther with more power hungry cards like a GTX 760/770 or 680, GTX 960, R9 270x/280x, if you’re lucky sometimes you can snag an RX 470 for under 80$.

 

Then it matters which i5, a first gen i5 is Ok but a higher end gpu like an R9 280x would have a bad time. If it’s haswell or something then you’re fine with anything you can get for 75$.

I don´t know of any specs yet, but the PC will be here most likely within the week. 

[mariushm]

You can find a RX470 on eBay for 75$ or less

Better than GT 1050, maybe a bit less powerful than GTX 1060 3GB but 4 GB is better than 3 GB.

 

ex.

65$ and free shipping:  Asus RX 470 4GB Mining Edition (only 1x DVI output, maximum 1920x1200 60 Hz)

64$ + 10$ shipping? : XFX RX 470 4GB RAPHIC CARD 1XFANS DVI HDMI DP (single fan edition)

65$ + 10$ shipping? : XFX RX 470 4GB BLACK 2XFAN HOT SWAP GOOD video card  (two fan version)

70$ + 11$ shipping? : Sapphire Nitro Radeon RX 470 4GB GDDR5 PCI-E (standard retail version)

77$ + 5$ shipping? : SAPPHIRE AMD Radeon RX 470 NITRO 4gb

 

73$ + 12.6$ shipping? : MSI Radeon RX 480 (RX4804GOCR) 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express x16 Graphics adapter

80$+ 10.5$ shipping? : XFX AMD Radeon RX 480 RS 4GB Video Card

 

If you're lucky you could get even RX 570 ... on par with GTX 1060 or better:

 

70$ + 15$ shipping? PowerColor RX 570 4GBD5-3DHD/OC Red Dragon Radeon Graphic Cards

75$ + 12$ shipping? PowerColor RX 570 4GBD5-3DHD/OC Red Dragon Radeon Graphic Cards

75$ + 15$ shipping? MSI Radeon RX 570 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 GAMING X

 

 

 

[mariushm]

1 minute ago, Genwyn said:

If it is low profile or slim your best options for 75$ are a low profile GT 1030, look for a GDDR5 model instead of a DDR4 model.

Or an RX 550 low profile card. They’re both low wattage, fit in anything with a pcie x16 slot, decent performers. They’re not the most amazing “value” because a 1030 is about on par with a 750ti which costs a bit over half as much. But the 1030 is half the wattage and low profile options are everywhere.

As mentioned you won’t find a low profile 750ti/750 or 1050ti/1050 without some lottery winner tier luck for 75$, but they do exist so keep an eye out.

I have to say ABSOLUTELY NOT to the above.

 

Stay away from GT 1030 ... besides being very low performance, the hardware encoder nvEnc is disabled so if you're gonna want to stream games, you won't be able to reduce cpu usage by using a hardware encoder.

RX 550 is just too low performance.

 

A video card doesn't HAVE TO stay in the slot to function... if you have room inside the PC for a card that's just a bit bigger than a low profile card, look for RX 460 cards or RX 470 cards with single fan.

RX 460 cards in particular are fairly square-ish and just a big bigger than low profile fans.

Here's some examples:

1. MSI Radeon RX 460 DirectX 12 RX 460 2G OC 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16

2. NEW AMD Radeon RX460 2GB PCI-Express PC Gaming Graphics Card RX 460 HDMI DP DVI

 

OK so if it's too tall to stay in slot, you could just make a cut in the side panel for the bracket and for the DVI connector and optionally some holes for the hdmi/displayport connectors ...  and screw the bracket to the side of the case... the video card can simply float.

Now you can get a pci-e x8 or pci-e x16 riser cable to connect the video card to the slot, here's some example:

 

5$ : PCI-E PCI-Express 16X-16X Riser Extension Card Ribbon Extender Cable Powered

6$ : same cable type another seller

3.69$ : pci-e x16 to x16 riser cable, no extra power connector (good enough for rx 460)

 

I kept a single fan RX 570 card in the area where you put optical drives and connected it with a ribbon riser cable ... 2-3 slots is enough room for a card - kept it floating in air without touching the case using a bit of network cable.

like so... forgive my lousy mspaint skills ... wire is thin insulated wires i took out of a meter or so of ethernet cable.

 

IF the pc is a small form factor that sits horizontal... you can simply put some plastic (a dvd case/cd case on the back so it won't touch the motherboard or other things)