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Hey, I have a pretty bad PC but it’s able to run games I play at a decent frame rate. My PC has a i7 2600 with 16gb of ram. I play mostly CS:GO and Minecraft at 720p (possibly 1080p in the future?). I was wondering what GPU to buy. My budget is around $200.

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I am not sure where you are located, but I used a local classified service called Kijiji and found myself a RX570 used for about 120 Canadian dollars. If you are in state side I am not too sure what you have outside of Craigslist or Ebay. But that may be a good option. I think you can still even buy RX570 or RX580 Radeon cards for cheap brand new, other than that you would be looking at a Nvidia GTX 1050, 1050Ti, 1060, 1650/1650S, 1660 1660S, but the 16 series cards may be out of your price range.

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11 minutes ago, DeWiz said:

Hey, I have a pretty bad PC but it’s able to run games I play at a decent frame rate. My PC has a i7 2600 with 16gb of ram. I play mostly CS:GO and Minecraft at 720p (possibly 1080p in the future?). I was wondering what GPU to buy. My budget is around $200.

What card do you have right now?

 

The 1660 super looks to be pretty solid for 1080p and it's around $230 USD.  Otherwise you might be better off for that budget looking at the used market.

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I think you can still even buy RX570 or RX580 Radeon cards for cheap brand new, other than that you would be looking at a Nvidia GTX 1050, 1050Ti, 1060, 1650/1650S, 1660 1660S, but the 16 series cards may be out of your price range.

Thanks for the advice I’ll look into getting possibly a GTX 1050 or a RX570.

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Just now, DeWiz said:

Thanks for the advice I’ll look into getting possibly a GTX 1050 or a RX570.

As far as new goes the RX 570 and RX 580 is the best value if you have the recommended rated PSU in your system.

Gaming With a 4:3 CRT

System specs below

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X with a Noctua NH-U9S cooler 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 Aorus M (Because it was cheap)
RAM: 32GB (4 x 8GB) Corsair Vengance LPX 3200Mhz CL16
GPU: EVGA GTX 980 Ti SC Blower Card
HDD: 7200RPM TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 1TB, External HDD: 5400RPM 2TB WD My Passport
SSD: 1tb Samsung 970 evo m.2 nvme
PSU: Corsair CX650M
Displays: ViewSonic VA2012WB LCD 1680x1050p @ 75Hz
Gateway VX920 CRT: 1600x1200@75Hz, 1200x900@100Hz, 960x720@125Hz, 800x600@140Hz
Gateway VX900 CRT: 1600x1200@75Hz, 1200x900@100Hz, 960x720@120Hz (Can be pushed to 175Hz)
 
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