Where to get a cheap graphics card ?

[Lollll01110]

where in Eu and us ???

[sub68]

Wait.

[YoungBlade]

What level of performance are you looking for?

 

If you just want to play some basic games like League and Minecraft, you can get by with an old card from eBay for $30-50. I recently bought a Quadro K620 for my sister to play Sims 4 with for $50 and she's quite happy with it - it's good for 1080p High settings in that particular game.

 

If you are hoping to get a recent card, then your best bet is to hold out a couple more months - prices are finally starting to go down. Hopefully they reach MSRP by the end of the year. I'm not sure why you think someone here would have the magic answer for that, but if they did, they'd probably be buying those cards for themselves, not telling others how to get them.

[da na]

2 minutes ago, YoungBlade said:

What level of performance are you looking for?

 

If you just want to play some basic games like League and Minecraft, you can get by with an old card from eBay for $30-50. I recently bought a Quadro K620 for my sister to play Sims 4 with for $50 and she's quite happy with it - it's good for 1080p High settings in that particular game.

 

If you are hoping to get a recent card, then your best bet is to hold out a couple more months - prices are finally starting to go down. Hopefully they reach MSRP by the end of the year. I'm not sure why you think someone here would have the magic answer for that, but if they did, they'd probably be buying those cards for themselves, not telling others how to get them.

Hey wait I remember recommending the Quadro k620 in a thread recently. Did you happen to be the recipient of that recommendation? If so, glad to hear it!

[YoungBlade]

3 minutes ago, Mel0nMan said:

Hey wait I remember recommending the Quadro k620 in a thread recently. Did you happen to be the recipient of that recommendation? If so, glad to hear it!

It wasn't me. I actually posted about it here, though.

 

I was quite impressed by that card, all things considered. It got triple the performance of the Quadro 600 that was in the system prior - Heaven Benchmark score went from 170 to 530, FPS from 7 to 22. It seemed like a good choice compared to the GTX 650, considering that it doesn't need supplemental power, always comes with 2GB of VRAM, and tends to be cheaper on eBay. I can see why you're recommending it in these trying times.

[da na]

Just now, YoungBlade said:

It wasn't me. I actually posted about it here, though.

 

I was quite impressed by that card, all things considered. It got triple the performance of the Quadro 600 that was in the system prior - Heaven Benchmark score went from 170 to 530, FPS from 7 to 22. It seemed like a good choice compared to the GTX 650, considering that it doesn't need supplemental power, always comes with 2GB of VRAM, and tends to be cheaper on eBay. I can see why you're recommending it in these trying times.

Yep, I use a system with a Quadro k2200 and k620. I paid $135 for the k2200 and $45 for the k620 about a month later. I regret not looking into the 620 before I bought the 2200, since the performance difference is like 10%. 

[YoungBlade]

15 minutes ago, Mel0nMan said:

Yep, I use a system with a Quadro k2200 and k620. I paid $135 for the k2200 and $45 for the k620 about a month later. I regret not looking into the 620 before I bought the 2200, since the performance difference is like 10%. 

At least you did better than the people paying $150+ for the GT 1030. The K2200 has 4GB of GDDR5 and is faster as far as I can tell. I've also been trying to nudge people towards old Quadros because that GT/GTX branding comes at a premium in a market like this, but under the hood, they're basically the same.

[da na]

1 minute ago, YoungBlade said:

At least you did better than the people paying $150+ for the GT 1030. The K2200 has 4GB of GDDR5 and is faster as far as I can tell. I've also been trying to nudge people towards old Quadros because that GT/GTX branding comes at a premium in a market like this, but under the hood, they're basically the same.

Yep the k2200 is basically a GT 760 with more vram as far as i can tell

[DeerDK]

Really depends on what you seek and where you are.

You might be able to get your hands on a gtx 960 or 970 for an affordable (remember, still overpriced compared to non-crisis prices, but affordable) price.

Im upgrading from my gtx 960 4gb right now, but i will say, that it has held up pretty good, if you can live with medium textures and not-so-impressive fps.

I have been gaming RDR2 on this card with around 30 fps, so it can be a stop gap solution, unless you really need better textures, fps or 1440p/4k gaming.

[OscarMike]

i have a time machine you could use to go back in time a year or so. however use of my time machine is not cheap probably wont be worth it.

[Lollll01110]

On 6/25/2021 at 1:10 AM, YoungBlade said:

What level of performance are you looking for?

 

If you just want to play some basic games like League and Minecraft, you can get by with an old card from eBay for $30-50. I recently bought a Quadro K620 for my sister to play Sims 4 with for $50 and she's quite happy with it - it's good for 1080p High settings in that particular game.

 

If you are hoping to get a recent card, then your best bet is to hold out a couple more months - prices are finally starting to go down. Hopefully they reach MSRP by the end of the year. I'm not sure why you think someone here would have the magic answer for that, but if they did, they'd probably be buying those cards for themselves, not telling others how to get them.

Well um 

 

S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 kind of performance 

[Middcore]

For reference, the recommended GPU for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is a 5700XT/2070 Super/1080 ti. 

 

So yeah, wait. The game doesn't even come out for ten months.