Good graphic's card for my system (PCI-e 2.0 motherboard) GA-MA790XT-UD4P

[Bjorn90s]

Greetings everyone,

 

Unfortunately the graphic card i was using bit the dust a couple of days ago.

I was wondering which would be the best graphic card to use with a PCI-e 2.0 motherboard.

My budget is around €200-350, my power supply is 700W, if you require more of my pc specs i can provide them.

 

First thing that came to my mind was a GTX 1050 but i'm really out of the loop so i hope some of the expertise of the linustechtips forum can assist me.

Thanks in advance!

 

OS=  windows 10

CPU=  AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE

RAM=  Kingston Valueram 4x2gb 1333mhz

PSU=  Coolermaster Silent Pro M700 Specs on newegg

MB=  GA-MA790XT-UD4P Specs on Gigabyte

SSD=  Crucial MX500 500GB

[Freakwise]

What is your cpu tho?

Pcie is backwards compatible so even an rtx 3090 would also work tho you know it's ridiculous and your pc Will go to bottleneck city

[jaslion]

We need more information. You can technically just use a 3090 if you so wish.

 

What are you trying to do?

 

Also full specs please psu in detail.

 

[jaslion]

Just now, Freakwise said:

What is your cpu tho?

Pcie is backwards compatible so even an rtx 3090 would also work tho you know it's ridiculous and your pc Will go to bottleneck city

Considering this is a am3 board all cpu's on it are very outdated and beaten by even the cheapest current athlon. Also doesn't help that phenoms can't even launch a lot of current day software due to lacking a couple instruction sets.

[Akira Shimazu]

5 minutes ago, jaslion said:

We need more information. You can technically just use a 3090 if you so wish.

 

What are you trying to do?

 

Also full specs please psu in detail.

 

we need all the detail

[Bjorn90s]

OS=  windows 10

CPU=  AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE

RAM=  Kingston Valueram 4x2gb 1333mhz

PSU=  Coolermaster Silent Pro M700 Specs on newegg

MB=  GA-MA790XT-UD4P Specs on Gigabyte

SSD=  Crucial MX500 500GB

 

The computer is intended to do gaming, i do want to avoid bottlenecks, no use in spending extra money without a good return (budget is €200-350)

I hope this information is of help

[jaslion]

1 hour ago, Bjorn90s said:

OS=  windows 10

CPU=  AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE

RAM=  Kingston Valueram 4x2gb 1333mhz

PSU=  Coolermaster Silent Pro M700 Specs on newegg

MB=  GA-MA790XT-UD4P Specs on Gigabyte

SSD=  Crucial MX500 500GB

 

The computer is intended to do gaming, i do want to avoid bottlenecks, no use in spending extra money without a good return (budget is €200-350)

I hope this information is of help

What games?

 

This computer is not at all a current gaming capable device anymore due to what I mentioned.

[YoungBlade]

Whether or not something will be a system bottleneck depends entirely on what the computer is doing, so without knowing what games you play, and what kinds of settings/resolution you target, we can't say what a balanced config would look like.

 

Also, the fact that your CPU is so outdated will mean that a lot of modern games will not run. I assume you were playing games on the system before the previous card died, so you know those games will work, but there's no guarantee that anything newer will.

[Bjorn90s]

Well i'm used to playing on 1920x1200 resolution, i do whatever custom settings my system allows me.

Sometimes i even cap my framerate at 40fps if i can't get a stable 60fps, because a smooth 40fps is better than a choppy 60fps imo.

 

Games i was playing before my card died was

Stalker Anomaly

Grim dawn

Dragons dogma

Fallout New Vegas

GTA IV

The long dark

Tales of berseria

War thunder

Witcher 1

 

I'm not looking to play the newest and greatest games, i know it's just not possible with this setup.

I don't mind playing the games from a few years back and some indie games.

The card i had was a GTX 470 MSI twin frozer II, i was quite happy with that card, only the VRAM was a bit tiny (1250mb)

 

Let me know if i can give you any more info

[jaslion]

23 minutes ago, Bjorn90s said:

Well i'm used to playing on 1920x1200 resolution, i do whatever custom settings my system allows me.

Sometimes i even cap my framerate at 40fps if i can't get a stable 60fps, because a smooth 40fps is better than a choppy 60fps imo.

 

Games i was playing before my card died was

Stalker Anomaly

Grim dawn

Dragons dogma

Fallout New Vegas

GTA IV

The long dark

Tales of berseria

War thunder

Witcher 1

 

I'm not looking to play the newest and greatest games, i know it's just not possible with this setup.

I don't mind playing the games from a few years back and some indie games.

The card i had was a GTX 470 MSI twin frozer II, i was quite happy with that card, only the VRAM was a bit tiny (1250mb)

 

Let me know if i can give you any more info

Well for about 50 - 60$ you can get a hd 7870/r9 270x and those will play those games nicely

[Bjorn90s]

Are those still available from retailers or do you mean second hand?

I have looked at 2dehands (i'm also from Belgium) and the only used R9 270X is currently at €130..

I do agree an R9 270X would play nicely and at the price you listed i would certainly want one

 

I appreciate your effort to reduce the cost while maintaining the same performance, thanks for your time so far

 

Does anyone know some reliable sites i can use to browse for used graphic cards?

[Freakwise]

11 hours ago, Bjorn90s said:

Does anyone know some reliable sites i can use to browse for used graphic cards?

You can probably check both of your online and offline retailers

That was the best option in my experience for old/2nd hand hardware

[Bjorn90s]

I'm having a hard time finding websites i trust for second hand graphic cards, the only one i have found is 2dehands which is from my country

New cards just seem way to expensive at the moment and since my system is so old an older card is sufficiënt