replacing a GTS 450

[yurihellsing]

Ok lately I've been having some slight issues with my card which is a GeForce GTS 450 it seems either the drivers are just not geling with it right or something on it is damaged so I'm looking for something to replace it with on the AMD side to tide me over till i can save up for a new APU based system.

 

What I'm looking for is either an equivalent or a slight step up from the GTS 450 and being out of the loop when it comes to AMD hell the last red card i had was an ATi so now I'm not sure what i'm looking at so some help is needed.

 

 

Thanks for reading and any input.

[Wtalk2]

Budget and location?

[Naruke Alpha]

Ok lately I've been having some slight issues with my card which is a GeForce GTS 450 it seems either the drivers are just not geling with it right or something on it is damaged so I'm looking for something to replace it with on the AMD side to tide me over till i can save up for a new APU based system.

 

What I'm looking for is either an equivalent or a slight step up from the GTS 450 and being out of the loop when it comes to AMD hell the last red card i had was an ATi so now I'm not sure what i'm looking at so some help is needed.

 

 

Thanks for reading and any input.

If you ask me id say the R7 260 which is at $140 ish, but then for a couple of $ more you get a 750 ti, and thinking that the 7850k APU from AMD is $190ish, if you have a decent cpu, you are better off buing a dedicated graphic card 

[yurihellsing]

Budget and location?

 

£150 UK

 

If you ask me id say the R7 260 which is at $140 ish, but then for a couple of $ more you get a 750 ti, and thinking that the 7850k APU from AMD is $190ish, if you have a decent cpu, you are better off buing a dedicated graphic card 

 

I'm looking for a card to replace my current one which is crapping out till i can save for the APU based system i want and I'm going with AMD to get back up to speed with that side of things.

[Wtalk2]

This 270X would be a great replacement and would last you a long while It can run most games at 1080P at high-max settings.

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-r9270xgaming2g

[Naruke Alpha]

£150 UK

 

 

I'm looking for a card to replace my current one which is crapping out till i can save for the APU based system i want and I'm going with AMD to get back up to speed with that side of things.

Then a R7 265 should cover you up for now, but if you really wanted to make the most out of the apu, you could buy a r7 250 and do dual graphics with an APU and get very good performance 

 

Edit- 

and as metioned above 270x is good too lol 

[Sonefiler]

Ok lately I've been having some slight issues with my card which is a GeForce GTS 450 it seems either the drivers are just not geling with it right or something on it is damaged so I'm looking for something to replace it with on the AMD side to tide me over till i can save up for a new APU based system.

 

What I'm looking for is either an equivalent or a slight step up from the GTS 450 and being out of the loop when it comes to AMD hell the last red card i had was an ATi so now I'm not sure what i'm looking at so some help is needed.

 

 

Thanks for reading and any input.

Probably the R7 250. It has support for Cross-Graphics so its your best choice.

[yurihellsing]

Thanks!!!

[Naruke Alpha]

Probably the R7 250. It has support for Cross-Graphics so its your best choice.

^exactly this was what i really thinking, cant beat the price"performance it brings lol 

[Wtalk2]

Thanks!!!

No problem

[Sonefiler]

^exactly this was what i really thinking, cant beat the price"performance it brings lol 

Nah, the r7 265 is better price:performance.

[Opcode]

I would buy a R7 265 or a GTX 750 Ti SC. I don't know why anyone would want to move to a A10-7850k APU based platform at this point in time, the unlocked Pentium is just around the corner. I would buy a faster discrete GPU that is going to out perform a R7 250 and A10-7850k in dual graphics. And then get the faster processor as well later on. I have my doubts the unlocked Pentium is going to break $100 (i3 territory). So the best route to go if you plan on replacing the core of your machine anyways is to get a discrete card for now. Then grab a Z87 or Z97 board and a unlocked Pentium later. Two extremely fast cores will always beat four weak cores (until maybe DirectX 12 lands). The worst part about the new Kaveri APU's is they have no overclocking headroom at all. The k SKU Pentium should punch 4.5 - 4.8 GHz on air easily (depends on how well they are binned). I plan on ditching my A10-6800k build for a unlocked Pentium as well. It's just bottleneck after bottleneck with them. Don't throw your money down a hole for a Kaveri APU unless you are using it specifically for HSA accelerated tasks.

 

* Keep in mind my A10-6800k is faster than a A10-7850k out of the box due to clock speeds.

[david cassar]

I would buy a R7 265 or a GTX 750 Ti SC. I don't know why anyone would want to move to a A10-7850k APU based platform at this point in time, the unlocked Pentium is just around the corner. I would buy a faster discrete GPU that is going to out perform a R7 250 and A10-7850k in dual graphics. And then get the faster processor as well later on. I have my doubts the unlocked Pentium is going to break $100 (i3 territory). So the best route to go if you plan on replacing the core of your machine anyways is to get a discrete card for now. Then grab a Z87 or Z97 board and a unlocked Pentium later. Two extremely fast cores will always beat four weak cores (until maybe DirectX 12 lands). The worst part about the new Kaveri APU's is they have no overclocking headroom at all. The k SKU Pentium should punch 4.5 - 4.8 GHz on air easily (depends on how well they are binned). I plan on ditching my A10-6800k build for a unlocked Pentium as well. It's just bottleneck after bottleneck with them. Don't throw your money down a hole for a Kaveri APU unless you are using it specifically for HSA accelerated tasks.

 

* Keep in mind my A10-6800k is faster than a A10-7850k out of the box due to clock speeds.

Since games are already using multi threaded cpus,  it would be better for him to get either an athlon ii x4 750k or an fx 6300.

[Opcode]

Since games are already using multi threaded cpus,  it would be better for him to get either an athlon ii x4 750k or an fx 6300.

He could go that route as well, tho my case and point is APU's aren't really all that worth buying these days. Unless of course you're focusing on the HSA compute power of them, or your budget is extremely low (A8-6600k and below).