Recommendation for a Graphics Card from GTX 970

[Khav]

Budget (including currency): $200-350 USD

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Far Cry 6

Other details 

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Black

Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth Z97 MARK2/USB 3.1 (PCI Express 3.0)

Monitor: DELL U2515H

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz

Current GPU :  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

PSU : EVGA SuperNOVA 750G2 Power supply

Hi guys,

 

Kindly recommend me a 8gb/12gb VRAM graphics card that will fit in work in my current setup and allow me to run far cry 6 and future games at 1440p. I am a casual gamer and just want to relax after work after coding all day. I am not in the USA and the budget above excludes shipping costs.

 

[Fasauceome]

A GTX 1070 TI is a big improvement if you're looking on the used market. For new products, an RX 6600 XT or RX 6650 XT would do  nicely.

[Khav]

Thanks for the recommendation @Fasauceome

 

I notice that the graphics cards require PCI Express 4.0 but my motherboard only has PCI Express 3.0 so i am not sure it will compatible. Please correct me if I am wrong here.

 

https://www.newegg.com/xfx-rx-665x8dfdy/p/N82E16814150870?Item=9SIAD2CJEK7016&cm_sp=SP-_-1186233-_-0-_-1-_-9SIAD2CJEK7016-_-RX 6650 XT-_-6650|xt-_-4  

[Fasauceome]

Just now, Khav said:

Thanks for the recommendation @Fasauceome

 

I notice that the graphics cards require PCI Express 4.0 but my motherboard only has PCI Express 3.0 so i am not sure it will compatible. Please correct me if I am wrong here.

 

https://www.newegg.com/xfx-rx-665x8dfdy/p/N82E16814150870?Item=9SIAD2CJEK7016&cm_sp=SP-_-1186233-_-0-_-1-_-9SIAD2CJEK7016-_-RX 6650 XT-_-6650|xt-_-4  

PCIe 4.0 devices are able to operate in 3.0 mode, and having full PCIe bandwidth is only important on super high end cards like a 4090. 
 

Here is a video of it being done, just so that you can be confident that it is compatible.

[SolarNova]

A new 6700XT 

Or a used 6600XT since they 'should' be around 38% below MSRP (~$170) which is alot better price for a used card than most of the other cards of the generation from both AMD and Nvidia.

[mMontana]

I would not go over a GTX 1660. Which could be still buyed new.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

1 hour ago, Khav said:

Budget (including currency): $200-350 USD

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Far Cry 6

Other details 

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Black

Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth Z97 MARK2/USB 3.1 (PCI Express 3.0)

Monitor: DELL U2515H

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz

Current GPU :  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

PSU : EVGA SuperNOVA 750G2 Power supply

Hi guys,

 

Kindly recommend me a 8gb/12gb VRAM graphics card that will fit in work in my current setup and allow me to run far cry 6 and future games at 1440p. I am a casual gamer and just want to relax after work after coding all day. I am not in the USA and the budget above excludes shipping costs.

 

Used 6700xt/3070 at the low end and used 6800(xt)/3080(ti) at the high end depending on how lucky you get with used deals

 

Youll definitely have to oc that cpu to around 4.8g to make sure it isnt too much of a bottleneck, ram oc is preffered and a piece of cake at slow speeds (<2400)