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270x all the way definitely worth it. I pretty sure the 265 beats a 750ti 

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My friend Avis wants to know if shes upgrading her motherboard and Cpu can her older card still be used for the gaming or is there a cheap card she can buy to replace her old GT 630

She got a z87 board and a i3 haswell

she plays bf3/bf4/titans/a mmorpg call eclipse and a few racing games im too lazy to type lol.

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she should keep cpu/mobo and just upgrade the gpu actually. Maybe upgrade the i3 to an i5.

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she should keep cpu/mobo and just upgrade the gpu actually. Maybe upgrade the i3 to an i5.

She alredy got the board andd chip as a package deal shes got about us $105to spend on a gpu

I was thinking ti tell her to get a 750ti but im still a noob at building so better to check with the pros here.

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As long as the mobo has a PCIE express slot (dun dun dun :blink: )

 

plus i3 + z87 combo is like last year or something, Better get a good card rather than upgrading her mobo & cpu.

750 ti would be my reccommendation for low budget gaming or an R9 270 or 280

 

 

 

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That's barely an upgrade...

He hasn't posted the specs of her rig so how would you know? 

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He hasn't posted the specs of her rig so how would you know? 

chasis: unknown cooler master matx case

mobo: ASUS Z87M-Plus

chip:i3 4460

ram 8gb  of i think kingston..not sure since there no brandname

psu: CoolerMaster Thunder 500W

shes got 2 500mb hard drive from seagate

 

she has that GT630

 

shes wondering to get the 750Ti ir the 270x since the 270X is $10 extra

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chasis: unknown cooler master matx case

mobo: ASUS Z87M-Plus

chip:i3 4460

ram 8gb  of i think kingston..not sure since there no brandname

psu: CoolerMaster Thunder 500W

shes got 2 500mb hard drive from seagate

 

she has that GT630

 

shes wondering to get the 750Ti ir the 270x since the 270X is $10 extra

270x all the way definitely worth it. I pretty sure the 265 beats a 750ti 

PC: Corsair C70 Arctic, FX 9370, Corsair H80i, Gigabyte 990fxa-ud3, Corsair Vengence 16gb, Palit JetStream GTX 970, OCZ Vertex 4 128gb and Western Digital Blue 1Tb + 500gb, Antec Gamer 520w

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Toshiba L50-A: i7 4700mq, 8gb, 1TB HDD, GT 740M 2gb

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shes wondering to get the 750Ti ir the 270x since the 270X is $10 extra

Since the R9 270X is just $10 more, I can unequivocally say go for it. The GTX750 Ti is beaten by the R7 265, which is beaten by the R9 270 which is, in turn, beaten by the R9 270X. Only thing going for the GTX750 Ti is power efficiency and perhaps nVidia features.

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Since the R9 270X is just $10 more, I can unequivocally say go for it. The GTX750 Ti is beaten by the R7 265, which is beaten by the R9 270 which is, in turn, beaten by the R9 270X. Only thing going for the GTX750 Ti is power efficiency and perhaps nVidia features.

i would say it is the cheepest card to get if you want sheild streaming and cuda, plus it is small

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