Best Nvidia card for 1080p 60fps gaming

[JJB]

What is the best Nvidia card for 1080p 60fps gaming? preferabbly on highest settings and not over €250

[aarongaming100]

what games

[MikeTz]

760 but I would buy the 280(non x) for the same price for better performance.

@JJB remember to follow your thread

[Arkosh]

well you can get gtx 750ti, then play any game at low setting, 1080p. which is you still got 60fps. (setting depend on game)

after edit:

if you nvidia fan and budget around $500 

get gtx 780 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121779&cm_re=gtx_780-_-14-121-779-_-Product

most game have no problem at high setting.

[JuztBe]

770/780

[TeddyMcSwag]

You can find the 780 for under 500$, but that is an overkill for 1080p @ 60fps...

[Manny Calavera]

well, 780 is under 500$ around 270$ for one with good cooler 

 

this one is good deal, its got rebate

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-gtx780dc2oc3gd5

 

 

You can find the 780 for under 500$, but that is an overkill for 1080p @ 60fps...

 

well 770 would be perfect, but if you have money, why not? its also "futureproof" or at least a bit more than 770

especially since you not only get more power but also 1gb more of definitly usable video ram.

 

so its not overkill, if you can spend money on it.

[SymphonyX7]

What is the best Nvidia card for 1080p 60fps gaming? preferabbly on highest settings and not over $500

GTX 780. Some models are available for less than $500 these days. No less than that if you want to play on the highest settings at 60 FPS.

A 4 GB GTX 770 may also do, but only if it's considerably cheaper than a non-reference R9 290. Even the most ardent Nvidia loyalist cannot ignore how much performance the R9 290 has the price. Only an idiot would get the 4 GB GTX 770 if a non-reference R9 290 is available at the same price.

 

 

You can find the 780 for under 500$, but that is an overkill for 1080p @ 60fps...

Yes, I too believe it's overkill. I can practically go ultra on almost any game at 1080p with my cheapo R9 280X and still achieve at least 60 FPS on average. However, he did indicate he wants the "highest settings" and going for 8x MSAA or higher does impact performance noticeably when everything else is on ultra. I usually go for 4x MSAA at most. I never use cheap post processing-based AA like FXAA since the 3 GB of RAM is still plenty for traditional AA, which looks much better imo.

[JJB]

is this a good gaming build then?

 

Intel 4670

ASRock Fatal1ty H87 Performance

WD Blue 1TB WD10EZEX

Cooler Master K280

Adata XPG Gaming V2.0

Windows 8.1

GTX 760

Corsair CX500

[xAcid9]

Nvidia only? GTX780. No it's not overkill.

[JJB]

I think I will be adding an old WD 160 gb bootdrive to later be swapped with an ssd

[JJB]

Nvidia only? GTX780. No it's not overkill.

too expensive

[SymphonyX7]

too expensive

You don't have much of a choice then if you want Nvidia. It's GTX 780 or 4 GB GTX 770 or bust if you want to go ultra settings without hitting the VRAM wall. Both the 2 GB GTX 760 and GTX 770 aren't enough to play any of the newest titles on truly ultra settings. You'll be forced to mix high and ultra and use cheaper post process-based AA to trim the VRAM usage. Most depressing is that you probably will never be able to enjoy "next-gen" assets/textures on newer titles because of the low VRAM. Both the PS4 and Xbox One have around 5 to 6 GB of unified RAM available, and developers will be making the most out of it. The trend of higher VRAM usage is there. Simply put, 2 GB cards are obsolete if we're talking about maxing out graphics settings at 1080p.

On AMD's side, the cheapest you can go and still run on true ultra settings is the R9 280 (non-X), which should be around the price of the GTX 760. It has a massive advantage in terms of raw horsepower, and more particularly VRAM and bus width. Even at stock settings, it still trounces an overclocked GTX 760. http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/msi-r9-280-gaming-v-pny-gtx760-xlr8-185-shootout/22/

Quoting KitGuru:

While there are other, slightly higher clocked GTX760 solutions available for less than £200 it was clear that even when we overclocked the PNY GTX760 XLR8 to 1,116mhz, it was still unable to keep up with the MSI R9 280 Gaming at the ‘out of the box’ speeds.

[Doughnutnator]

If you are on a budgetand with a CX500, stick with the 760. If you buy the 280 and OC it, you can fry the PSU.

I think that you'll be fine with the 760 if you really want it. It's true that you will have to lower some settings or turn off AA to not run out of VRAM at 1080p, but that's only in a few games, and one of them is badly coded (Watch Dogs).

[SymphonyX7]

If you are on a budgetand with a CX500, stick with the 760. If you buy the 280 and OC it, you can fry the PSU.

I think that you'll be fine with the 760 if you really want it. It's true that you will have to lower some settings or turn off AA to not run out of VRAM at 1080p, but that's only in a few games, and one of them is badly coded (Watch Dogs).

I'm running an R9 280X which requires more power (6 pin + 8 pin, which means 275W peak) on a good quality 500W PSU, approximately equivalent to his CX500 which actually supplies MORE power on the 12V rails. He's perfectly fine with the R9 280, OC'ed or not. The R9 280 only needs two (2) 6 pin molex connectors. That's 225W peak.

The R9 280 without OC totally demolishes the GTX 760, even if you overclock the GTX 760, as you've seen in KitGuru's comparison. Might as well get the R9 280 even if it's just for the 3 GB VRAM. Higher settings and higher framerates. It's a win-win situation.

[Doughnutnator]

I'm running an R9 280X which requires more power (6 pin + 8 pin, which means 275W peak) on a good quality 500W PSU, approximately equivalent to his CX500 which actually supplies MORE power on the 12V rails. He's perfectly fine with the R9 280, OC'ed or not. The R9 280 only needs two (2) 6 pin molex connectors. That's 225W peak.

The R9 280 without OC totally demolishes the GTX 760, even if you overclock the GTX 760, as you've seen in KitGuru's comparison. Might as well get the R9 280 even if it's just for the 3 GB VRAM. Higher settings and higher framerates. It's a win-win situation.

The only thing we don't know is if the 280 costs the same or even more than the 760. In my country the 280 costs 40 dollars more than a 760. That's a big difference

[TheProfosist]

760 or maybe 770

[SymphonyX7]

The only thing we don't know is if the 280 costs the same or even more than the 760. In my country the 280 costs 40 dollars more than a 760. That's a big difference

I see. That is rather unfortunate. Where I live, the R9 280 and GTX 760 are priced approximately the same. It's also the same in Hong Kong, Singapore and UAE (Dubai) when I went there recently. Listed prices on US and UK sites like Newegg.com and Scan.co.uk are also the same, so I assume that the pricing of the R9 280 and GTX 760 is the same in most places.

[Toto123456]

for 60fps I would say get the r9 270x, it is the best bang for bucks card on the market right now and will play all games @medium-high 60fps, if you want ultra I would say r9 280x but if ur NOT gonna play anything over 1080p or planning to crossfire in the future then gtx 770 is perfect. however if you want to destroy ALL games at 1080p then u need r9 290 for 100+fps