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How much better is the Ti than the regular? Is it worth the extra $50? The regular is $100.

http://amzn.com/B00IDG3LUO

 

Yes. The 750 ti is made from the new architecture that the gtx 970/980 is made from and saves you power and overclocks well.

 

Overall, I would say it's worth it but I wouldn't take my word for it.

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I just need a card to complete my build upgrade, and have $200 left in my budget.

 

What's the best card under $200?

 

My build so far:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/737DMp

That CPU will bottleneck alot of good cards that are under 200 and will perform amazing.

Main Rig

 

Case: NZXT H440 White | CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K @5.2GHz | CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i Hydro Series | Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait Edition | RAM: HyperX Fury White & Black Series 16GB (4x4GB) OC to 2133MHz | Graphics Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm | SSD: Intel 730 Series 480GB & Samsung 840 256GB | HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm | PSU: EVGA 750W Supernova G2 80+ Gold | Display: BenQ XL2420G & Samsung S20D300 | Headset: Corsair 1500 | Mouse: Logitech G700S | Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Silver RED LED

 XENON Build:  

 

Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 @3.3GHz | Intel DZ68BC | Corsair Dominator Platinum 2x4GB 1866MHz | Kingston HyperX 3k 240GB | MSI GeForce GTX 680 | Fractal Design Define R4 Titanium Grey | Seasonic 520W 80+ Platinum Fanless

Office Build:

 

Case: Fractal Focus G White | CPU: i5-8600K | CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo | Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO | RAM: Corsair LPX 16GB-2666 | GPU: MSI GTX 1060 6GB GAMING X | SSD: Kingston A400 240GB | HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm | PSU: EVGA BT 450W+ Bronze

 

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Without upgrading your psu, the best graphics card would be a 270: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/his-video-card-h270qm2g2m

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On topic: Processor looks pretty outdated, never even seen that case before and that power supply isn't the best for a gaming graphics card.

 

 

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That CPU will bottleneck alot of good cards that are under 200 and will perform amazing.

Any reason you went for 16GB of RAM for an i5 with a 970?

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Australian or US?

 

Also, intended use?

USD, 95% will be gaming.

 

That CPU will bottleneck alot of good cards that are under 200 and will perform amazing.

I can upgrade that too, I guess, as long as the cost will not exceed $210(which I doubt I that will happen). I already have this whole build, I just need to upgrade the graphics card from my old one.

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On topic: Processor looks pretty outdated, never even seen that case before and that power supply isn't the best for a gaming graphics card.

 

 

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Any reason you went for 16GB of RAM for an i5 with a 970?

It has nothing to do with performance really but it was mainly for looks :D 6hrVrBi.jpg

Main Rig

 

Case: NZXT H440 White | CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K @5.2GHz | CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i Hydro Series | Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait Edition | RAM: HyperX Fury White & Black Series 16GB (4x4GB) OC to 2133MHz | Graphics Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti ArcticStorm | SSD: Intel 730 Series 480GB & Samsung 840 256GB | HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm | PSU: EVGA 750W Supernova G2 80+ Gold | Display: BenQ XL2420G & Samsung S20D300 | Headset: Corsair 1500 | Mouse: Logitech G700S | Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Silver RED LED

 XENON Build:  

 

Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 @3.3GHz | Intel DZ68BC | Corsair Dominator Platinum 2x4GB 1866MHz | Kingston HyperX 3k 240GB | MSI GeForce GTX 680 | Fractal Design Define R4 Titanium Grey | Seasonic 520W 80+ Platinum Fanless

Office Build:

 

Case: Fractal Focus G White | CPU: i5-8600K | CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo | Motherboard: MSI Z370-A PRO | RAM: Corsair LPX 16GB-2666 | GPU: MSI GTX 1060 6GB GAMING X | SSD: Kingston A400 240GB | HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm | PSU: EVGA BT 450W+ Bronze

 

Phone

 

iPhone XS Max 512GB Gold

 

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I mean the whole computer, or are you just adding a GPU?

Just replacing my current GPU. PSU too, if needed.

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Just replacing my current GPU.

 

Ah ok, I would recommend a 750 ti depending on how much they are for you. Lemme check.

 

EDIT: Get this card or a 270

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-02gp43757kr

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How much better is the Ti than the regular? Is it worth the extra $50? The regular is $100.

http://amzn.com/B00IDG3LUO

 

Yes. The 750 ti is made from the new architecture that the gtx 970/980 is made from and saves you power and overclocks well.

 

Overall, I would say it's worth it but I wouldn't take my word for it.

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Yes. The 750 ti is made from the new architecture that the gtx 970/980 is made from and saves you power and overclocks well.

 

Overall, I would say it's worth it but I wouldn't take my word for it.

Well considering all my friends have been saying the exact same thing, I'll go with the Ti FTW(dem fans).

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I have the Asus gtx 750ti, and I love it. It's quiet, cool and performs as expected of A 150 dollar card. My gtx 970 will be here Friday so the little engine that could is getting retired soon.

Rose's are red violets are blue, without computers I'd know not what to do.

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I have the Asus gtx 750ti, and I love it. It's quiet, cool and performs as expected of A 150 dollar card. My gtx 970 will be here Friday so the little engine that could is getting retired soon.

 

Either keep it as spare or sell it and improve your parts more.

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Either keep it as spare or sell it and improve your parts more.

Building a rig for my brother, the new pentium is the cpu he decided on. I am really interested to see the comparisons in Arma as to my 4790k

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Well considering all my friends have been saying the exact same thing, I'll go with the Ti FTW(dem fans).

The 750 Ti performs quite a bit worse than the 270..

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7764/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-750-ti-and-gtx-750-review-maxwell/11

 

For some perspective:

750 < 260x < 750 Ti < 660 < 265 < 270

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if you can wait a month - you may find yourself with a different and probably better set of options and i suspect the advise will be significantly different than it is today

if it helps to understand what is happening remember that their is CES in less than 2 weeks and it can take companies a couple of weeks after that to get stick in the channel ready to buy

so if you can wait a month - BUT don't wait longer, as law of diminishing returns kicks in

but if you need it today - then the advise is how I would advise you

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Building a rig for my brother, the new pentium is the cpu he decided on. I am really interested to see the comparisons in Arma as to my 4790k

 

Basically, this is how you run Arma 3.

 

Put literally every settings to max besides FSAA and you can run it better than medium.

 

The engine doesn't put load on your GPU enough, puts it all on your cpu. Shouldn't be much of a difference if he maxes out his settings.

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The 750 Ti performs quite a bit worse than the 270..

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7764/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-750-ti-and-gtx-750-review-maxwell/11

 

For some perspective:

750 < 260x < 750 Ti < 660 < 265 < 270

 

But the 750 ti saves him money to spend on other things. Besides, his processor isn't good enough for a 270 in my opinion.

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But the 750 ti saves him money to spend on other things. Besides, his processor isn't good enough for a 270 in my opinion.

No, it doesn't. The 270 is cheaper and better than the 750 Ti.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/his-video-card-h270qm2g2m

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http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-02gp43757kr

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