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New GPU for i3 2120

VonAnsorge
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Hi,

I got my hands on a PC with this CPU and it´s rocking passive 9600gt which is overheating quite easily. I don´t feel like spending money on a new cooler or something like that. Instead I am considering a new GPU for gaming at 1680x1050. My PSU is 450W.

What GPU would you suggest? I do not have fixed budged, I may try to get new or used.... I am more interested in your opinion of which card would it fit best.

Thanks

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Hi,

I got my hands on a PC with this CPU and it´s rocking passive 9600gt which is overheating quite easily. I don´t feel like spending money on a new cooler or something like that. Instead I am considering a new GPU for gaming at 1680x1050. My PSU is 450W.

What GPU would you suggest? I do not have fixed budged, I may try to get new or used.... I am more interested in your opinion of which card would it fit best.

Thanks

270X? 750 Ti?

Really depends on what you are looking to spend and what games you play

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GTX 750 or 750ti

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I'd probably go for an R9 270. It might run into some problems with bottlenecks with that CPU, but for the most part it should be fine. Plus it can usually be found for the same price as a 750ti which is what most people recommend for a budget GPU, except it greatly outperforms the 750ti.

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Really? This CPU could handle likes r9 270 or 750Ti? The thing is I never had CPU with hyper-threading so I have no idea what impact it has on gaming (especially today when 4 core CPU is minimum system requirement).

As to how much I am willing to spend, that depends on whether it will be able to power some of the recent games ( DA Inqusition comes to mind for example) if thats the case I´d have no problem with getting r9 270, if not than I would settle for something cheaper and work my way through my steam-library backlog :-)

 

FYI the PSU is Fortron (I know not the best but it could be much worse)

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