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perma001
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Hello, hello!

I want to get a better card than my asus GT640 2gb gddr3.

Which ones you can recommend me?

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Hello, hello!

I want to get a better card than my asus GT640 2gb gddr3.

Which ones you can recommend me?

 

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Hello, hello!

I want to get a better card than my asus GT640 2gb gddr3.

Which ones you can recommend me?

The R7 260X

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card  ($117.50 @ Amazon)

Total: $117.50

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-14 04:40 EDT-0400

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Usd right? Not NS?

Perhaps something like the r7 260x or GTX 750ti

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yeah perma if you can get the r7 260x id get it. i was GOING to get it but i saw an 80$ deal for an r9 and i snagged it. im...........wayyy to picky about my GPU i could be spending with for 5+ years. so yeah. i was dead set on the r7 260x. its a great card.

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Nice, I will try to get the r7 260x, any user with gtx 750 experience?

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I'd be shopping around used if you could to see what you could get before you buy new.

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If you're using a 640 and only have a budget of $120, you're right in the zone that you should wait to get something better. If you get a 260x/750ti which is what fits your budget, the improvement isn't going to be really big, the next upgrade you should aim for should be for something like 280/960

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If you can find an used Radeon 7950 or better for that price, I'd do it, unless you're wanting strictly new. I picked one up locally used for $130 USD. Then again, I'm in the states so I don't know how that differs from Peru.

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750 ti

 

if not you could wait for the AMD 300 series and for the previous generation cards to drop in price. Maybe not down to $120 but until a noticeable difference.

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I can buy from ebay, any testimonials from refurbished gpus?

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you could probably easily get a radeon 7950, it's basically the same as a 280 but cheaper. Try and get a 7970 if you can.

Just make sure not to get the stock blower coolers.

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I can buy from ebay, any testimonials from refurbished gpus?

 

I got my r9 280x from eBay.

 

Used and works perfectly fine, although it does have issues overclocking, but that might have nothing to do with the seller. Just be sure that you buy close to your location, there was a seller in Bulgaria that seemed kinda sketchy when he said that he had 6 cards and sold each for $160. My seller was in south-eastern Canada, relatively close to my home on the east coast. Anyhow, I negotiated the seller price from $210 to $175 so I thought that was pretty sweet.

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I can buy from ebay, any testimonials from refurbished gpus?

just make sure it hasnt been used for mining over prolonged period of time and it should be fine...look if you could find an HD7950 3GB card?

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I think I should update my cpu+mobo and ram because I already tested my pc with a r9 290 and there was just 20 fps more.
I guess I need more ram

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I think I should update my cpu+mobo and ram because I already tested my pc with a r9 290 and there was just 20 fps more.

I guess I need more ram

Ahhh, I just looked at your pc specs. In that case my first response would have been different. Your processor will hold back anything above a 750ti. How do I know? Because that's actually the system I run. C2q 8400 2.66ghz, 750ti 1gig, 4gigs ddr2. And you could actually throw in 32 gigs of ram and it would basically give zero improvement. While the processor does a 750ti justice, anything above that is a a waste.

So if you want to get something better, a new cpu is going to be required. Along with a motherboard of course. You can reuse the ram if ddr3, but if not youll need new ram as well. I will be making this upgrade once VR hits and taylor around that.

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