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So I've decided its time to ugrade my GPU. My budget is no more than $200. I play games like Minecraft and Gmod mostly, nothing too extreme. I would like to be able to run Minecraft @1080p in 60fps, and being able to run the Shaders mod would be a really nice touch also, thanks for your suggestions! :)

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R9 280

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EVGA GTX 960.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487091

 

Sapphire Dual-X 280.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202099

 

For only a little bit more, you can get a Sapphire Vapor-X 280x, and this is by and far your best deal of the three.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202137

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So I've decided its time to ugrade my GPU. My budget is no more than $200. I play games like Minecraft and Gmod mostly, nothing too extreme. I would like to be able to run Minecraft @1080p in 60fps, and being able to run the Shaders mod would be a really nice touch also, thanks for your suggestions! :)

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AMD gpu's for some reason run shit with MC, my 290x looses to my brothers 750ti

Maybe your settings or something because most people I know have AMD and it runs it really well. Also you have a 8350 with a 290x? Maybe that's the problem.

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AMD gpu's for some reason run shit with MC, my 290x looses to my brothers 750ti

 

more likely a cpu problem. minecraft devours cpu's. a sandy bridge pentium will beat an 8350 in minecraft...

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?

 

that cpu is going to be much better in minecraft than an 8350.

 

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oh and on topic, an R9 280 will be the strongest for the price, or a gtx 960.

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Vanilla Minecraft no mods? 

MY BROTHER RUNS A GOD DAMN G3258

The G3258 has about 3 times higher single core performance as the 8350 at stock.

Minecraft only uses one core, And a maxumum of 2 cores with Optifine if im not mistaken.

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The G3258 has about 3 times higher single core performance as the 8350 at stock.

Minecraft only uses one core, And a maxumum of 2 cores with Optifine if im not mistaken.

Three times?

Get yo info right -

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1265?vs=1289

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that cpu is going to be much better in minecraft than an 8350.

 

Yeah, the G3258 at stock gets an almost 45% better Passmark single thread score than a stock FX-8350, and Minecraft is pretty well-known for being dominated by single core performance.

Why the i5 over the FX-8350?

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Three times?

Get yo info right -

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1265?vs=1289

Sorry, I meant 2 times.

Those are also manufactures benchmarks, They have to be taken with a grain of salt. And i said At Stock, Not Overclocked.

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Yeah, the G3258 at stock gets an almost 45% better Passmark single thread score than a stock FX-8350, and Minecraft is pretty well-known for being dominated by single core performance.

 

that's pretty accurate across mixed tests too http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Pentium-G3258-vs-AMD-FX-8350/2434vs1489 with an average 40% better single core performance if neither are overclocked.

 

seeing as the OP has a Xeon, they should be good with an amd or nvidia gpu.

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seeing as the OP has a Xeon, they should be good with an amd or nvidia gpu.

 

That's not his system though.  :lol:

 

I used that exact RAM and those exact SSDs to make $40,000 joke PCs in other threads. Each DIMM cost $2000 when it was on the market and those SSD were like $6000 each.

Why the i5 over the FX-8350?

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Oh please, whats wrong with a 4.8ghz 8350 and a 290x?

That's a bottleneck. Especially in a game like Minecraft that demands strong cores not weak ones.

OP: If $200 is your limit then an R9 280 or R9 280X will be your best bet, but I would encourage you to save up an additional $20-$40 and buy an R9 290. Much stronger card that will last you longer than the 280. That being said, all options I presented to you are way overkill for a game like Minecraft.

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Minecraft is nothing... I ran minecraft on "fancy" graphics with an AMD HD 3870. Buy the 280 or 280x. You won't be bottlenecked by an 8350 in f***ing minecraft. I run Minecraft and a server with over 100fps with optifine average on an FX 6300 4.2ghz and GTX 970

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