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Any Upgrade Recommendations From A GTX 260 Under $200?

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GTX 960 is your best bet. You want an Nvidia card to pair with lower end CPUs due to the DirectX 11 driver overhead for AMD cards that swamps CPUs lesser than i5s. A GTX 750 Ti is much too weak to pair with an FX-6300, while a GTX 970 is much too strong. But a 960 is much more powerful than a 750 Ti and a pretty good fit with an FX-6300 for playing games on 1080p medium/high with good framerates (probably high more often than medium).

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I have built my first Gaming PC about a year ago but the GPU (GTX 260) was given to me by my brother. Its not that i don't enjoy it, cause i love it. but for $200 or under is there any upgrade recommendations? I'm okay with similar performance but im looking for DirectX 11.2 Support

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The GTX 960 and R9 280 are definitely good suggestions. What is the rest of your machine like?

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 512GB SKHynix PC401, 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSDs | GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra 10GB | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Lian Li SP 850W

 

Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Crucial DDR4 Pro | Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS AC-HES | Storage: 128GB Samsung PM961, 4TB Seagate IronWolf | GPU: AMD FirePro WX 3100 | Cooling: EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM-850

 

Miscellaneous: Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro (i5-8500T/16GB/512GB), Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q Tiny (R5 2400GE/16GB/256GB), Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF (i5-6400/8GB/128GB)

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gtx 960.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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GTX 960 is your best bet. You want an Nvidia card to pair with lower end CPUs due to the DirectX 11 driver overhead for AMD cards that swamps CPUs lesser than i5s. A GTX 750 Ti is much too weak to pair with an FX-6300, while a GTX 970 is much too strong. But a 960 is much more powerful than a 750 Ti and a pretty good fit with an FX-6300 for playing games on 1080p medium/high with good framerates (probably high more often than medium).

Why the i5 over the FX-8350?

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Wow i am really surprised at how fast you guys were at giving great answers, haha i was already considering both the 750 Ti and the 960 but now i think its pretty clear which i should go for. Thank You All For The Input!  :D

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I'm using a XFX R9 280. I love the card! It'll push just about everything. Only downside is that I haven't found a way to mess with the core voltage. I think it is locked. It would explain why it is a bit of a power hog. Even with everything I've got turned up in my rig a 600W PSU will push it just fine. Highly recommend it.

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