"Upgrading" my graphics situation

[HDawsome]

So right now I'm rocking my sexy little GTX 650 ...... But yea, It's just not enough anymore and I don't have alot of money to spend and I'm not very patient. Right now I'm thinking about "Upgrading" to a more powerful card of an older generation (GTX 480 or GTX 570 to be exact). So I have two questions to ask you wonderful people. 

1. What would be a good choice from the red team? I want to stay within the sameish price range and power consumption isn't much of a concern

2. Since I am using a 1680x1050 monitor and I don't NEED to be running 60 FPS Ultra settings on all of the new titles (I tend not to buy a bunch of newly released games anyway) Will these cards suffice?

[GrimNeo]

So right now I'm rocking my sexy little GTX 650 ...... But yea, It's just not enough anymore and I don't have alot of money to spend and I'm not very patient. Right now I'm thinking about "Upgrading" to a more powerful card of an older generation (GTX 480 or GTX 570 to be exact). So I have two questions to ask you wonderful people. 

1. What would be a good choice from the red team? I want to stay within the sameish price range and power consumption isn't much of a concern

2. Since I am using a 1680x1050 monitor and I don't NEED to be running 60 FPS Ultra settings on all of the new titles (I tend not to buy a bunch of newly released games anyway) Will these cards suffice?

You just missed out on a great EVGA sale. They were selling those cards super cheap. What is your budget? Please and thank you.

[Senzelian]

So right now I'm rocking my sexy little GTX 650 ...... But yea, It's just not enough anymore and I don't have alot of money to spend and I'm not very patient. Right now I'm thinking about "Upgrading" to a more powerful card of an older generation (GTX 480 or GTX 570 to be exact). So I have two questions to ask you wonderful people. 

1. What would be a good choice from the red team? I want to stay within the sameish price range and power consumption isn't much of a concern

2. Since I am using a 1680x1050 monitor and I don't NEED to be running 60 FPS Ultra settings on all of the new titles (I tend not to buy a bunch of newly released games anyway) Will these cards suffice?

The R7 260X is at the same price point as the GTX 650, but if it actually performs better is a good question... Doesn't look like much of an upgrade.

I'd either recommend something like the R9 270X or maybe you can get your hands on a GTX 760. I had one for a year or so and it was a pretty awesome card. Now that the 900 series is released the prices seem to drop a lot on it. I was able to play Crysis 2 at 60 FPS with medium - high settings.

[aneil1998]

The prices of the cards are almost the same as current generation GPU's(GTX 900 series), so I would say look into the current generation GPU's also.

[HDawsome]

You just missed out on a great EVGA sale. They were selling those cards super cheap. What is your budget? Please and thank you.

Like I said, not much I think I could go up to around $110 If I had to, and I'm not super afraid of buying used as I haven't had many problems with it in the past

[HDawsome]

The prices of the cards are almost the same as current generation GPU's(GTX 900 series), so I would say look into the current generation GPU's also.

You can get a used 580 for about $130...you can't get into the 900 series for that much

[GrimNeo]

Like I said, not much I think I could go up to around $110 If I had to, and I'm not super afraid of buying used as I haven't had many problems with it in the past

Ebay has some buy it now dealsfor the 580. This 580 is $115 buy it now.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nvidia-GeForce-GTX-580-video-card-BARELY-USED-58NLH5HS58GGX-/271848040868#ht_238wt_947

 

Used EVGA 570

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-570-012P31571KR-1-25-GB-GDDR5-SDRAM-PCI-Express-x16-Gr-/251975830821?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3aaaee0d25#ht_94wt_947

[HDawsome]

Ebay has some buy it now dealsfor the 580. This 580 is $115 buy it now.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nvidia-GeForce-GTX-580-video-card-BARELY-USED-58NLH5HS58GGX-/271848040868#ht_238wt_947

 

Used EVGA 570

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-570-012P31571KR-1-25-GB-GDDR5-SDRAM-PCI-Express-x16-Gr-/251975830821?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3aaaee0d25#ht_94wt_947

So would you suppose that this would play games such as Warframe, World of Tanks, and War Thunder well? (High settings 60 FPS preff) I have a good idea that the card won't have an issue with it, just looking for a second opinion.

[GrimNeo]

So would you suppose that this would play games such as Warframe, World of Tanks, and War Thunder well? (High settings 60 FPS preff) I have a good idea that the card won't have an issue with it, just looking for a second opinion.

I have never played those games to be honest. Sorry. Here are some old benchmarks

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7950-overclock-crossfire-benchmark,3123.html

[HDawsome]

I have never played those games to be honest. Sorry. Here are some old benchmarks

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7950-overclock-crossfire-benchmark,3123.html

Thank you. Hopefully my computer won't be limping along as badly now

[GrimNeo]

Thank you. Hopefully my computer won't be limping along as badly now

Your welcome. Have fun and enjoy.