Best cheap gpu

[MistSaint]

Hello guys,

First of all I have to  say, this is really nice community and very welcoming which is really nice to see .

Recently I posted a topic about buying a new PC and now I come to idea to update graphics card on my old one to use it in my vacation house.

Basically I would use it for watching movies,tv shows and occasional gaming mainly for MMORPG games and LoL.

 

Mobo : Biostar TP45 HP

CPU: Intel Core2Duo E8400 (3.00GHz)

GPU: Zotac Nvidia 9800GT (512mb GDDR3 256-bit)

Ram: 4GB DDR2

 

So I want to upgrade this ancient old Nvidia card with SAPPHIRE R7 250 (1GB GDDR5 128-bit) and I was wondering will it be able to push LoL on high settings to like 50-60fps(1080p)?

All I want is to push low-mid settings in games with decent fps with LoL being exception I guess, so does upgrading this have any sense in it? 

Will my mobo support this gpu and should I stick with r7 250 or go with gt 720,730?

[Swndlr]

try and get an R7 260X, theyre super low cost now and will be perfect

[panwala95]

Please mention a specific budget and your current psu specs

If you dont plan to upgrade your psu a gtx 750 ti is about the best you can do

And also, do yourself a favor buddy and buy yourself another 4gb stick of ram

Hope this helps!

[dougdangger]

+4gb ram and GTX 750ti and you should hit 60fps @ 1080p with low to medium settings.

[dmanschramm]

Hello guys,

First of all I have to  say, this is really nice community and very welcoming which is really nice to see .

Recently I posted a topic about buying a new PC and now I come to idea to update graphics card on my old one to use it in my vacation house.

Basically I would use it for watching movies,tv shows and occasional gaming mainly for MMORPG games and LoL.

 

Mobo : Biostar TP45 HP

CPU: Intel Core2Duo E8400 (3.00GHz)

GPU: Zotac Nvidia 9800GT (512mb GDDR3 256-bit)

Ram: 4GB DDR2

 

So I want to upgrade this ancient old Nvidia card with SAPPHIRE R7 250 (1GB GDDR5 128-bit) and I was wondering will it be able to push LoL on high settings to like 50-60fps(1080p)?

All I want is to push low-mid settings in games with decent fps with LoL being exception I guess, so does upgrading this have any sense in it? 

Will my mobo support this gpu and should I stick with r7 250 or go with gt 720,730?

 

Do you have a specific budget in mind? If it is only around $100 then that's what you're working with, but if you're willing to go up to $150, the 750Ti is an absolutely great card. It was designed to take older, less 'gaming' oriented computers and turn them into something that can play all games at 1080.

 

I honestly have no idea what your PSU or Mobo can or cannot support, because when it was released, these graphics cards weren't.

 

IMO i would suggest an upgrade in the near future. The Core series is getting quite old and if you don't have a Core 2 Quad, then it is probably performing sub-optimally.

Also, the older PCI-E generation means you won't be getting the full potential out of your graphics card. There is also some worry that there will be bottlenecking from your CPU.

 

If I were you, I'd see if you could save up a couple hundred more dollars over the next year or two and then buy something that you can really game with!

 

But if you're strict on budget, quote me and either myself or another forum member will help ya out!

 

Cheers!

Dmanschramm

[panwala95]

Do you have a specific budget in mind? If it is only around $100 then that's what you're working with, but if you're willing to go up to $150, the 750Ti is an absolutely great card. It was designed to take older, less 'gaming' oriented computers and turn them into something that can play all games at 1080.

I honestly have no idea what your PSU or Mobo can or cannot support, because when it was released, these graphics cards weren't.

IMO i would suggest an upgrade in the near future. The Core series is getting quite old and if you don't have a Core 2 Quad, then it is probably performing sub-optimally.

Also, the older PCI-E generation means you won't be getting the full potential out of your graphics card. There is also some worry that there will be bottlenecking from your CPU.

If I were you, I'd see if you could save up a couple hundred more dollars over the next year or two and then buy something that you can really game with!

But if you're strict on budget, quote me and either myself or another forum member will help ya out!

Cheers!

Dmanschramm

Technically i dont see a low end card like a 750 ti maxing out the bandwidth of pci-e 1 let alone 2 or 3

Imho a gtx 750 ti is the max i would be willing to buy for such a system

[Nena Trinity]

270 or 270X is preety neat! :3

[panwala95]

270 or 270X is preety neat! :3

They are too much for the core2 to handle

For these cards an upgrade to core2quad is in order

[Nena Trinity]

They are too much for the core2 to handle

For these cards an upgrade to core2quad is in order

Its better to go a bit above rather than below!

[panwala95]

Its better to go a bit above rather than below!

I believe that a r9 270/270x warrants a psu upgrade

With a gtx 750ti you are good to go with any crappy psu

[emoji4]

[Nena Trinity]

I believe that a r9 270/270x warrants a psu upgrade

With a gtx 750ti you are good to go with any crappy psu

[emoji4]

Oh right!

 

But the 270s doesnt really use much PSU... x.x

[panwala95]

No point in buying a expensive gpu if you cant make full use of it

Besides the op wants to play only only league of legends so he'll be fine with a gtx 750 ti+ nvidia has better drivers anyway so.....

[MistSaint]

Do you have a specific budget in mind? If it is only around $100 then that's what you're working with, but if you're willing to go up to $150, the 750Ti is an absolutely great card. It was designed to take older, less 'gaming' oriented computers and turn them into something that can play all games at 1080.

 

I honestly have no idea what your PSU or Mobo can or cannot support, because when it was released, these graphics cards weren't.

 

IMO i would suggest an upgrade in the near future. The Core series is getting quite old and if you don't have a Core 2 Quad, then it is probably performing sub-optimally.

Also, the older PCI-E generation means you won't be getting the full potential out of your graphics card. There is also some worry that there will be bottlenecking from your CPU.

 

If I were you, I'd see if you could save up a couple hundred more dollars over the next year or two and then buy something that you can really game with!

 

But if you're strict on budget, quote me and either myself or another forum member will help ya out!

 

Cheers!

Dmanschramm

 

I have budget of $100 to upgrade this graphics card only,because rest of my budget went into getting this:

Motherboard: H97 Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

CPU: Intel i5-4690

Graphics card: GeForce GTX960 MSI 2GB GDDR5 

HDD: HDD SATA3 7200 1TB Toshiba

RAM: DDR3 4GB 1600MHz Kingston HyperX Savage CL9 x2

PSU: 500W SilverStone SST-ST50F

 

So I need gpu for my old build that can handle 1080p on low-medium for games like LoL,Cabal Online... upcoming Cabal II (I am fine with low also on my old build as long as it is smooth experience). Also my psu on old machine is 400W idk about maker it was 7 years ago when I bought it. Whole purpose of buying this graphics card is that when I go to the vacation house I can still play games a bit, but since I will mostly be going out and enjoying outside I am not too concerned with fps etc.

 

750Ti here is $200 which obviously exceeds my budget

[panwala95]

http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=14-500-348

This is probably your best bet

[Nena Trinity]

If he needs really cheap why not 260 or 260X?

 

AMD makes cheap stuffs!

[panwala95]

If he needs really cheap why not 260 or 260X?

Because those would probably require a psu upgrade

[dougdangger]

http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=14-500-348

This is probably your best bet

I would spend the extra $15 and get one with 2GB vram.  1gb is very low even for 1080p.

[MistSaint]

To give you guys some perspective http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121905&cm_re=GTX980-_-14-121-905-_-Product

As you can see this card is $519 and in my "beautiful" country same card costs $912, so if it is like $15 more expensive in US it is at least $40 expensive in my country. Also that $912 is actually as cheap as you can get it here. But if I am to order it from new egg or anywhere from the world for that matter I would have to pay 30% to country... wait for like a month, pay additional fees for having that item storaged and hope it doesn't get damaged in the proccess, because a lot of times you get damaged item and you have no one to complain to.

 

To prove my point http://www.genelec.ba/vga-gainward-geforce-gtx750-ti-2048mb-ddr5-dual-dvi-mhdmi-vga-4260183363088-p2this equals to USD $207.

[Nena Trinity]

Because those would probably require a psu upgrade

100w PSU? x-x

[Nishizumi]

R7 260X or a GTX 750 Ti seems like the best for you. The extra cost is worth it, but you should check if your PSU is up to the task.

[Columbo]

People need to see his system. It's circa 2009 with Core2Duo stuff. Go on ebay and get either a GTX 460/470/480. You should be able to pick one of those up for $40-50 with shipping. Do yourself a favor and upgrade to 8GB of DDR2 memory as well.

[kipper]

People need to see his system. It's circa 2009 with Core2Duo stuff. Go on ebay and get either a GTX 460/470/480. You should be able to pick one of those up for $40-50 with shipping. Do yourself a favor and upgrade to 8GB of DDR2 memory as well.

470/480 will bottleneck, i would get a AMD 7k or Nvidia 600 series GPU.

 

Something in the range of 7770 / GTX 650Ti.

[RammerBee]

Even a GT 630 can max LoL on 720....med on 1080 probabli...i get ~80fps highest setting on 720