Another graphics card upgrade suggestion request

[bejamartins]

So it seems my girlfriend's graphics card needs replacement,

 

The PC specs:
 

- Motherboard Gigabyte G41M-Combo Rev 2;
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6300;
- Current graphics ATI Radeon 4650 HD;

- 2 GB/Ram (probably upgrading soon).

 

She has two monitors connected, one through VGA and another through DVI, though can be replaced by HDMI.

 

Don't want to spend much money, but don't want to replace with a worse card, or at least leave her a card fit for her system. Can be a used card.

What do you guys think? Thanks in advance for the help.

[Florb]

GTX 960 or R9 290? Nvidia have better drivers, but worse performance overall.

[ADZ_123_!"£]

GTX 960 or R9 290? Nvidia have better drivers, but worse performance overall.

With a core duO?

[Florb]

With a core duO?

Fine 750Ti.

[bejamartins]

GTX 960 or R9 290? Nvidia have better drivers, but worse performance overall.

 

That's upgrading a $60 card to a $200 Also the PC would never match processor power.

[bejamartins]

Fine 750Ti.

 

Well, I have an overheating 295 GTX, I guess I can use it, will probably never overheat on this machine.

[Florb]

Well, I have an overheating 295 GTX, I guess I can use it, will probably never overheat on this machine.

Lol I guess!

[Weak1ings]

The GTX 750 Ti is going to be bottlenecked like my 660 was with the Q6600.  With the proper overclock though, you can minimize this.

Perhaps a GTX 750 or AMD r7 360(no idea on performance of it) will do well.

[SirWendall]

Or the rumored 950 Ti

[Prysin]

GTX 960 or R9 290? Nvidia have better drivers, but worse performance overall.

The drivers argument is DEAD.

 

For the past two months, Nvidias "official stable drivers" has borked so hard that a lot of people have been unable to even browse web pages without hardware crashes.

 

Nvidia drivers are NOT special. They are drivers, just like ANY other driver.

Nvidias driver team is NOT special. They are humans, and they screw up too. They recently proved this, for like, two months straight.

 

 

@bejamartins

Buy a R7 270X or R9 280 if you can find one. These are solid cards and will beat the 750Ti in most applications.

 

Just because it is a Core 2Duo doesnt mean it is incapable of running these cards. Albeit, these would probably be the highest cards this CPU could "feed".

[Praesi]

GTX 960 or R9 290? Nvidia have better drivers, but worse performance overall.

GTX980Ti is faster than the Fury X.

[Florb]

The drivers argument is DEAD.

 

For the past two months, Nvidias "official stable drivers" has borked so hard that a lot of people have been unable to even browse web pages without hardware crashes.

 

Nvidia drivers are NOT special. They are drivers, just like ANY other driver.

Nvidias driver team is NOT special. They are humans, and they screw up too. They recently proved this, for like, two months straight.

 

 

@bejamartins

Buy a R7 270X or R9 280 if you can find one. These are solid cards and will beat the 750Ti in most applications.

 

Just because it is a Core 2Duo doesnt mean it is incapable of running these cards. Albeit, these would probably be the highest cards this CPU could "feed".

They are still better drivers than AMD's 2 month old Beta team.

[Prysin]

They are still better drivers than AMD's 2 month old Beta team.

Buy a AMD card and learn how slow their beta team is then.

[Florb]

Buy a AMD card and learn how slow their beta team is then.

I'll buy one when Intel declares bankruptcy. 

[Prysin]

I'll buy one when Intel declares bankruptcy. 

Youll buy an AMD GPU when intel HD isnt avaliable. GG fanboy.