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Th3 Mans1ay3r
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So my boyfriend has a Nvidia 550 and is looking to upgrade. He's only looking to spend roughly about $150. Can anyone recommend some?

Used 280X perhaps? Otherwise get a 270 and upgrade later.

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Used 7970 is your best bet, unless you want new then a R9 280. 

 

I suggest the same. :)

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EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti SC 2GB  

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Used 7970

 

 

Used 7970 is your best bet, unless you want new then a R9 280.

R9 280 is right at that price, good card :)

Price went up http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/video-card/#c=167&sort=a8&page=1

 

 

EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti SC 2GB  

wtf

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Used 7970

 

 

Price went up http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/video-card/#c=167&sort=a8&page=1

 

 

wtf

what, what if he doesn't want a used card?

      CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.8GHz Moherboard: MSI Z97 SLI Krait Edition Memory: HyperX FURY White 24GB DDR3 1866MHz GPU: Asus GTX 970 Turbo

             PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750w SSD: Crucial MX200 250GB HDD: WB Blue 1TB Monitor: (2x) BenQ GL2460HM 24-Inch Case: NZXT S340 White

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Any particular brand for a 750ti or will any really do?

EVGA

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             PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750w SSD: Crucial MX200 250GB HDD: WB Blue 1TB Monitor: (2x) BenQ GL2460HM 24-Inch Case: NZXT S340 White

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what if he doesn't want to deal with the crappy AMD drivers?

      CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.8GHz Moherboard: MSI Z97 SLI Krait Edition Memory: HyperX FURY White 24GB DDR3 1866MHz GPU: Asus GTX 970 Turbo

             PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750w SSD: Crucial MX200 250GB HDD: WB Blue 1TB Monitor: (2x) BenQ GL2460HM 24-Inch Case: NZXT S340 White

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i would hold out for awhile longer to get something bigger than a 750, but thats just me

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what if he doesn't want to deal with the crappy AMD drivers?

 

^yea.... I thought I'd see that here....  Sigh....

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what if he doesn't want to deal with the crappy AMD drivers?

you meant the drivers that kept getting black screen and crashes lately even after few releases?

my bad, that was nvidia driver.

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EVGA 750 Ti FTW/SC

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Thanks for the help guys, I recommended to him the EVGA 750ti. I think any higher and it would be bottle necked by his semi-ancient system.

Out of all the suggestions chose the worst one... unless he has a really low-end PSU, 750Ti isn't worth the money.

 

what if he doesn't want to deal with the crappy AMD drivers?

You mean the ones that have been giving me (and others by the looks of it) less troubles then the recent Nvidia drivers?

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Out of all the suggestions chose the worst one... unless he has a really low-end PSU, 750Ti isn't worth the money.

His PC is kind of crap and 150 is basically his limit of what he's willing to pay and he wants it new.

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If you can wait, wait until the 950 and 950 ti come out, it will be well worth it.

When are those set to come out? I also kind of doubt they'd be in a good range for him.

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