Help Choosing GPU

[Shine]

Hi All,

 

I'm here on concerns because I've never upgraded a GPU. 

 

Things i know are: 

 

• I have to think about the dimensions of the GPU
• And power consumption. I'm thinking of upgrading to a modular PSU to give the case a bit of a tidy up.

My PC:

 

• Current GPU is a 1GB 
• CPU is 3.66Ghz AMD
• RAM 8GB
• PSU - 450Watt
• Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2 MicroATX AM3+

I'd like to have a 3GB GPU. However i'm still concerned, any help at all will be very grateful. P.S: I am from United Kingdom so possibly www.scan.co.uk is the place i'd like to purchase from. Any other site excluding international sites.

 

Thanks, Shine

 

[Guest]

Budget?

Also use PCPartPicker for picking out the best prices of things

Oh and preferable brand?

I personally would do a CPU upgrade first

[Mohenjo]

how much are you planning to spend?

[Mohenjo]

also ive never seen anyone put the name of there motherboard and not there cpu or gpu, its usually flipped lol 

[Shine]

how much are you planning to spend?

Not much around the £200 on the GPU

[Shine]

It's a quad core CPU (forgot to include that)

[OAcesync]

I would personally save up for a better CPU first but best GPU under £200

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-sapphire-radeon-r9-380-nitro-oc-28nm-pcie-30-(x16)-5800mhz-gddr5-985mhz-gpu-1792-streams-dp-hdmi

[ekuhlmann23]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-r9290dc2oc4gd5

 

If you dont mind spending 225

[Shine]

I would personally save up for a better CPU first but best GPU under £200

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-sapphire-radeon-r9-380-nitro-oc-28nm-pcie-30-(x16)-5800mhz-gddr5-985mhz-gpu-1792-streams-dp-hdmi

Sorry to brag. What are the downsides to my CPU and how does it effect the GPU ?

[Mohenjo]

I would personally save up for a better CPU first but best GPU under £200

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-sapphire-radeon-r9-380-nitro-oc-28nm-pcie-30-(x16)-5800mhz-gddr5-985mhz-gpu-1792-streams-dp-hdmi

actually he has an fx 4300 and a gpu would give a bigger boost then a new cpu and a crappy gpu

[Guest]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-r9290dc2oc4gd5

 

If you dont mind spending 225

you might see a bottleneck there just saying

[ekuhlmann23]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-axr9280x3gbd5t2dheoc

 

If not this one but you would have to upgrade your psu firts. If you dont want to (or cant upgrade the psu) then i would go for a 960

 

2gb: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-gtx9602gd5toc

 

4gb: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvn960wf2oc4gd

[Guest]

Sorry to brag. What are the downsides to my CPU and how does it effect the GPU ?

CPU is some 2-3 years old now, most i3's out preform it.

[ekuhlmann23]

you might see a bottleneck there just saying

Yeah probably. I think his best bet is the 960 because he doesnt need to upgrade anything else.

[Shine]

you might see a bottleneck there just saying

Could you explain what you're referring to by the term bottleneck? 

[Guest]

Could you explain what you're referring to by the term bottleneck? 

[Shine]

CPU is some 2-3 years old now, most i3's out preform it.

Ok, can you please give me recommendations that will replace the current one in the same socket ? 

[OAcesync]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-r9290dc2oc4gd5

 

If you dont mind spending 225

It would bottleneck and it's ASUS....

[Mohenjo]

CPU is some 2-3 years old now, most i3's out preform it.

itll be FINE at that range, i know ok? ive had an 380 in my build and it ran just as good as in my friends i5 build (ill be it not as good but still VERY WELL in games like mgs5 and gtaV)

[Guest]

Ok, can you please give me recommendations that will replace the current one in the same socket ? 

Current one same socket, All the CPU's are extremely old on the AM3+ socket, Its a dead socket. 

you'd really want a brand new one. Idealy you'd want to save on a serperate budget for a GPU. its not particle to stay on that socket, Its beyond old

ALSO the CPU is overclockable. Most people achive upwards of 3.8

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£49.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£81.23 @ More Computers) 

Total: £131.22

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-17 21:37 BST+0100

 

itll be FINE at that range, i know ok? ive had an 380 in my build and it ran just as good as in my friends i5 build (ill be it not as good but still VERY WELL in games like mgs5 and gtaV)

theres a BIG difference between a 6300 and a 4300...

[Mohenjo]

 

Current one same socket, All the CPU's are extremely old on the AM3+ socket, Its a dead socket. 

you'd really want a brand new one. Idealy you'd want to save on a serperate budget for a GPU. its not particle to stay on that socket, Its beyond old

ALSO the CPU is overclockable. Most people achive upwards of 3.8

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£49.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£81.23 @ More Computers) 

Total: £131.22

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-17 21:37 BST+0100

 

theres a BIG difference between a 6300 and a 4300...

 

not really man.... not at the gpu level hes buying... i think hes looking for a performance boost. the pentium is NOT WORTH IT over the fx 4300. especially blowing 200 dollars. 

[Shine]

 

Current one same socket, All the CPU's are extremely old on the AM3+ socket, Its a dead socket. 

you'd really want a brand new one. Idealy you'd want to save on a serperate budget for a GPU. its not particle to stay on that socket, Its beyond old

ALSO the CPU is overclockable. Most people achive upwards of 3.8

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£49.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£81.23 @ More Computers) 

Total: £131.22

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-17 21:37 BST+0100

 

theres a BIG difference between a 6300 and a 4300...

 

Ah thank you. I'll take it into good consideration, possibly sleep on it. 

[Mohenjo]

Ah thank you. I'll take it into good consideration, possibly sleep on it. 

no please dont do that its not worth it! look at this ( i know its korean but scroll down the bechmarks are english) 

 

http://udteam.tistory.com/639

[Guest]

no please dont do that its not worth it! look at this ( i know its korean but scroll down the bechmarks are english) 

 

http://udteam.tistory.com/639

That proves nothing

Your paring a high end GPU with a 4 core, Obviously the 4300 will win, but BF4 ISN'T a CPU heavy game

If you'd have any other benchmarks to show, Please do.

Also, last time I checked that CPU wasn't overclocked

Edit

Its not even the same chip. G3258 not a G3220

[Mohenjo]

That proves nothing

Your paring a high end GPU with a 4 core, Obviously the 4300 will win, but BF4 ISN'T a CPU heavy game

If you'd have any other benchmarks to show, Please do.

there are..... and they compare a 260x? how is that a high end gpu?

 

http://udteam.tistory.com/639 look there comparing several gpus. 260x to 290x 

 

They also compare theif