What GPU chould I buy?

[robbedurnez]

Hello,

 

A couple of months ago I built my computer but I didn't have the money for a GPU at that time. Because I'm doing so good at school, my grandmother wants to buy me a GPU but of course that can't be a GTX 980 or a GTX  970. I should really have to convince her to even buy a GTX 960. Since there are so many video cards available nowadays, what would be the best option? My demand is not to run the most recent games at max settings. I'm the kind of person that is happy with mid to high settings. On other forums I see that VRAM is also becoming very popular, so the number 1 question I have is: should a GTX 950 with 2GB of VRAM be enough for gaming nowadays? If you have any suggestions, please leave a comment below, you would really help me out!

Note: I don't have the need to have one of the newest GPU's that's on the market right now. A 700-series card with decent quality should also do the job, I think.

[don_svetlio]

R9 380 4G is optimal in that price range - or a 270X.

[zzenigmaxzz]

if you dont mind older tech you can try for a 280x or a 290 

 

would help to know exactly what you have available to spend and what the rest of your rig is like

[Paytend01]

r9 380

[robbedurnez]

Hi,

 

Thanks for the replies already, but I'm kind of a Nvidia fan because the cards tend to run cooler so they are easier to overclock.

[don_svetlio]

Hi,

 

Thanks for the replies already, but I'm kind of a Nvidia fan because the cards tend to run cooler so they are easier to overclock.

I'd assume you want the card to last and the R9 380, unlikely the 960, properly supports DX12 and is not bandwidth-starved with a laptop-like 128-bit memory interface. It's 15% faster on average.

[Hemanse]

Hi,

 

Thanks for the replies already, but I'm kind of a Nvidia fan because the cards tend to run cooler so they are easier to overclock.

 

Not sure what you mean about easier to overclock? They overclock exactly the same way, if you mean overclock better, then that really comes down to the silicon lottery. When it comes to heat, that kinda varies quite wildly, if you for example go for Sapphire or MSI, they are gonna perform just as good as their NVIDIA counterparts, might be 3-5 degrees hotter, but thats really it.