GPU Suggestions

[Newbisgood]

I recently sold my HD7970 Ghz in prep for an upgrade, but in the interim need something that will pair up with my intel G3258 and play Blizzard and Arenanet games on as high as possible settings with one monitor at 1080p/60Hz but as low of a budget as possible.  Any suggestions would be much helpful. 

[Clanscorpia]

R7 series of cards? The 200 series is good, 300 series is mostly just rebrands

[GalacticRuler]

What budget do you have? For entry level, get a R7 260x. For mid-range, get a R9 380/390.

[LabRat]

use on board. you sold a card as good or better as those already suggested.

[GalacticRuler]

Forget what I said. To get better performance then you did with your 7970, you would have to get a R9 390 or higher.

[Spirit_Hunter]

perhaps a 750ti or a r9 285?

[GalacticRuler]

perhaps a 750ti or a r9 285?

Those would be downgrades from the 7970. The 7970 crushes a R9 380 in performance. He would have to get something at least better than a R9 380 for it to be worth it.

[Newbisgood]

The major upgrade isn't for now actually because I don't have the funds yet so I'm looking for a temporary backup card that's inexpensive but will run everything Blizzard has and Guild Wars 2.  I'd like to keep my budget in the 50-60 dollar range.  The integrated gpu of the cpu runs ok on all low settings but as soon as I get into congested areas like raids or in areas that even with the lowest graphical settings will display stuff like mists of smoke and the like, the frames drop. 

[Spirit_Hunter]

Those would be downgrades from the 7970. The 7970 crushes a R9 380 in performance. He would have to get something at least better than a R9 380 for it to be worth it.

 

my bad, I dont have a lot of knowledge with older hardware. I figured that those two budget options would outperform it.

[DarkBlade2117]

The major upgrade isn't for now actually because I don't have the funds yet so I'm looking for a temporary backup card that's inexpensive but will run everything Blizzard has and Guild Wars 2.  I'd like to keep my budget in the 50-60 dollar range.  The integrated gpu of the cpu runs ok on all low settings but as soon as I get into congested areas like raids or in areas that even with the lowest graphical settings will display stuff like mists of smoke and the like, the frames drop.

Should of kept your 7970 until more funds came to be completely honest. Look for something used.

[Newbisgood]

The price of used stuff goes for about the same as New stuff currently being sold as part of the Black Friday bargain especially that EVGA post in the Hot Bargains section of this forum.  Maybe you could help me decide on something from there? 

[LabRat]

i got an email for a referb 7750 at newegg for $40 today..??

[Newbisgood]

i got an email for a referb 7750 at newegg for $40 today..??

As a matter of fact yeah I saw that and I wonder how much of an improvement it'll be.

[don_svetlio]

As a matter of fact yeah I saw that and I wonder how much of an improvement it'll be.

7970 >>>>>>>>>>>> 7750

Intel HD 4600 = 7750

[Newbisgood]

7970 >>>>>>>>>>>> 7750

Intel HD 4600 = 7750

Ok, then I'll wait lol. 

[LabRat]

i still don't understand why you gave away a good card in the first place. what are you "upgrading" to ?

[LabRat]

i still don't understand why you gave away a good card in the first place. what are you "upgrading" to ?