GPU for 1680x1050

[LokiFire]

I am able to get a new board for my PC for £60 a 990FXA-UD3 Gigabyte for my 980 BE.

So I will have some spare money, around 80-100 spare, I will use Ebay as new is not cheap and I will just stay with my 7770 else.

So any recommendations?

[daniellearmouth]

Have you considered finding a second one of your 7770?

It'll boost your performance up a fair bit, and it's cheaper than buying a new card regardless. I run it for that reason.

also because i'm waiting for pascal nvidoo pls

[WereCat]

You could maybe get R9 280/7970/7950 used for £100 or R9 270x/7870GHz/7870

[LokiFire]

Won't a 7970 type performance card bottleneck under my 980 BE?

And Nvidia being better suited to lower performing CPU's?

[Vegetable]

Won't a 7970 type performance card bottleneck under my 980 BE?

And Nvidia being better suited to lower performing CPU's?

Nvidia/amd means nothing for low performance CPU's. I would say a used 7950/7970 is your best bet, the bottleneck will be small at best tbh.

[Nena Trinity]

Won't a 7970 type performance card bottleneck under my 980 BE?

And Nvidia being better suited to lower performing CPU's?

Yes Nvidia seems to do better with dual-cores than AMD!

[LokiFire]

Yes Nvidia seems to do better with dual-cores than AMD!

So my CPU is not that slow then? It used to run at 4.3ghz before my PC hit the deck for 2 years.

[Nena Trinity]

So my CPU is not that slow then? It used to run at 4.3ghz before my PC hit the deck for 2 years.

Well I heard it had issues with dual-cores I am not sure speed is always related to the problems!

[Ostwind]

Nvidia/amd means nothing for low performance CPU's. I would say a used 7950/7970 is your best bet, the bottleneck will be small at best tbh.

Not entirely correct, Nvidia's drivers are lighter on the CPU than AMD's so if you have a low end or older CPU you could run into performance issues.

[LokiFire]

Not entirely correct, Nvidia's drivers are lighter on the CPU than AMD's so if you have a low end or older CPU you could run into performance issues.

This is what I was getting at and in a recent Digital Foundry video on Fallout 4 this issue was really pronounced where the GTX 960 was ahead of the R9 380X even though it's a slower card.

[Praesi]

What the Hell is 1050?  :blink:

[SteveGrabowski0]

This is what I was getting at and in a recent Digital Foundry video on Fallout 4 this issue was really pronounced where the GTX 960 was ahead of the R9 380X even though it's a slower card.

 

Nvidia is definitely the way to go with low end cpus. I'd look to see if you can find a GTX 670, GTX 760, GTX 660 Ti, or GTX 660, in that order from best to worst.

[Vegetable]

What the Hell is 1050?  :blink:

basically before 16:9 resolutions, there was 16:10. This included the popular 1680x1050 and 1920x1200.

[LokiFire]

A GTX 670 2GB would be a beast at 1050P ?