What GPU do I NEED?

[Hannibal]

I just finished my first build but i do not have a gpu installed. My build is an Asrock M8 Z97 barebones, G.Skill 8GB (soon to be 16), Sandisk 120GB SSD, WD Black 1TB HDD and Intel i7 4790K.

 

With these stats, what do i need to play skyrim at 1080/HD at 45+ FPS?

[Bazilias]

I just finished my first build but i do not have a gpu installed. My build is an Asrock M8 Z97 barebones, G.Skill 8GB (soon to be 16), Sandisk 120GB SSD, WD Black 1TB HDD.

 

With these stats, what do i need to play skyrim at 1080/HD at 45+ FPS?

What is your budget?

[Dobbsjr]

I just finished my first build but i do not have a gpu installed. My build is an Asrock M8 Z97 barebones, G.Skill 8GB (soon to be 16), Sandisk 120GB SSD, WD Black 1TB HDD.

 

With these stats, what do i need to play skyrim at 1080/HD at 45+ FPS?

What is your budget?

[Dobbsjr]

What is your budget?

We said the exact same thing lol

[Sam Z Man]

What CPU do you even have?

[Hannibal]

LOL!!! I am hoping no more than $300 but am moderately flexible. 

[Guest]

LOL!!! I am hoping no more than $300 but am moderately flexible. 

R9 390, there is one for $275 at Newegg. 

[Bazilias]

LOL!!! I am hoping no more than $300 but am moderately flexible. 

AMD R9 380 or AMD R9 390 for 60+ FPS.

[Samsterstorm]

I just finished my first build but i do not have a gpu installed. My build is an Asrock M8 Z97 barebones, G.Skill 8GB (soon to be 16), Sandisk 120GB SSD, WD Black 1TB HDD and Intel i7 4790K.

 

With these stats, what do i need to play skyrim at 1080/HD at 45+ FPS?

AMD: R9 380 or if you can get one a R9 390 for 60+fps modded skyrim at 1080p

Nvidia: 970, get a nice MSI, Gigabyte or EVGA model and you will be all set, nice OC and they can be as fast or faster than a refrance 980...

[Hannibal]

Thanks Guys this was pretty unanimous 

[Hannibal]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-r9390gaming8g

vs

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-r9380gaming4g

[Curufinwe_wins]

Skyrim can be done 1080p with almost anything on the market today without any issue.

 

A 750ti is overkill for that.

 

But the 390 is the best price to performance.

 

 

I have an insanely over-modded skyrim running on a 980ti locked at 75hz at 2x forced supersampling 1440p with a super low amount of utilization.

[Guest]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-r9390gaming8g

vs

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-r9380gaming4g

R9 390 is better but its more expensive.

Watch these benchmarks and you can decide for yourself if its worth the extra cash.

[WynLore]

The 390 is +/- USD$300 (I haven't seen a 390 cost more than USD$320, though. But thats just what I've seen so far).

But a 380 or 380X (I personally don't see a benefit in the 380X, IMHO, when the 380 is there and its barely behind the 380X... just barely) would be a good alternative if you don't want to add that extra $1-20 or more into your budget.