old high end card vs new mid range

[TurkarYash]

I am thinking of getting a budget card for my htpc to play some old titles and rocket league split screen

what should I get

a new budget card or an old 580 or 590?

[Marcus Torre DeProspero]

I would go for the old card myself. But the new cards have more support for the newer features in video games so I would recommend a newer card unless you just don't care.

[don_svetlio]

A R9 380 is quite a bit faster than a 580

A 590 WILL sound like a leafblower AND produce enough heat to roast a pig with.

[The_Stig]

Newer card. A GTX 750ti will give a 480 an epic duel so something like a 960 or 380 will demolish a 580.

[PumaXCS]

I would get something like a R9 280/290 for an "older" card. You start digging too far back and the support starts to get flaky. 

 

If the options are GTX 500 series or current, I'd go current.

[TurkarYash]

Just now, The_Stig said:

Newer card. A GTX 750ti will give a 480 an epic duel so something like a 960 or 380 will demolish a 580.

I already have a 750ti in my main pc ,  I don't game much on it. it is used only for its cuda cores and for matlab processing

so is it betting going for a 690 in the main pc and 750 in the HTPC?

[TheRandomness]

9 minutes ago, TurkarYash said:

I already have a 750ti in my main pc ,  I don't game much on it. it is used only for its cuda cores and for matlab processing

so is it betting going for a 690 in the main pc and 750 in the HTPC?

The 690, with SLI working, performs better than a 980. The VRAM is the only problem. 

[TurkarYash]

1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

The 690, with SLI working, performs better than a 980. The VRAM is the only problem. 

you mean 690 in SLI?

2 690s?

 

[TheRandomness]

Just now, TurkarYash said:

you mean 690 in SLI?

2 690s?

 

No, because the 690 is a dual GPU (its 2 680s) card not all games support SLI between them, therefore it performs like a single 680. 

[TurkarYash]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

No, because the 690 is a dual GPU (its 2 680s) card not all games support SLI between them, therefore it performs like a single 680. 

as I don't want to game on it....will it be better for processing using the 3000+ cuda cores

[Guest]

Form factor/power usage/heat production would be my concerns. 

 

Generally entry level cards this generation are going to be better in all three categories, especially with some of them getting refreshes into smaller forms. 

[TheRandomness]

35 minutes ago, TurkarYash said:

as I don't want to game on it....will it be better for processing using the 3000+ cuda cores

vs. a 750Ti? Yes, by a lot. 

[DarkBlade2117]

Depends, what is your total budget? I was going to get a HD7970 or GTX 770/680 though I figured I am not making the same mistake with my 750ti where I could of spent an extra $70 to get a PSU and could of gotten a GTX 950.

[arniks8]

Depends from price. If it's like 50$ then yeah, but otherwise 750(ti).