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What is the best or the most powerful GPU for $160? Please do not say GPUs that are $200 

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Save up allowance for an extra two weeks, spend the extra $30 ($20 of which you'll get back in a month or so) and get significantly more performance than any <$160 card.

 

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Just now, BailyStufins said:

What is the best or the most powerful GPU for $160? Please do not say GPUs that are $200 

Used? 7950/7970/280/280x. New? A 950 probably. Assuming USD.

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950. 

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based on what's on your profile, leave the gpu for now and get some better storage in that thing, using IDE today should be considered self-torture.

 

that said, probably something like a 950, or look for second hand deals.

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2 hours ago, manikyath said:

based on what's on your profile, leave the gpu for now and get some better storage in that thing, using IDE today should be considered self-torture.

 

that said, probably something like a 950, or look for second hand deals.

Oh forgot to mention its not mine is my uncles, He asked me to build him a pc for $400 so i did and i have about a $160-$180 budget for GPU

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1 minute ago, BailyStufins said:

Oh forgot to mention its not mine is my uncles, He asked me to build him a pc for $400 so i did and i have about a $160-$180 budget for GPU

It'd be better to get a used card at that price. You should be able to easily find a 280/280X/285/7970 for that price, possibly a 290.

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2 hours ago, byalexandr said:

It'd be better to get a used card at that price. You should be able to easily find a 280/280X/285/7970 for that price, possibly a 290.

Right now im stuck between a 950 and a 770 but ill check into AMD cards 

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16 minutes ago, BailyStufins said:

Oh forgot to mention its not mine is my uncles, He asked me to build him a pc for $400 so i did and i have about a $160-$180 budget for GPU

What's the rest of the build? and what's the use case? 

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2 hours ago, djdwosk97 said:

What's the rest of the build? and what's the use case? 

The use case is only Gta V, G-Mod and Left 4 Dead 1,2,3

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3 minutes ago, BailyStufins said:

The use case is only Gta V, G-Mod and Left 4 Dead 1,2,3

And what's the rest of the build? 

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2 hours ago, djdwosk97 said:

And what's the rest of the build? 

i5 750 Probably OCed
Asus H55 LGA 1156 motherboard
4GB DDR3 memory
(Some GPU Here)
320GB Samsung Spinpoint HDD
Cooler Master Wavemaster Case
Arctic Alpine 11 GT cpu cooler
EVGA 430 watt PSU

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29 minutes ago, BailyStufins said:

Right now im stuck between a 950 and a 770 but ill check into AMD cards 

Please do, the 770 sucks because Nvidia destroyed the drivers for Kepler. Even a 280X would beat it if I recall correctly. A 290 would compete with a GTX 970.

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