Best Used Nvidia GPU under $150?

[Joe Bennett]

Hi everyone! I'm currently building a PC, and while I planned on putting a GTX 970 in my build, some complications came up with my budget, and now I only have $150 or less to throw at a used Nvidia GPU... No, I am not waiting for the 1070, I've spent 2 years waiting to build this rig, and 90% of it is already being shipped out now. And no, I'm not interested in AMD products. I'm a 3D Artist, and AMD is not very compatible with my software of choice. Anyhow, CUDA Cores and Vram are very important factors... I have a 750 Watt PSU to power it, but low power is more optimal, because in 6 months to a year, I'm going to save up for the 1080, because of it's abundance of CUDA Cores  Any help is appreciated, and please only link if the company is United States based, or will ship to the United States. Thanks

-Joey

[mikat]

gtx 770?

[Joe Bennett]

4 minutes ago, mikat said:

gtx 770?

Perhaps... Is a 770 better than a 750 4 GB ti? Or a 960?

 

[Dackzy]

3 minutes ago, TowerCG said:

Perhaps... Is a 770 better than a 750 4 GB ti? Or a 960?

 

Better than the 750 about the same as the 960

[Joe Bennett]

3 minutes ago, Wikiforce said:

when did it got that cheap?

Can be picked up on ebay for $130 used... 

[Joe Bennett]

3 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

Better than the 750 about the same as the 960

And how does the 770 compare?

[Dackzy]

Just now, TowerCG said:

And how does the 770 compare?

that was the comparison, maybe the 770 is a tiny bit faster than the 960, but Nvidia have maybe nerfed the 770.

[Joe Bennett]

2 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

that was the comparison, maybe the 770 is a tiny bit faster than the 960, but Nvidia have maybe nerfed the 770.

Oh, sorry, misread

[Djole123]

680 is not a bad card and you can get one for 100-150$ easily.

 

Here's one for 70$:

http://m.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-Nvidia-geforce-GTX-680-3-GB-LAST-PRICE-gtx680-3gb-WORKS-100-FEEDBACK-/272256039807?nav=SEARCH

[Joe Bennett]

Hmm, not sure about 600 series... A bit old ain't it?

[Enderman]

12 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

Nvidia have maybe nerfed the 770.

stop with the BS conspiracy theories

dont be so gullible

[Joe Bennett]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

stop with the BS conspiracy theories

dont be so gullible

Sometimes conspiracy can be true though...

[Enderman]

Just now, TowerCG said:

Sometimes conspiracy can be true though...

it is not

that's why i'm calling you gullible

[ivan134]

3 minutes ago, TowerCG said:

Hmm, not sure about 600 series... A bit old ain't it?

The 770 is a rebrand 680.

[Joe Bennett]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

it is not

that's why i'm calling you gullible

Wouldn't the gullible one, be the one that believes what the company is saying?

[Dackzy]

4 minutes ago, Enderman said:

stop with the BS conspiracy theories

dont be so gullible

But they kinda do just a insanly little at a time we are maybe talking 5% of a single frame nerf. I have seen Nvidia drivers nerf performance on the 780ti just before the 900 series was out. There was a update for a new game update (BF4) I did not download the update before I played it and I got about 8fps more than after the update, so yeah they do this.

[stconquest]

GTX 950 or a used GTX 960.

 

There is no program that requires CUDA cores.

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, TowerCG said:

Wouldn't the gullible one, be the one that believes what the company is saying?

 

1 minute ago, Dackzy said:

But they kinda do just a insanly little at a time we are maybe talking 5% of a single frame nerf. I have seen Nvidia drivers nerf performance on the 780ti just before the 900 series was out. There was a update for a game I did not download the update before I played it and I got about 8fps more than after the update, so yeah they do this.

 

the gullible ones are people like you who refuse to look at benchmarks of older GPUs before the 900 series was released and compare them to recently done benchmarks using the newest drivers

 

 

GUESS WHAT?

the GTX700 series didnt lose any performance

its the GTX900 series which continuously got better with driver updates

 

maybe you need to look up the definition of "nerfed" because clearly you dont understand what is happening here

[aisle9]

770 or 960 if you can find them. Doubt you'll find anything better in that price range unless you wait for desperation unloads of 970s.

[Dackzy]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

 

 

the gullible ones are people like you who refuse to look at benchmarks of older GPUs before the 900 series was released and compare them to recently done benchmarks using the newest drivers

 

 

GUESS WHAT?

the GTX700 series didnt lose any performance

its the GTX900 series which continuously got better with driver updates

 

maybe you need to look up the definition of "nerfed" because clearly you dont understand what is happening here

So loosing 8fps with a driver update is not beeing nerfed, I think you need to look up the definition of a lot of things and get out of your own little dream world. I OWNED THE GOD DAMN 780TI AND SAW IT WITH MY OWN EYES.

[Joe Bennett]

4 minutes ago, stconquest said:

GTX 950 or a used GTX 960.

 

There is no program that requires CUDA cores.

Blender... All I have to say. Blender uses CUDA Cores to Render complex 3D Images.

[Dackzy]

4 minutes ago, Enderman said:

its the GTX900 series which continuously got better with driver updates

You are joking right? Have you not updated your drivers yet? Nvidia are making shit drivers right now and no the performance of the 900 series does not really get better.

[Joe Bennett]

5 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

770 or 960 if you can find them. Doubt you'll find anything better in that price range unless you wait for desperation unloads of 970s.

Thanks, I think I'll go for a 770

[Enderman]

1 minute ago, Dackzy said:

So loosing 8fps with a driver update is not beeing nerfed, I think you need to look up the definition of a lot of things and get out of your own little dream world. I OWNED THE GOD DAMN 780TI AND SAW IT WITH MY OWN EYES.

lol

well my 770 is getting more fps now than it did 2 years ago, so "I SAW IT WITH MY OWN EYES"

 

if you're going to base facts on some random test you did yourself with no control or multiple benchmarks, thats useless data

go look at real professionally done benchmarks of 700 series cards, and you will see that they did not lose performance compared to 2 year ago before 900 series was released

in most cases they got BETTER

 

so yeah

thats why i dont go around saying "I SAW IT WITH MY OWN EYES MUST BE TRUE"

because 1 test doesnt mean anything

[Enderman]

6 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

You are joking right? Have you not updated your drivers yet? Nvidia are making shit drivers right now and no the performance of the 900 series does not really get better.

my 770 has gotten better for sure compared to 2 years ago before the 900 series existed

I'm running the latest drivers too