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I'm looking for a good, cheap GPU (nothing over £100), for doing a mixture of gaming (mostly portal 2, kerbal space program and similar) and render jobs (cycles render). This would replace a geforce 9600gt.

Any suggestions? I'd prefer nvidia, or something that plays nice with linux.

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14 minutes ago, kerbingamer376 said:

I'm looking for a good, cheap GPU (nothing over £100), for doing a mixture of gaming (mostly portal 2, kerbal space program and similar) and render jobs (cycles render). This would replace a geforce 9600gt.

Any suggestions? I'd prefer nvidia, or something that plays nice with linux.

Maybe a GTX 750TI or R7 360. Which resolution you want to play this games? If 720p you may consider the r7 240 which is not a good gpu but it will be ok for these games.

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38 minutes ago, cdsboy2000 said:

Rendering with what? OpenCL vs CUDA depends heavily on your workflow.

 

Blender cycles. CUDA seems to work best with it, although opencl seems to be supported.

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2 minutes ago, kerbingamer376 said:

 

Blender cycles. CUDA seems to work best with it, although opencl seems to be supported.

Something like a GTX 1060 might be a good option depending on how it performs when it comes out.

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2 minutes ago, cdsboy2000 said:

Something like a GTX 1060 might be a good option depending on how it performs when it comes out.

cheap GPU (nothing over £100)

If you can find a GTX 1060 bellow 100 I want to get it too.

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2 minutes ago, Legenderys said:

cheap GPU (nothing over £100)

If you can find a GTX 1060 bellow 100 I want to get it too.

Sorry I can't read :P

GTX 950 is your friend

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5 minutes ago, cdsboy2000 said:

Sorry I can't read :P

GTX 950 is your friend

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487159&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker, LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

lowest price at the market is 140 dollars and with a discount I think he can actually get it with 109. Nice (go for it)

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18 minutes ago, Legenderys said:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487159&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker, LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

lowest price at the market is 140 dollars and with a discount I think he can actually get it with 109. Nice (go for it)

http://pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#c=329&sort=a8&page=1

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On 15/07/2016 at 9:41 PM, Legenderys said:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487159&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker, LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

lowest price at the market is 140 dollars and with a discount I think he can actually get it with 109. Nice (go for it)

Sadly, because of where I live, that card becomes £150 with shipping costs and customs.

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A GTX 950 (if you can afford it) or a GTX 750 Ti...

 

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You can get a 950 used for wayyy cheaper... Provided that you are comfortable with buying used hardware, you can get better/cheaper deals... Both the GTX 760 and the 950 sell for less than $100 on eBay...

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Guys will you please learn to read, hes not american... he is english, have you ever heard of import duties fgs... you could get a used gtx 670 for around £80-90, i have a 670 for sale and only want £70, nothing wrong with it i just decided to upgrade my girlfriends pc to a 970 which i had spare.

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4 minutes ago, TheHappyJarhead said:

Guys will you please learn to read, hes not american... he is english, have you ever heard of import duties fgs... you could get a used gtx 670 for around £80-90, i have a 670 for sale and only want £70, nothing wrong with it i just decided to upgrade my girlfriends pc to a 970 which i had spare.

$1=£0.757920267

So, something that costs $100 in £ is:

~£75...

As far as I know import charges do not apply for items below £100...

(Correct me if I am wrong) 

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2 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

$1=£0.757920267

So, something that costs $100 in £ is:

~£75...

As far as I know import charges do not apply for items below £100...

(Correct me if I am wrong) 

but the shipping cost makes it more like £150, if you read my last posts.

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1 minute ago, kerbingamer376 said:

but the shipping cost makes it more like £150, if you read my last posts.

Hmm... I had found some 950s for below $100 WITH shipping one month ago... Guess I was lucky :P

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3 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Hmm... I had found some 950s for below $100 WITH shipping one month ago... Guess I was lucky :P

I mean shipping to the UK.

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If you are handling massive projects then a dedicated Quadro or Firepro will be best, it don't have to be very high end, it's just better suited with reliability.

 

I can say if it's just casual uploading a game or something online, then any GeForce or Radeon will do that for you.

Being honest i would care more about your CPU though, rendering is still a heavily CPU reliant task if you want best results.

E7-8890 V3 x2 , 12TB DDR4 @ 1866, Quadro K6000's + 2x GTX 1080's.

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I'm only doing small projects, but I'd like something capable of CUDA, as that is what my render engine uses.

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4 minutes ago, kerbingamer376 said:

I'm only doing small projects, but I'd like something capable of CUDA, as that is what my render engine uses.

You may have to excuse me if i post anything off, i will browse Ebay UK for you since 100 pounds is not a lot of money after conversion to USD.

 

GTX 680, comparable to GTX 960.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/nVidia-GeForce-Gainward-GTX-680-2GB-/262523164056?hash=item3d1f999598:g:5P0AAOSwvg9XX-rO

 

Radeon 7970. Comparable to R9 280X.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gigabyte-AMD-Radeon-HD-7970-3072-MB-GDDR5-boxed-perfect-condition-/282099816174?hash=item41ae7596ee:g:upUAAOSwanRXhiUf

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£109 inc free delivery on GTX 950:

 

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk-geforce-gtx-950-reference-design-2048mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-216-ok.html#free_items

 

Or £99.95 inc free delivery for 750 Ti with a nicer cooler:

 

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/evga-geforce-gtx-750ti-ftw-acx-2048mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-02g-p4-3757-kr-gx-242-ea.html

Linus is my fetish.

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i tried to get some custom tags for my astros, £25 yeah, they tried to charge me a total of £94 for the shipping and duties, no thanks.

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