Low budget Graphics card for old motherboard

[nermain]

Hello people, this is my first post here.

I am going to build a pc in christmas maybe, or a little older, i want to wait for ZEN to come up , to decide either go to AMD or INTEL cpu+motherboard

although untill then, i want to play my favorite PC game witch is SKYRIM at ultra settings (not mod) i mean the higher settings i can get.

I bough the game 5 years ago, but i never finished it because i wanted to have the experience of awesome graphics, my pc was 2 years old at the time and i was 13 years old , so i had no idea to buy more ram when it was cheap (Ddr2 pc26400) or a graphics card , i was like, okay expensive PCs play good games) 

so my old PC is

GA-G41-ESL2 motherboard , i updated to the latest BIOS

my processor is Intel Pentium E5300 Overclocked at 3315mhz (dual core) with new thermal paste it goes around 64C full load for couple of hours

my ram is 4G(although it supports 8G but, i believe it doesn't worth the 100 euros for just 8G, with 100 euros i can buy a processor 16G of ddr3 ram and a new motherboard) 

when i first bought it was 2G+1 kingston pc26400(2G-UDIMM) the 1G was kingston pc26400 but 333mhz instead of 400mhz (although it says 800mhz and Oclocked i think is at 1000mhz something) which was the 2G

 

i found a 2G of ram long ago which my PC just never accepted, but after i updated the BIOs and overclocked the CPU to 3.315mhz it just showed up like miracle , this 2G ram is same PC2-6400 but trancend Information JM800QLU-2G

i had a problem with ram lately, for some reason something happened and it wasn't recognized, but after i pull of the ram and install it again, it worked like nothing happen, but the situation was like the CPU failed, booting up with no screen etc.

 

Anyways my Graphics card is Nvidia geforce 9500GT the 512mb version, i overclocked it once, but after i installed samsung evo 256gb and clean installing W7 i thought it's hopeless since this card is for trash

i also cleaned dust from everything and got a new , more cool case because the old one was for trash, like the inside  with aerocool cruisestar , i put 2 12cm red led fans on top , it had one infront and one smaller at back.

The cool thing with this case is, that  , it's dustproof , really limited dust gets inside, but the filter i used for back, helped the situation more.

 

So my  question is, what Graphics card should i take to run Skyrim at full settings ? Plus Rome 2 at high or something

and new games at low. 

My budget can be 150$, i plan on using it for a while after i build my pc, if i haven't colected the money for a Rx 8gb 

I struggled my head all day, cant decide. You guys must know better than me.Oh and one more question about ram, i can't really find 2x4G ddr2 pc6400? i mean with less than 100$ it's just ridiculous how expensive those got.

[flackjack4]

a used nvidia gtx 960, 970 or amd 380, 290 should more than suffice and be available at your price. i know that used prices for a 960-970 here in america are around 120-150 US dollars so i can't imagine you not being able to find a decent used one.

[nermain]

Just now, flackjack4 said:

a used nvidia gtx 960, 970 or amd 380, 290 should more than suffice and be available at your price. i know that used prices for a 960-970 here in america are around 120-150 US dollars so i can't imagine you not being able to find a decent used one.

 

That's for sure if i lived anywhere near US , but here in eastern europe it's just more expensive to buy from US, like ebay , i find import charges 40$, delivery 32$ when the price is 150$, i can find a 

Gigabyte GeForce GTX960 4GB WindForce

  New,, for 235 euros or 261$

[Bluebeano]

1 minute ago, nermain said:

That's for sure if i lived anywhere near US , but here in eastern europe it's just more expensive to buy from US, like ebay , i find import charges 40$, delivery 32$ when the price is 150$, i can find a 

Gigabyte GeForce GTX960 4GB WindForce

  New,, for 235 euros or 261$

Have you tried CraigsList or Gumtree or whatever?

[nermain]

2 minutes ago, Bluebeano said:

Have you tried CraigsList or Gumtree or whatever?

I've tried similar sites in me region 

[flackjack4]

a brand new gtx 950 or amd 370 might be in your price and should still get the job done for the time being.

[TheRandomness]

4 minutes ago, flackjack4 said:

a brand new gtx 950 or amd 370 might be in your price and should still get the job done for the time being.

 

10 minutes ago, nermain said:

That's for sure if i lived anywhere near US , but here in eastern europe it's just more expensive to buy from US, like ebay , i find import charges 40$, delivery 32$ when the price is 150$, i can find a 

Gigabyte GeForce GTX960 4GB WindForce

  New,, for 235 euros or 261$

Those will bottleneck really fucking hard. A used R7 260X would be better but if you're upgrading in the future an RX 460 or used 380 would be the best option.

[Visordo]

A GTX 950 seems like a good fit and you can reuse it latter on the new PC. But if you can get your hands on a GTX 750 Ti (this one does not need PCI power connectors) that would be ideal too.

 

Amzon.de List the GTX 750 Ti new in €110 to €140 some with free shipping.

[Bluebeano]

7 minutes ago, nermain said:

I've tried similar sites in me region 

What country are you in?

[flackjack4]

a 260x should get the job done and be very cheap.

[nermain]

1 minute ago, Bluebeano said:

What country are you in?

Greece friend

[nermain]

3 minutes ago, Visordo said:

A GTX 950 seems like a good fit and you can reuse it latter on the new PC. But if you can get your hands on a GTX 750 Ti (this one does not need PCI power connectors) that would be ideal too.

 

Amzon.de List the GTX 750 Ti new in €110 to €140 some with free shipping.

 

That's weird, cause i can find it in local store for 115 euro brand new

[nermain]

Thank you for your replies 

i am between 

GTX750 Ti

and 

XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition

both brand new cost about the same 110E-120E but i think the x260 is better and i can find it on ebay for 80euros

[nermain]

actually i find the best deal i think

XFX Radeon RX460 4GB DD (RX-460P4DFG5)

  156 euros brand new.

[Nena Trinity]

3 minutes ago, nermain said:

actually i find the best deal i think

XFX Radeon RX460 4GB DD (RX-460P4DFG5)

  156 euros brand new.

It is slightly weaker than the GTX 950, also the RX 470 is better value. Since you are gonna upgrade later a RX 470 may not be a bad idea...

[nermain]

12 minutes ago, Nena360 said:

It is slightly weaker than the GTX 950, also the RX 470 is better value. Since you are gonna upgrade later a RX 470 may not be a bad idea...

so which RX 470 would you propose? 

i have to mention my psu is 450W

[nermain]

but i can get one for $40

[nermain]

Since i can't have more ram because it's pointless, i should get the 8gb right? i am a newbie sorry if i told something that's wrong

[Nena Trinity]

29 minutes ago, nermain said:

so which RX 470 would you propose? 

i have to mention my psu is 450W

Hmm maybe it is safer to stick to the RX 460 then!