Low end Graphics Card

[Guest]

Hello everybody,

 

My friend finally considered getting a graphics card, but his budget is about 100 USD.

I know there aren't a lot of acceptable cards at this price tag, and right now we're looking at a R7 240.

 

Thanks,

Peter 

[aisle9]

The R7 240 is worth its weight in turdfeathers.

 

What site are you shopping at? Any chance you might go used? Could probably find something like an R9 280 or GTX 960 at that price point pretty easily.

[Davish]

I would not recommend the r7 240

Go with the 750 ti or the rx 460 if you can find a good price

(r7 370 wouldn't be bad as well, only if you can find one for under $100)

[alexhelvetica]

What are their specs and can they buy used,? 

If they cannot buy used, you can get GTX 750tis for $100

[Guest]

Just now, aisle9 said:

What site are you shopping at?

Well considering I live in Romania, I use local shops and sites, for example http://www.pcgarage.ro/

 

 

[imreloadin]

5 minutes ago, Puhtutz said:

Well considering I live in Romania, I use local shops and sites, for example http://www.pcgarage.ro/

 

 

The best I could find in that price range is the R7 360.

Not sure about in Romania however

[aisle9]

2 minutes ago, Puhtutz said:

Well considering I live in Romania, I use local shops and sites, for example http://www.pcgarage.ro/

 

 

Assuming Professor Google is correct and $100 US equates to roughly 400 RON, I'd probably go for any of the 2GB GDDR5 R7 250 cards. They're based on the Radeon 7770, IIRC, and the 7770 can still handle modern titles at 1080p assuming the settings are dialed back. If you can stretch the budget a bit (or use integrated graphics while saving up the difference), any of the three cards below would give you a much better experience for not a lot more cash:

 

http://www.pcgarage.ro/placi-video/sapphire/radeon-r7-360-oc-nitro-2gb-ddr5-128-bit-lite/

http://www.pcgarage.ro/placi-video/msi/radeon-r7-360-oc-v1-2gb-ddr5-128-bit/

http://www.pcgarage.ro/placi-video/zotac/geforce-gtx-750-2gb-ddr5-128-bit-hdmi-1/

 

The 750 Ti family would be my personal favorite at that price range if purchasing new.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Assuming Professor Google is correct and $100 US equates to roughly 400 RON, I'd probably go for any of the 2GB GDDR5 R7 250 cards. They're based on the Radeon 7770, IIRC, and the 7770 can still handle modern titles at 1080p assuming the settings are dialed back. If you can stretch the budget a bit (or use integrated graphics while saving up the difference), any of the three cards below would give you a much better experience for not a lot more cash:

 

http://www.pcgarage.ro/placi-video/sapphire/radeon-r7-360-oc-nitro-2gb-ddr5-128-bit-lite/

http://www.pcgarage.ro/placi-video/msi/radeon-r7-360-oc-v1-2gb-ddr5-128-bit/

http://www.pcgarage.ro/placi-video/zotac/geforce-gtx-750-2gb-ddr5-128-bit-hdmi-1/

 

The 750 Ti family would be my personal favorite at that price range if purchasing new.

You actually went trough searching cards on a romanian site. Props to you sir.

[aisle9]

3 minutes ago, Puhtutz said:

You actually went trough searching cards on a romanian site. Props to you sir.

GTX 750 Ti in Romanian is still GTX 750 Ti. Figuring out how to get to the GTX 750 Ti, on the other hand...