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Going to drop a new GPU into a machine with onboard graphics but I don't want to spend more than $150. The machine is used for light gaming mostly on older titles (pre 2011) and rendering 720P videos for school. Any ideas? Was looking at either 7850 or a 650 ti.

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Going to drop a new GPU into a machine with onboard graphics but I don't want to spend more than $150. The machine is used for light gaming mostly on older titles (pre 2011) and rendering 720P videos for school. Any ideas? Was looking at either 7850 or a 650 ti.

try squeeze some more out and get a 7900 series?

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650 ti BOOST?

Yeah i saw an EVGA 650 Ti boost on newegg for 150

 

try squeeze some more out and get a 7900 series?

It's a gift so again it's more just getting as much as I can for the price and hope they're happy with it.

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Yeah i saw an EVGA 650 Ti boost on newegg for 150

 

It's a gift so again it's more just getting as much as I can for the price and hope they're happy with it.

gift for you or from you? if its for you, try save up a lil money and put it towards it

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gift for you or from you? if its for you, try save up a lil money and put it towards it

No for someone else.

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No for someone else.

oh okay, well try find a nice 650 ti boost or 7850/7870 if you can

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7870 or save for a 7950

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See if you can find a used 470 or 560Ti at that price. They're both better than a 650Ti Boost, and I've seen them around that price on eBay before.

Edit: If noise is a problem, go for the 560Ti, not the 470.

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Okay so I was on facebook talking to him, turns out he's been getting into let's plays on youtube. SO, is shadowplay worth it to get the 650ti? because most benchmarks show the 7850 being higher.

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Okay so I was on facebook talking to him, turns out he's been getting into let's plays on youtube. SO, is shadowplay worth it to get the 650ti? because most benchmarks show the 7850 being higher.

If he's not using a capture card/device than I would go with the 7850. If you want to spend $30 more and get a 7950, the performance would surely be worth it.

 

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Okay so I was on facebook talking to him, turns out he's been getting into let's plays on youtube. SO, is shadowplay worth it to get the 650ti? because most benchmarks show the 7850 being higher.

650 Ti < 650 Ti boost < 660 < 7850.

Ask him whether he wants more performance or better streaming. 

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