What GPU for Old System

[MCCOPRA]

Ok so got a system from trading one of my systems and

got this gem

 

i3 3240

8gb (2x4gb)

GA-Z68P-DS3

HD6670

500gb hdd

450w thermaltake psu with one 6 pin pci-e

 

i want to revive it so it can at least can play some games 720-1080p but i don't want to overdue it with a RX480.

 

so what should i get for it

 

GTX 750ti

GTX 950

GTX 1050

 

or

 

R7 360

RX 460

 

prob will gift it to a friend for a good price

[SenioRR]

RX 460 is the best choice in my opinion. I made a build for a friend with the RX 460 and an i3 and he is very pleased with his little PC. 

[samcool55]

Why not an rx 470?

I have an i3 4170 with an rx 480, not THAT bad tbh

[Guest]

RX 460, GTX 1050, 1050 Ti, RX 470, maybe: RX 480, GTX 1060

[Jurrunio]

GTX 950, preferably the 90W version if you want to go for Nvidia products. It's more recent than the 750 ti so it supports DX12, which should make it last longer if you don't have the budget to upgrade it for years. The slightly higher power consumption also allows it to perform similarly to a 1050 ti and it is cheaper.

 

RX 460 is also a good card. Its performance is a bit worse than Nvidia's competing product, but AMD is known for improving their hardware performance greatly through driver updates (or, fixing old buggy drivers). However, games that run well with Nvidia but not AMD (because one of them paid more to the developers than the other) will make the RX 460 suffer due to little performance headroom it has to compensate for the worse game support. This is not a big deal if the situation is reversed and put against a GTX 950 though.

 

For anything more powerful, a PSU upgrade is recommended because if your PSU fails, it will certainly bring the motherboard with it, sometimes even everything you have in your system

[Damascus]

Definitely a 1050, 1050 ti or 470

[Princess Luna]

If shopping second hand cheap ebay card the gtx 950 is not to be completely dismissed, but if you want new card then the rx 470 should be the best pick.

[MCCOPRA]

found a barely used in box SAPPHIRE RADEON 6850 1GB DDR5 from a friend for 50 USD so hopefully it will be fine for 720p gaming

[Jurrunio]

50 USD for a Rad. 6850 is way too expensive. A used GTX 750ti 2GB costs less than 50 USD and is faster

[MCCOPRA]

7 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

50 USD for a Rad. 6850 is way too expensive. A used GTX 750ti 2GB costs less than 50 USD and is faster

in cyprus/turkey you cannot find a used 750ti for 50 usd maybe you can find a r5 240 most but thats it and most ppl game 1080p will still keep their 750ti since its similar performance to 1050/1050ti with alot cheeper prices.

 

i wish i was in US but thats not my case.