need help picking card Need help picking a graphics

[karnathe]

Alright, here we go. 

Computer: HP Z220 CMT Workstation

OP: Windows 7 Pro

Speccy: http://speccy.piriform.com/results/5jZnwWzO2vcYNcKkoHoGawl

Budget: 500 USD (EDIT: $470)

Needs: Run most AAA games at 60 fps, 1080, 60 hertz. Potentially higher quality via super sampling. I plan to use it for gaming and perhaps some light 3d /Movie work. Mainly want to play indie games and the occasional AAA game. Want to play at max settings, unless the game is insane a la The Witcher 3. I asked Reddit and was recommended a GTX 1060, but I am wondering if perhaps I should go with a factory overclock??? I don't really mind a mild overclock if I really need it, but would really like to not have to do that. Not to mention if my motherboard can voltage overclock graphics cards. 

 

Side note: as you can see I have 2 graphics cards as of now without SLI, each connected to a separate monitor. Are they each powering their own monitor? Also I just switched out a graphics card for these two, installed drivers using Geforce experience, is all good? I heard tell that you need to manually uninstall the old drivers.

 

Edited October 2, 2017 by karnathe
Incorrect Budget.

[Max_Settings]

Your budget is $500 for a GPU? Then get a 1080

[RadiatingLight]

11 minutes ago, Max_Settings said:

Your budget is $500 for a GPU? Then get a 1080

+1

 

AMD basically isn't an option at this point, and NVidia only has one card at this price range, so you only have one choice.

[DrMacintosh]

4 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

AMD basically isn't an option at this point

Only because there are no cards at MSRP because those damn miners. 

[Daniel Z.]

1080 is probably the best u can get

[Max_Settings]

8 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

Only because there are no cards at MSRP because those damn miners. 

Even if the 64 were at MSRP a 1080 is still a better card.

[DrMacintosh]

13 minutes ago, Max_Settings said:

Even if the 64 were at MSRP a 1080 is still a better card.

I don't agree with this statement. 

[Max_Settings]

14 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

I don't agree with this statement. 

Unless you are doing compute, the 1080 and 64 just go back and forth on who is faster, and the 64 has much higher power draw.

[karnathe]

I would rather spend less if i can still get what i want. a 1080 is overkill I think. Also, MY fault completely, i do not have a budget of $500, I have budget of $470, i remembered incorrectly. a 1080 would work and it would be seriously future proofed, but from what i know of graphics cards (which isn't much) It seems overkill. 

not to mention i am unsure if my case can fit a 1080, or if my core i7 will be the bottleneck.