Looking for a deal on a video card that's at least 4 GB

[JR Tyner]

Does anyone know of a good Black Friday / Cyber Monday deal on a video card that's has at least a 4 GB GPU for my Dell OptiPlex 790 Mini-Tower?

 

 

[mech]

Newegg is having RX 580's for 199.99 

[Streetguru]

11 minutes ago, JR Tyner said:

6 minutes ago, ScrappyZeDog said:

Newegg is having RX 580's for 199.99 

 

May have an issue if the BIOS never got updated to support RX cards. But ya you won't find anything better at $199

[JamsiePie]

I haven't seen anything else that may be better than an RX 580 for just $200, gets a thumbs up from me~

 

[JR Tyner]

On 11/23/2017 at 2:50 PM, Streetguru said:

May have an issue if the BIOS never got updated to support RX cards. But ya you won't find anything better at $199

 

I had a problem a long time ago from not keeping my BIOS up to date, now I check it once a month along with other updates.

 

On 11/23/2017 at 2:44 PM, ScrappyZeDog said:

Newegg is having RX 580's for 199.99 

 

On 11/23/2017 at 2:50 PM, Streetguru said:

May have an issue if the BIOS never got updated to support RX cards. But ya you won't find anything better at $199

 

On 11/23/2017 at 2:54 PM, JamsiePie said:

I haven't seen anything else that may be better than an RX 580 for just $200, gets a thumbs up from me~

 

 

This one is only $50 more, should I go for it? https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150794&cm_re=rx580-_-14-150-794-_-Product

[Streetguru]

Just now, JR Tyner said:

 

Wouldn't trust mail in rebates, but I'd probably go for it just to have the 8gbs of VRAM

[mech]

Sure that is a pretty good deal

[JR Tyner]

10 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Wouldn't trust mail in rebates, but I'd probably go for it just to have the 8gbs of VRAM

 

This one is a better deal without the rebate card. still with 8GBs of VRAM, but I am not sure what else is different? I'm still a novice at upgrading PCs.

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131720&cm_re=rx580-_-14-131-720-_-Product

 

 

 

[Streetguru]

Just now, JR Tyner said:

 

Likely fine, the XFX unit is probably a bit nicer overall, their GTR RX 480 was one of the best, not sure how the 580 units compare.

[mech]

15 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Wouldn't trust mail in rebates, but I'd probably go for it just to have the 8gbs of VRAM

All of the experience I have had on MIR have been fine

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, JR Tyner said:

 

This one is a better deal without the rebate card. still with 8GBs of VRAM, but I am not sure what else is different? I'm still a novice at upgrading PCs.

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131720&cm_re=rx580-_-14-131-720-_-Product

 

 

 

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/xfx_radeon_rx580_8gb_black_edition/


 

 

Just now, ScrappyZeDog said:

All of the experience I have had on MIR have been fine

I have never actually gotten anything back from one despite following the instructions perfectly.

[mech]

18 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

I have never actually gotten anything back from one despite following the instructions perfectly.

Hmmm... I have done about 10 and they all worked.

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, ScrappyZeDog said:

Hmmm... I have done about 10 and they all worked.

I think mine were all from coolermaster

[mech]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

I think mine were all from coolermaster

Were they on newegg... and did you send them to cooler Master or to newegg

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, ScrappyZeDog said:

Were they on newegg... and did you send them to cooler Master or to newegg

I just mailed the bar code/sticker thing it told me to mail with the rebate letter to X address.

[mech]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

I just mailed the bar code/sticker thing it told me to mail with the rebate letter to X address.

What about the form

[Streetguru]

7 minutes ago, ScrappyZeDog said:

What about the form

Whatever was in the email, and whatever were the instructions is what I mailed out.

[mech]

4 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Whatever was in the email, and whatever were the instructions is what I mailed out.

Idk then

[dcgreen2k]

I agree with getting the 580, and I'm thinking about picking one up for myself.

@Streetguru I've done 2 rebates so far. One was from EVGA and I got the money just fine, but one was from Asrock, and they "haven't received" it. I'm sure I did everything correctly because I triple checked the forms and sent them to Asrock America. So... Rip my 20 dollars.

[JR Tyner]

On 11/24/2017 at 1:08 PM, JR Tyner said:

 

This one is a better deal without the rebate card. still with 8GBs of VRAM, but I am not sure what else is different? I'm still a novice at upgrading PCs.

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131720&cm_re=rx580-_-14-131-720-_-Product

 

 

 

 

On 11/24/2017 at 1:09 PM, Streetguru said:

Likely fine, the XFX unit is probably a bit nicer overall, their GTR RX 480 was one of the best, not sure how the 580 units compare.

 

Before I ordered it, I got out a ruler, it's .05" too long. So back to the drawing board.

[JR Tyner]

It looks like I will be limited to a 6GB card due to physical size between the case and power supply, but will 6GB be enough for any non-VR game on Steam?

 

The two I see on sale that will fit in my case:

 

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 Mini, ZT-P10600A-10L, 6GB GDDR5 Super Compact :

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500402&ignorebbr=1

 

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 DirectX 12 GTX 1060 6G OCV1 6GB 192-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready ATX Video Card:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137095&ignorebbr=1

 

Also it looks like no matter where I put it I am going to lose 2 PCIE slots due to the double height of video cards? Correct me if I am wrong, but I can only put one of these cards in the blue colored slot and it will block the short black one? So I guess this means I'll only be able to install this and a sound card? I'll just have to settle for running my games off an external drive through USB 2.0, I don't see where I could fit a USB 3.0 card?

[Streetguru]

1 hour ago, JR Tyner said:

 

Wait why do you need like a USB card, and a sound card?

Also a single fan 1060 is going to run either hot or loud. They do make single slot 1030s, not sure why 4gbs of VRAM is a requirement.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125972

Given the age of your system and how limiting that case is...might even be worth saving that cash for Raven Ridge APUs...What's your current GPU? Is this your only PC or is it a spare?

[JR Tyner]

1 hour ago, Streetguru said:

Wait why do you need like a USB card, and a sound card?

Also a single fan 1060 is going to run either hot or loud. They do make single slot 1030s, not sure why 4gbs of VRAM is a requirement.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125972

Given the age of your system and how limiting that case is...might even be worth saving that cash for Raven Ridge APUs...What's your current GPU? Is this your only PC or is it a spare?

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why do you need a USB card: My system doesn't have a USB 3.0, but my Steam library is on an External Drive, so 3.0 would we faster.

 

and a sound card? The sound card on my Mother Board is notoriously bad.

 

4gbs of VRAM isn't a requirement I guess, but a goal. I have Humble Bundle Monthly, where I donate to a different charity every month and I get free Steam codes. I now have over 300 different Steam games, so I just want to make sure they all run well.

 

I do not have a current GPU. This is my only PC. I am saving up to build a VR system, but that's a year away, and then this will be my spare.

[JR Tyner]

I just want to be able to enjoy my games on Steam. Currently, they take a while to load from my External Drive over USD 2.0, the video is not smooth, and the sound is not good.

[Streetguru]

16 minutes ago, JR Tyner said:

I just want to be able to enjoy my games on Steam. Currently, they take a while to load from my External Drive over USD 2.0, the video is not smooth, and the sound is not good.

Ya...I'd probably just replace it if it has all those limitations and issues. Get on AM4 most likely so you can upgrade to a Ryzen 5 2600 or whatever is out next year and a $200-300 GPU next year as well. Looks like your PSU is a standard ATX one.

The A8 will do alright running more modern games at like 720p, the iGPU is going to be better than intel's in any event. I ran on APUs for a while, they really weren't that bad.
 

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CPU: AMD - A8-9600 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($69.94 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: ADATA - 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $214.92
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