Gpu upgrade for low budget?

[Gershy13]

Hi,

 

So ive currently got a gtx 750 ti in my system, and its perfect for playing games at 720p... but it struggles a bit at 1080p... 

What would people recommend be my upgrade? I dont mind shopping used, so i was thinking of an older generation card (900 series or even 700 series).

I really want to stay with NVIDIA, as i use their software quite a bit (shadowplay, gamestream).

Im looking to play games at 1080p ultra 60+ fps (my monitor is 75, so that would be nice)

If it can keep a solid 60-75fps at 1080p, then ill be happy with it... 

I would like price to be as low as possible (obviosuly) but was hoping for something in the £100-150 area?

What would people recommend i look for?

 

 

Thanks

Gershy13

[KenjiUmino]

9 minutes ago, Gershy13 said:

Im looking to play games at 1080p ultra 60+ fps 

 

10 minutes ago, Gershy13 said:

I would like price to be as low as possible (obviosuly) but was hoping for something in the £100-150 area?

that would either have to be old games or you need to step down your expectations. 

especially with how expensive graphics cards are right now. 

[Crunchy Dragon]

10 minutes ago, KenjiUmino said:

 

that would either have to be old games or you need to step down your expectations. 

especially with how expensive graphics cards are right now. 

The GTX 780 up to the original Titan can hold up at 1080p60, but probably not at Ultra settings.

 

OP: Hunt the used market extensively, you might be able to find a 780 or 780Ti

EDIT: A used GTX 970 should go for roughly your budget in an ideal market, looking for those wouldn't be a bad option either.

[Liquid_Z]

11 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

A used GTX 970 should go for roughly your budget in an ideal market, looking for those wouldn't be a bad option either.

This.

[grimreeper132]

You can get a 770 from CEX the VRAM isn't great, 2GB is certainly pushing it

https://uk.webuy.com/product-detail/?id=sgranvigtx7702ga

or you could look on ebay (there is a few 780 ti 3GB within budget but are auctions and 780 3GB within budget which are buy it now and not too dodgy sellers, and one from hong kong for £70 and it looks dodgy as fuck, although the seller for it is someone less dodgy)

[Gershy13]

1 hour ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

The GTX 780 up to the original Titan can hold up at 1080p60, but probably not at Ultra settings.

 

OP: Hunt the used market extensively, you might be able to find a 780 or 780Ti

EDIT: A used GTX 970 should go for roughly your budget in an ideal market, looking for those wouldn't be a bad option either.

Would a 970 do 1080p60?

5 minutes ago, grimreeper132 said:

You can get a 770 from CEX the VRAM isn't great, 2GB is certainly pushing it

https://uk.webuy.com/product-detail/?id=sgranvigtx7702ga

or you could look on ebay (there is a few 780 ti 3GB within budget but are auctions and 780 3GB within budget which are buy it now and not too dodgy sellers, and one from hong kong for £70 and it looks dodgy as fuck, although the seller for it is someone less dodgy)

yeah the £70 one is defo fake. there are lots of fake gpus floating around...

 

 

What models should i be looking for? 770 or higher? 970 and higher? 1060 and higher?

[unknown104]

I've been searching the used market a lot lately. Mostly looking for a multi-card render machine. 

 

Check this out. 

Name	Benchmark Score	Used Cost on Ebay
GeForce GTX 770	6,089	$137.00
GeForce GTX 780	7,971	$195.00
GeForce GTX 960	5,803	$145.00
GeForce GTX 970	8,567	$250.00
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB	8,770	$289.00
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti	5,789	$210.00
GeForce GTX 1060	8,828	$333.00
GeForce GTX 980 Ti	11,320	$446.00
GeForce GTX 980	9,576	$387.00
Radeon R9 290 / 390	7,080	$310.00
Radeon RX 480	8,117	$375.00

[grimreeper132]

Just now, Gershy13 said:

Would a 970 do 1080p60?

yeah the £70 one is defo fake. there are lots of fake gpus floating around...

 

 

What models should i be looking for? 770 or higher? 970 and higher? 1060 and higher?

970 would do 1080p60 on Low settings, same with the 770, 780 and 780ti (maybe medium, and High, depending on the game, but Low I'd imagine so), so you want probably 770 or higher, (I personally would go for 780 or 780 ti cause 970 seams to be out of budget) 

 

2 minutes ago, unknown104 said:

I've been searching the used market a lot lately. Mostly looking for a multi-card render machine. 

 

Check this out. 

 

Name	Benchmark Score	Used Cost on Ebay
GeForce GTX 770	6,089	$137.00
GeForce GTX 780	7,971	$195.00
GeForce GTX 960	5,803	$145.00
GeForce GTX 970	8,567	$250.00
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB	8,770	$289.00
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti	5,789	$210.00
GeForce GTX 1060	8,828	$333.00
GeForce GTX 980 Ti	11,320	$446.00
GeForce GTX 980	9,576	$387.00
Radeon R9 290 / 390	7,080	$310.00
Radeon RX 480	8,117	$375.00

UK pricing is different, you want to add about an extra $15 (minimum) to those pricing for here

[Gershy13]

2 minutes ago, unknown104 said:

I've been searching the used market a lot lately. Mostly looking for a multi-card render machine. 

 

Check this out. 

 

Name	Benchmark Score	Used Cost on Ebay
GeForce GTX 770	6,089	$137.00
GeForce GTX 780	7,971	$195.00
GeForce GTX 960	5,803	$145.00
GeForce GTX 970	8,567	$250.00
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB	8,770	$289.00
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti	5,789	$210.00
GeForce GTX 1060	8,828	$333.00
GeForce GTX 980 Ti	11,320	$446.00
GeForce GTX 980	9,576	$387.00
Radeon R9 290 / 390	7,080	$310.00
Radeon RX 480	8,117	$375.00

Thanks, im still trying to figure out which cards will be suitable for me tho... 1080p60 high-ultra on most games...

[Gershy13]

Just now, grimreeper132 said:

970 would do 1080p60 on Low settings, same with the 770, 780 and 780ti (maybe medium, and High, depending on the game, but Low I'd imagine so), so you want probably 770 or higher, (I personally would go for 780 or 780 ti cause 970 seams to be out of budget) 

 

UK pricing is different, you want to add about an extra $15 (minimum) to those pricing for here

really? my 750 ti will get about 40-50fps on 1080p low. and i thought the 970 is equivalent to the 780 if not better?

[unknown104]

I would try to find a 960 used. Similar performance to a 1050/1050ti. That would get you 1080p60 high in many games

[grimreeper132]

3 minutes ago, Gershy13 said:

really? my 750 ti will get about 40-50fps on 1080p low. and i thought the 970 is equivalent to the 780 if not better?

I do not have these cards, and I am trying to apply benchmarks from ages by and gone, so I would say from that then that 780 and 780ti will do it medium and high then pretty easily, also as performance goes yea it is 1060=970=780, 

1 minute ago, unknown104 said:

I would try to find a 960 used. Similar performance to a 1050/1050ti. That would get you 1080p60 high in many games

you can get a 780 in budget here, and maybe a 780ti which has the performance of about a 1060 3GB and 1060 6GB (respectfully) so I would recommend them, (7th gen is cheaper than 9th due to it's age and people thinking it's shit because the lower number, when in fact in many cases it's about as good)

[Crunchy Dragon]

48 minutes ago, Gershy13 said:

Would a 970 do 1080p60?

yeah the £70 one is defo fake. there are lots of fake gpus floating around...

 

 

What models should i be looking for? 770 or higher? 970 and higher? 1060 and higher?

Definitely nothing below a GTX 770. The 970 will do 1080p60.

[Crunchy Dragon]

34 minutes ago, grimreeper132 said:

I do not have these cards, and I am trying to apply benchmarks from ages by and gone, so I would say from that then that 780 and 780ti will do it medium and high then pretty easily, also as performance goes yea it is 1060=970=780, 

you can get a 780 in budget here, and maybe a 780ti which has the performance of about a 1060 3GB and 1060 6GB (respectfully) so I would recommend them, (7th gen is cheaper than 9th due to it's age and people thinking it's shit because the lower number, when in fact in many cases it's about as good)

The 780 is a great card for 1080p60 Medium, I've been using one for a few months. Another thing about the 700 series being cheaper is that miners can't use them since Kepler struggled with power efficiency quite a bit(the 780 eats up 250W), and their hashrate isn't high enough to merit running them.

[Biggerboot]

970 is best value on the used market and will double your performance.  Saying what settings you'll get depends on the game (search the game and the card on youtube).

[Gershy13]

1 minute ago, Biggerboot said:

970 is best value on the used market and will double your performance.  Saying what settings you'll get depends on the game (search the game and the card on youtube).

 

3 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

The 780 is a great card for 1080p60 Medium, I've been using one for a few months. Another thing about the 700 series being cheaper is that miners can't use them since Kepler struggled with power efficiency quite a bit(the 780 eats up 250W), and their hashrate isn't high enough to merit running them.

 

5 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Definitely nothing below a GTX 770. The 970 will do 1080p60.

 

39 minutes ago, grimreeper132 said:

I do not have these cards, and I am trying to apply benchmarks from ages by and gone, so I would say from that then that 780 and 780ti will do it medium and high then pretty easily, also as performance goes yea it is 1060=970=780, 

you can get a 780 in budget here, and maybe a 780ti which has the performance of about a 1060 3GB and 1060 6GB (respectfully) so I would recommend them, (7th gen is cheaper than 9th due to it's age and people thinking it's shit because the lower number, when in fact in many cases it's about as good)

 

44 minutes ago, unknown104 said:

I would try to find a 960 used. Similar performance to a 1050/1050ti. That would get you 1080p60 high in many games

I found a 780ti (3gb) for around £200, a 780 (3gb) for roughly £150, 770 4gb for £150, 770 2gb for £130, and a 970 for around £175-180, 1050, 1050ti around the £150 area, and 1060 3gb around £200...

Which would you guys think the best bang for the buck is? 

Also im thinking VRam, is 2gb enough in 2018?

Im hoping to keep it under £150, but if i can get a decent amount for my 750 ti, then maybe i could push to £200....

 

Also how would these cards perform if i were to get a vive?

[Biggerboot]

A 970 will outperform the 780 ti in most gaming situations because modern games are more optimized for Maxwell.  Unless you care about the higher CUDA core count I'd get the 970 first, which doesn't matter a whole lot in real world gaming performance.  A 1050 ti will also beat the 770 in a lot of gaming scenarios, and a 970 = 1060 3gb

[Gershy13]

2 minutes ago, Biggerboot said:

A 970 will outperform the 780 ti in most gaming situations because modern games are more optimized for Maxwell.  Unless you care about the higher CUDA core count I'd get the 970 first, which doesn't matter a whole lot in real world gaming performance.  A 1050 ti will also beat the 770 in a lot of gaming scenarios, and a 970 = 1060 3gb

ok thanks... so it would be worth it to spend the little bit more over the 780ti to get the 970...

Would cuda help with video editing? I do use the adobe suite... it might be worth a compromise on gaming performance to get better editing performance? Unless its very minor?

[grimreeper132]

6 minutes ago, Gershy13 said:

Also how would these cards perform if i were to get a vive?

none of these cards would be recommended for a vive, I would say maybe a 1060 6GB (if you can get one, I doubt it) would be the level you want for that, (980, 980ti or 1070 up is what you want for a good VR experience, otherwise you will just feel disappointed)

[Biggerboot]

3 minutes ago, Gershy13 said:

ok thanks... so it would be worth it to spend the little bit more over the 780ti to get the 970...

Would cuda help with video editing? I do use the adobe suite... it might be worth a compromise on gaming performance to get better editing performance? Unless its very minor?

If you're spending less on the 970 like the example you gave, I'd get the 970 hands down.  If you could get the 780ti cheaper than the 970, and had the power supply for it, you could make an argument for it then.

If VR is important at all, the 970 is honestly your best option out of the bunch.

[Gershy13]

7 minutes ago, grimreeper132 said:

none of these cards would be recommended for a vive, I would say maybe a 1060 6GB (if you can get one, I doubt it) would be the level you want for that, (980, 980ti or 1070 up is what you want for a good VR experience, otherwise you will just feel disappointed)

 

7 minutes ago, Biggerboot said:

If you're spending less on the 970 like the example you gave, I'd get the 970 hands down.  If you could get the 780ti cheaper than the 970, and had the power supply for it, you could make an argument for it then.

If VR is important at all, the 970 is honestly your best option out of the bunch.

yup i think if i can ill get the 970... hopefully i can maybe get around £80-90ish for my 750 ti then itll just be around £100 more for the 970.

[Crunchy Dragon]

2 hours ago, Gershy13 said:

I found a 780ti (3gb) for around £200, a 780 (3gb) for roughly £150, 770 4gb for £150, 770 2gb for £130, and a 970 for around £175-180, 1050, 1050ti around the £150 area, and 1060 3gb around £200...

Which would you guys think the best bang for the buck is? 

Also im thinking VRam, is 2gb enough in 2018?

Im hoping to keep it under £150, but if i can get a decent amount for my 750 ti, then maybe i could push to £200....

 

Also how would these cards perform if i were to get a vive?

The 780Ti is by the far best listed, but I doubt it's ready for VR. Bear in mind, VR was barely a concept when the 780Ti was released. I wouldn't get a card with under 3Gb of VRAM in 2018.

 

Usually a 750Ti goes for 50-60.