Good Cheap Graphicscards?

[Supportsneedlove]

I'm looking for a decently powerful card as i am buying a used PC that i will upgrade to an i7 950, 8 gigs of ram and, really all i need now is a decent graphicscard to go with it and i'm good, all of this is what you would call "Extremely Budget" As i'm looking at doing this for under 200 Euros (1000 to 1500 danish rubles).  

Any ideas would be good, would prefer to order locally but Ebay could be alright if that the only place i can find it, although that would need to be in the EU (VAT free).

Cheers, David 

[Herman Mcpootis]

if the rig you're getting has an i7 920/930 then don't bother with an i7 950 and look for a 6-core xeon instead and overclock. 

[Supportsneedlove]

1 minute ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

if the rig you're getting has an i7 920/930 then don't bother with an i7 950 and look for a 6-core xeon instead and overclock. 

It has an i3-530, meaning pretty shit.

[grimreeper132]

4 minutes ago, Supportsneedlove said:

It has an i3-530, meaning pretty shit.

the i7-950 uses LGA1366 not LGA1156 like the i3-530 so I doubt it will work

 

LGA1156 supported CPUs

https://ark.intel.com/Search/FeatureFilter?productType=processors&SocketsSupported=FCLGA1156

[Herman Mcpootis]

2 minutes ago, Supportsneedlove said:

It has an i3-530, meaning pretty shit.

lga 1156 boards don't support the i7 950 in the first place, they use different sockets. find an i7 8xx or xeon X3440 and higher instead.

[Supportsneedlove]

1 minute ago, grimreeper132 said:

the i7-950 uses LGA1366 not LGA1156 like the i3-530 so I doubt it will work

 

Well good thing i didn't buy it yet

[AskTJ]

750Ti?

 

You can buy an X3440 on Aliexpress for $18. Cheaper than the i7 and should perform better.

 

 

[Kdog]

I have a 6990 that works very well with my 930. But, you wont be able to use a 950 with your current i3. They are very different sockets. Just wanted to give you a heads up.

[grimreeper132]

5 minutes ago, Supportsneedlove said:

Well good thing i didn't buy it yet

you might want to get an old PC off ebay, one with an xeon or i5/i7 for 50 Euro, and get a 760/770 or 960 for about 100 euro, Might be able to get a 970 within budget if you try hard enough

[Supportsneedlove]

1 minute ago, grimreeper132 said:

you might want to get an old PC off ebay, one with an xeon or i5/i7 for 50 Euro, and get a 760/770 or 960 for about 100 euro, Might be able to get a 970 within budget if you try hard enough

I found a Prebuilt PC with a quality PSU so i got that covered

[grimreeper132]

2 minutes ago, Supportsneedlove said:

I found a Prebuilt PC with a quality PSU so i got that covered

what's the specs, and yea just get that and add a GPU into it

[Supportsneedlove]

1 minute ago, grimreeper132 said:

what's the specs, and yea just get that and add a GPU into it

Motherboard: MB1156 Gigabyte H55M-UD2H

CPU: i3-540

Ram: 4 GB at 1333 mhz (will upgrade with another PC that i'm salvaging)

PSU: Corsair CX 400W

 

[grimreeper132]

1 minute ago, Supportsneedlove said:

Motherboard: MB1156 Gigabyte H55M-UD2H

CPU: i3-540

Ram: 4 GB at 1333 mhz (will upgrade with another PC that i'm salvaging)

PSU: Corsair CX 400W

 

I mean what you were looking at on ebay, cause if that is it I would suggest looking else where maybe for something a bit newer

[Supportsneedlove]

1 minute ago, grimreeper132 said:

I mean what you were looking at on ebay, cause if that is it I would suggest looking else where maybe for something a bit newer

It's not from Ebay, it's from a local site.

[Supportsneedlove]

48 minutes ago, AskTJ said:

750Ti?

 

You can buy an X3440 on Aliexpress for $18. Cheaper than the i7 and should perform better.

 

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Asus-Geforce-Nvidea-GTX-750-Ti-Graphics-card/292619147952?hash=item442175dab0:g:dDgAAOSwdA5bMoWe 

About 20 euro more than a local 660 which it looks like performs about the same

[Supportsneedlove]

1 hour ago, AskTJ said:

750Ti?

 

You can buy an X3440 on Aliexpress for $18. Cheaper than the i7 and should perform better.

 

 

None of those are in the EU meaning i'll have to pay import tax which is more than the CPU itself.