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Picking a GPU?

ScreamSlasher5X
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I honestly don't know what to choose. The pricing for GPU's are much higher than when I last bought mine about two years ago. I'm looking at a budget of about £100, the most I'm willing to spend is £150 and even then you're pushing it. I'd much rather spent close to the £100 mark but if performance is much better for a little extra £££ I'm willing to spend it. All the old GTX cards I've been trying to find are stupidly expensive even the ones that are old as shit. I don't have a problem using an AMD card providing it isn't shit nor will I have any issues with it. Maybe this is a misconception but I understand that AMD and Nvidia products can conflict? The basics of the hardware are as followed. B250 PC MATE    & i5-7500. I'm looking for something that will perform well and doesn't cause issue while trying to play games. I'm more talking towards buying a 2GB card, I hear those run like shit and I'd like to hit a constant 60fps if possible and 1080p will suit me just fine.

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12 minutes ago, ScreamSlasher5X said:

I'd like to hit a constant 60fps if possible and 1080p will suit me just fine.

A used GTX 970?

CPU: Intel Core i7-950 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R CPU Cooler: NZXT HAVIK 140 RAM: Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600 (1x2GB), Crucial DDR3-1600 (2x4GB), Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600 (1x4GB) GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 2GB SSD: Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" 1TB HDDs: WD Green 3.5" 1TB, WD Blue 3.5" 1TB PSU: Corsair AX860i & CableMod ModFlex Cables Case: Fractal Design Meshify C TG (White) Fans: 2x Dynamic X2 GP-12 Monitors: LG 24GL600F, Samsung S24D390 Keyboard: Logitech G710+ Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Mouse Pad: Steelseries QcK Audio: Bose SoundSport In-Ear Headphones

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what games are we talking about here?

15 minutes ago, ScreamSlasher5X said:

I'm more talking towards buying a 2GB card

that's limiting you to 1050 2gb and RX 560 2gb, the slowest of cards I would still describe as 'gaming'.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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3 minutes ago, r2724r16 said:

A used GTX 970?

Yeah if I'm looking to spend closer to £200. There's no one near me selling them so the only option is online for that card. I found one going for about £130 all in including postage, my concern is that it will be out of warranty and I'm not guaranteed a nice relatively quiet GPU. @r2724r16

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2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

what games are we talking about here?

that's limiting you to 1050 2gb and RX 560 2gb, the slowest of cards I would still describe as 'gaming'.

I found a RX 550 4GB for £110 surprisingly on OverClockers. Don't actually think it does all that great but I could be wrong. @Jurrunio

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7 minutes ago, ScreamSlasher5X said:

I found a RX 550 4GB for £110 surprisingly on OverClockers. Don't actually think it does all that great but I could be wrong. @Jurrunio

it's rubbish as a gaming card. As far as I'm concerned it's for those wanting to stream 4K content to their TVs but don't have enough ports that are up to the task for this use.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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