ViPRZ Posted April 10, 2014 Member ID: 2978 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1656 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 1106 Achievement Points: 26102 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/11/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 8 hours ago Birthday: 09/23/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted April 10, 2014 Hey folks...I need some help in buying the best video card I can get for around $160-$180 Canadian (Which is around $5 American I think..LMAO) Specs- -3rd Gen. Intel-core i5-3350p quad-core (3.10GHz) -8GB Dual channel DDR3 -HBA008-ZA1GT 350w Power supply - PCI- Express X16 -Asus M11AA-CA0015 mother board Any thoughts would be highly appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Merlin007 Posted April 10, 2014 Member ID: 2068 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 69 Topic Count: 1073 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 8435 Content Per Day: 1.73 Reputation: 7292 Achievement Points: 74923 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 64 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 26 minutes ago Birthday: 05/23/1973 Device: Windows Share Posted April 10, 2014 Most likely, you'll need to upgrade your PSU as well. 350 watts will not be adequate for most good cards these days. ViPRZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Merlin007 Posted April 10, 2014 Member ID: 2068 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 69 Topic Count: 1073 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 8435 Content Per Day: 1.73 Reputation: 7292 Achievement Points: 74923 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 64 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 26 minutes ago Birthday: 05/23/1973 Device: Windows Share Posted April 10, 2014 Hey folks...I need some help in buying the best video card I can get for around $160-$180 Canadian (Which is around $5 American I think..LMAO) Specs- -3rd Gen. Intel-core i5-3350p quad-core (3.10GHz) -8GB Dual channel DDR3 -HBA008-ZA1GT 350w Power supply - PCI- Express X16 -Asus M11AA-CA0015 mother board Any thoughts would be highly appreciated! Do you have any preference, AMD or NVIDIA? ViPRZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
7Toes Posted April 10, 2014 Member ID: 87 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 57 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3789 Content Per Day: 0.71 Reputation: 3589 Achievement Points: 27249 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2022 Birthday: 04/02/1871 Share Posted April 10, 2014 in about a month im getting the geforce gtx780ti ViPRZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Dark Asylumn Posted April 10, 2014 Member ID: 809 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 41 Topic Count: 251 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 2835 Content Per Day: 0.54 Reputation: 1016 Achievement Points: 20374 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/29/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 20 hours ago Birthday: 06/25/1979 Device: Windows Share Posted April 10, 2014 Do you have any preference, AMD or NVIDIA? nvidia as he is running nvidia based board ViPRZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
ViPRZ Posted April 10, 2014 Member ID: 2978 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1656 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 1106 Achievement Points: 26102 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/11/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 8 hours ago Birthday: 09/23/1970 Device: Windows Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 I do prefer NVidia ..i was looking at this one.. http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500294CVF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Dark Asylumn Posted April 10, 2014 Member ID: 809 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 41 Topic Count: 251 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 2835 Content Per Day: 0.54 Reputation: 1016 Achievement Points: 20374 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/29/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 20 hours ago Birthday: 06/25/1979 Device: Windows Share Posted April 10, 2014 this one is same price but by asus so it will sink with the mb and comes with game offers http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121710 here is the comparison between the two they have identical specs except the core clock the asus is 1071 the zotac is 1058 http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007708%20600315498&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&CompareItemList=48|14-121-710^14-121-710-TS%2C14-500-294CVF^14-500-294-10%23&percm=14-121-710%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24%3B14-500-294CVF%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24 ViPRZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
ViPRZ Posted April 10, 2014 Member ID: 2978 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1656 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 1106 Achievement Points: 26102 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/11/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 8 hours ago Birthday: 09/23/1970 Device: Windows Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 Thanks..I think i am going to settle for this one http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121854 Dark Asylumn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BoomSlang Posted April 11, 2014 Member ID: 94 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 7 Topic Count: 58 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 552 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 367 Achievement Points: 3739 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Saturday at 02:12 PM Birthday: 12/03/1955 Device: Windows Share Posted April 11, 2014 (edited) http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/ http://www.hwcompare.com/16369/geforce-gtx-780-ti-vs-radeon-r9-290x/ Edited April 11, 2014 by BoomSlang ViPRZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
EDD THE DUCK Posted April 11, 2014 Member ID: 375 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 92 Topic Count: 385 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 4065 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 7844 Achievement Points: 37160 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 45 Joined: 09/13/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 10:50 AM Birthday: 06/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted April 11, 2014 Gtx 770 4gb will do you fine for the next 3 years http://www.cclonline.com/product/123206/GV-N770OC-4GD/Graphics-Cards/Gigabyte-GeForce-GTX-770-4GB-OC-Windforce-Graphics-Card/VGA1844/?gagroup=Stock_Low&gclid=CJPuo46w2L0CFWvjwgodZAsAtA ViPRZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Twinkie 13 Posted April 11, 2014 Member ID: 3003 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 26 Topic Count: 36 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 417 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 346 Achievement Points: 3582 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/21/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 23 hours ago Birthday: 03/17/1979 Device: Windows Share Posted April 11, 2014 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125496 for only 250.00 us dollars. That might be possible to budget. Looks like a good card to me. It does require a 500 watt power supply though. here is a good power supply for 50.00 us http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152028 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Dark Asylumn Posted April 11, 2014 Member ID: 809 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 41 Topic Count: 251 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 2835 Content Per Day: 0.54 Reputation: 1016 Achievement Points: 20374 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/29/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 20 hours ago Birthday: 06/25/1979 Device: Windows Share Posted April 11, 2014 its an amd/ati card hes better off running nvidia on that board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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