LightHammer02 Posted October 7, 2017 Member ID: 22608 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 39 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 410 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 263 Achievement Points: 6027 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/01/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 16, 2018 Birthday: 10/23/1983 Share Posted October 7, 2017 Hey All, So with so many here, I thought I'd ask. I'm looking for a good, however, not stupid expensive video card for my son's computer. He has my old GTX 660 and obviously he needs an upgrade! Any suggestions would be appreciated! -LH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dessy Posted October 7, 2017 Member ID: 22372 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 16 Topic Count: 63 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 634 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 721 Achievement Points: 6173 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 01/25/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: Wednesday at 08:19 PM Birthday: 06/12/1976 Device: Windows Share Posted October 7, 2017 how mutch are you willing to spend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Angelz Posted October 8, 2017 Member ID: 24295 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 272 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 2311 Content Per Day: 0.78 Reputation: 2829 Achievement Points: 20239 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 17 Joined: 03/27/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 2, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2017 I have never been a fan of nvidia but this is my video card Nvidia dual gforce gtx 1060. As soon as I can get my hands on the newest vid card from AMD I am on it!!! this is newegg.com https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709&IsNodeId=1&Description=Nvidia dual gforce gtx 1060&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=36 I would suggest not getting the one with only a single fan. You will need the dual fans. I would recommend any of the asus ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parth Posted October 8, 2017 Member ID: 26311 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 5 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 8 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 17 Achievement Points: 116 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/29/17 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 24, 2019 Birthday: 09/15/1994 Share Posted October 8, 2017 (edited) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/evga-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-4gb-gddr5-pci-express-3-0-graphics-card/5668600.p?skuId=5668600&ref=212&loc=1&ksid=b2a14c51-de91-4176-a915-ac8d2949c3fc&ksprof_id=8&ksaffcode=pg199285&ksdevice=c&lsft=ref:212,loc:2 it's a ok gfx card and under 200$ bc you said you didnt want to spend much but here is one for above 200$ https://www.amazon.com/MSI-R9-390X-GAMING-8G/dp/B00ZGF158A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1507470924&sr=8-1&keywords=msi+r9+390x Unfortunately you wont be able to find good high performance gpu's in stock on Amazon or Newegg bc of bitcoin miner's. So any new GPUS/good you will be hard pressed to find in stock. Edited October 8, 2017 by Parth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelz Posted October 8, 2017 Member ID: 24295 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 272 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 2311 Content Per Day: 0.78 Reputation: 2829 Achievement Points: 20239 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 17 Joined: 03/27/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 2, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2017 (edited) Amazon is not such a good place to shop for pc parts as for warranty purposes in my opinion. I always shop at regular computer stores for items like that. Edited October 8, 2017 by Angelz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage_inc- Posted October 8, 2017 Member ID: 2048 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 294 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 6689 Content Per Day: 1.37 Reputation: 4709 Achievement Points: 48999 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted October 8, 2017 (edited) what price range? gtx1050ti around 160-170 price range is good or gtx1060 around 200 is really good .got a steel of a deal on a rx470 for 169 last year and it worked incredible when it worked ,unfortunate for me as usual I had to rma twice and return for money back since they could not replace or repair it for some reason/got a loop on boot and thread stuck in device driver error all the time...using old r7 265 which actually still works great Edited October 8, 2017 by Damage_inc- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
LightHammer02 Posted October 8, 2017 Member ID: 22608 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 39 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 410 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 263 Achievement Points: 6027 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/01/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 16, 2018 Birthday: 10/23/1983 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 On 10/7/2017 at 5:39 PM, Dessy said: how mutch are you willing to spend? I'm looking right around the $200 price... I don't have much in the way of money for Christmas for my kids, and this is like the only thing my 13 year old is asking for. So trying to keep them all happy within the same price range for gifts is becoming increasingly hard Dessy, Damage_inc- and Warface 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReaPeR Posted October 8, 2017 Member ID: 3453 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 64 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 668 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 833 Achievement Points: 5126 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 05/19/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 30, 2021 Birthday: 04/22/1975 Share Posted October 8, 2017 beside video card can check out motherboard and see if u can add extra ram which is cheeap or max out cpu which could make even old gpu look like new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Dessy Posted October 9, 2017 Member ID: 22372 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 16 Topic Count: 63 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 634 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 721 Achievement Points: 6173 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 01/25/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: Wednesday at 08:19 PM Birthday: 06/12/1976 Device: Windows Share Posted October 9, 2017 21 hours ago, LightHammer02 said: I'm looking right around the $200 price... I don't have much in the way of money for Christmas for my kids, and this is like the only thing my 13 year old is asking for. So trying to keep them all happy within the same price range for gifts is becoming increasingly hard for that price i would reccomend a gtx 1060 . Damage_inc- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
MikeB Posted October 10, 2017 Member ID: 59 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 12 Topic Count: 137 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2109 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 2327 Achievement Points: 15107 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Sunday at 01:42 PM Device: Windows Share Posted October 10, 2017 Hell my GTX660 runs all my games great !!! What is he trying to play ? Only game I can think of that the 660 would have issues with is the new "Warhammer" game. Even then, just dial down the graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
LightHammer02 Posted October 14, 2017 Member ID: 22608 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 39 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 410 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 263 Achievement Points: 6027 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/01/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 16, 2018 Birthday: 10/23/1983 Author Share Posted October 14, 2017 On 10/9/2017 at 8:58 PM, MikeB said: Hell my GTX660 runs all my games great !!! What is he trying to play ? Only game I can think of that the 660 would have issues with is the new "Warhammer" game. Even then, just dial down the graphics. He's running a GTX 660 right now but is running lower graphics. He's going to be getting Battlefront II for Christmas, and when he played the Beta, he had things set low and was having issues. I know it's only the Beta and it has issues, but I ran the Beta and had no issues and I'm running a GTX 970. Besides the video card, he's running a FX-8320 CPU, 16G RAM and a 120Gb SSD on an ASUS M5A97 R2.0 MoBo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-RayXI Posted October 14, 2017 Member ID: 133 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 77 Topic Count: 602 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 6882 Content Per Day: 1.29 Reputation: 1370 Achievement Points: 44077 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 26 Birthday: 12/12/1971 Device: Windows Share Posted October 14, 2017 You have to look at the power supply, a 1050 does not require any power input and can run games fine. For example a 750Ti 2GB is equal to a HD7850 2GB and can run most games at medium settings. A 1050 will do the same. So, check out the power output of your PSU and budget. There will be soon a 1070Ti out on the market. Rumors are that you can't overclock them. But, who does that anyways to get 10 or 15 more FPS? I don't and will hurt my wallet anyways. Anyways, do not SLi or Crossfire anymore if you think to plan that. Worst case issue is that you are better off to sell the old card and upgrade. A nice card would be a 4GB videocard, but you can be in peace with a good 1050 or a 1070. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Spartacus Posted October 15, 2017 Member ID: 1387 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 30 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2540 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 2485 Achievement Points: 19552 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 05/02/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 4 Birthday: 06/05/1968 Device: Windows Share Posted October 15, 2017 On 10/8/2017 at 9:57 AM, Parth said: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/evga-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-4gb-gddr5-pci-express-3-0-graphics-card/5668600.p?skuId=5668600&ref=212&loc=1&ksid=b2a14c51-de91-4176-a915-ac8d2949c3fc&ksprof_id=8&ksaffcode=pg199285&ksdevice=c&lsft=ref:212,loc:2 it's a ok gfx card and under 200$ bc you said you didnt want to spend much but here is one for above 200$ https://www.amazon.com/MSI-R9-390X-GAMING-8G/dp/B00ZGF158A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1507470924&sr=8-1&keywords=msi+r9+390x Unfortunately you wont be able to find good high performance gpu's in stock on Amazon or Newegg bc of bitcoin miner's. So any new GPUS/good you will be hard pressed to find in stock. I own this card, Works Flawlessly.... Damage_inc- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Angelz Posted October 15, 2017 Member ID: 24295 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 272 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 2311 Content Per Day: 0.78 Reputation: 2829 Achievement Points: 20239 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 17 Joined: 03/27/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 2, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2017 (edited) If you use this, "can you run it" it will install a small program into your pc to recognize your mobo, vid card, ram etc. Then type in the box what game you want to play. Then click on Can you run it. It will show you a list of what you have and what the minimum requirements are to play the game. It is really good. https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri Edited October 15, 2017 by Angelz Damage_inc- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted October 16, 2017 Member ID: 59 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 12 Topic Count: 137 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2109 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 2327 Achievement Points: 15107 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Sunday at 01:42 PM Device: Windows Share Posted October 16, 2017 16 hours ago, LightHammer02 said: He's running a GTX 660 right now but is running lower graphics. He's going to be getting Battlefront II for Christmas, and when he played the Beta, he had things set low and was having issues. I know it's only the Beta and it has issues, but I ran the Beta and had no issues and I'm running a GTX 970. Besides the video card, he's running a FX-8320 CPU, 16G RAM and a 120Gb SSD on an ASUS M5A97 R2.0 MoBo Im running a AMD 8350 with 16 gig on a Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 Motherboard, no SSD and the GTX660 of course . I tried the beta too with no issues. Just may be that combo he is using. I strictly build with Gigabyte motherboards. I use to only use DFI LanParty boards and then DFI quite making consumer boards !! Pissed me off !! Great boards. Rock Solid. I have tried Asus, MSI and just found Gigabyte a solid replacement for DFI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
fbi_open_up Posted October 16, 2017 Member ID: 3143 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 10 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 261 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 207 Achievement Points: 2585 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/19/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 27 Birthday: 08/14/1961 Device: Windows Share Posted October 16, 2017 look at a gtx 1050 ti with 4 gigs on board ram for about $169 LightHammer02 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Lemonshatter Posted November 8, 2017 Member ID: 26327 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 23 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 2 Achievement Points: 157 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/06/17 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 29, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 I recommend the GTX 960, it works really well and last a while for its price. https://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-960 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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