Hey Guys! Need help deciding for a budget GPU. Currently, I

Gtx 750ti. No new psi needed. Costs 150 bucks

Spend $30-$50 more and get a 960 or R9 380. The best thing you can get for $150 is probably a 750ti but those are kind of shit despite what some may tell you.

Your PSU should be fine no matter what you choose.

>>52300260
fuck no. plus your psu is fine for litterally any current card up to and including a 390x or titan x

gtx 950 if you hard on that $150 budget, you MIGHT be able to shwing a 960 for that price.

alternately from amd you might be able to swing a r9 280, 280x or a 380 for that price.

Here's what I'd recommend.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125794&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

$180 but if you use the rebate you get $20 back.

>>52300224
For 150 an r9 270x or an r9 280
You could probably find a 285 or 280x for 150 somewhere.

I wouldn't recomend a 750ti. They are made for gaming but not like people thought. They are used to let prebuilt 300 watt computers run games. You will be paying 150 for performance between an r7 260 and an r7 260x which are 70 to 80 dollar cards.

>>52300224
>>52300311
seconded on spending ~$40 more to get a R9 380 or nvidia 960. currently best bang for buck card on the market IMO. 650w psu is perfectly fine as long as you don't sli or crossfire.

>>52300350
This.

/thread

>>52300350
>$180 but if you use the rebate you get $20 back.

Nice! This looks good. A lot of recommendations for R9 380, so I think I might go with that.

I am guessing that 380x > 280x > 750ti?

I found this R9 380, it's 3gb.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150706&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

About $10 more for extra 1gb. How would this compare with the one that was linked?

Also, any idea how long a card like this will last before it needs replacing?

Graphics cards are obsolete the moment they're released. How long they'll last you depends entirely on your preferences.

You got ~5 years out of your last graphics card so an R9 380 will probably last you a few years.

>>52300920
It's a pretty good brand so go for it. The 3gb might not do that much, at most it might make it a bit smoother.

Also
>380x > 280x > 750ti

Actually it's more like
380x > 280x > a literal wall of shit > 750ti

>>52300920
A card like that will last you as long as your 5770 did.

used 280x or 7970 or 290, you probably won't find a 290x used in your price range.

your psu will be fine.

not sure why people buy 280's or 380's when the x models exist. the 290 anx 390 somewhat fill a slot but if you're poorfagging it enough to be in 280x territory you shouldn't settle for less.

could luck up on a 770, saw a lot of them going for fire sale prices recently, especially 2GB models.

consider a cheap 670 or 680 if you find one.

just saw a reference 290 for $185 unsold and a listing for a 290 sold at $150, play your cards right and $170 should get you a nice 290. paid $200 for a 290x a while back before the 390x launched.

fuck a 750ti those cards are for faggots who listen to /g/ telling them they should get one for their micro atx case aych tee pee cee or whatever bullshit.

>>52301017
good point!

I found a gtx960 for $200 with $20 rebate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127894

It's more than what I was hoping for. Between the R9 380 and the gtx960, is there a significant difference?

>>52300224
might be able to get a used gtx 770 or gtx 960 for that price if you lurk ebay.

>>52301146
just got a 380x for $200 I'm happy with it it beats the 960 at everything not by a lot but its better

>>52301146
http://anandtech.com/bench/product/1591?vs=1596

mfw 650ti boost spanks the 750ti and its all over the place for $75

>>52300432
This, 750ti is only good for if you have an extreme PSU restriction

IMO OP should wait until EVGA gets more GTX 960 refurbs, I have one and it's great - cost $160 for the 2GB version (4GB version is placebo because memory bus width)

>>52301487
read this OP.

OP you're also more likely to achieve better performance on AMD afterwards because GCN got better with drivers since 7000 series

also think about a freesync monitor. they got as low as 170$ at the moment if you're interested

>>52301494
that card runs hot as fuck and pulls way more power tho

Between now and august do you guys think current cards will drop in price, and/or a new line of cards will come out?

Buy a 270 from Jet and use the 20% coupon.

>>52301579
Wait for Pascal to come out

Even if there isn't a decent $150 offering, a bunch of the GPUs posted in this thread will be way cheaper.

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>>52301685
>wait for next gen

this is something not everybody can anon.

>>52301564

nobody gives a shit except you. it's winter and my computer doesn't even keep my room warm and it puts out more heat than any 650ti ever will. in summer it's barely noticeable.

>>52301691

that's fair as fuck to be of consideration to the most truthful of thoughts, my brethren.

>>52301769
Buying something good now for a good deal can be sold in the future if someone wants to upgrade after new gpu's are unveiled. It's going to take like 5 months anyway.

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>>52301691
get bodied. i installed it yesterday in my brothers computer, went smoothly. it's actually my first time buying an AMD card and since it went smoothly i'll probably start considering high end AMD cards for my own build.

>>52301691
where is this from?

>>52301779
spoken like somebody who never has to pay for electricity

the 750ti pays for itself over the course of a few months considering how hot the 650ti Boost sits at idle

>>52301769
Pascal is like a few months away though you might as well wait to get better deals on current gen at least

>>52301685
>wait for next gen

If you follow this advice, you'll never end up purchasing anything. Something new is always around the corner.

>>52301831
What u talkin bout willis

>>52301840
Jet

>>52301867
Yes but HBM is a big deal, major change in architecture that is going to make single-card 4k gaming a thing

this isn't like 5 to 6 series or 6 to 7 series

>>52301850
>spoken like somebody who never has to pay for electricity

spoken like a poorfag who actually thinks his occasional computer gayman use of electricity compares to the washer, dryer, fridge, freezer, hot water heater, air conditioning....

what temperature do you keep your a/c or heat on? because if you think your gpu drinks a lot of juice you need to re-evaluate your life and take a basic electricity course.

>>52301897

i hope you're fucking right. it's 2016 and it still feels like 2013.

>>52301850
what % does the 650ti boost stay at idle

>>52301893
just pointing out my 380x was $17 less.
>>52301939
i really hope AMD shits all over pascal with their polaris cards. pretty excited to the see the head to head later this year.

>>52301897
4k is irrelevant at a $150 price point.

>>52301918
this.

taking total powerconsumption of computers as an argument is totally retarded in this day and age

>>52301982
yeah because yours is the XXX edition with a 990mhz clock... the Nitro is 1.04Ghz

>>52302026

exactly. power draw is only bullshit for newfags who drive the power supply industry, buying bullshit like 500 550 600 watt psu's.

put a 1300 watt psu in my machine and blew a capacitor, didn't even give a fuck. i have no idea why people buy low end psu's, all they do is keep the psu companies in business. buy something higher end and don't buy again for years.

what separates newfags from oldfags with computers is knowing what to spend money on now and what to spend money on later.

>>52301977
it's like 40w idle single monitor, the 750ti is like 6w single monitor, 9w for three monitors

>>52302123
jesus that's like 30% power

Alright, so it looks like I'm between a 380 (x?) and a 960 gtx. I'm just looking around at the different prices with the different specs.

So far I have this 960gtx 4gb at $179 after rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127894

And this other rec, 380 2gb at $159 after rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125794&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

>>52301893
And this 380x from Jet. It's a good deal. I've never bought anything from this site before though. Mostly looking at amazon and newegg. How are returns handled on this site?

So far the differences I'm noticing is between the memory. 2gb or 4gb and deciding between amd or nvidia.

>>52301487
>benchmark site
Looks pretty even between the 380 and 960, but the 380x has better performance over the others it seems. Jet has the best deal so far I think with the 380x, but if not Jet, then I might go with the 960.

>>52301897
>major change in architecture that is going to make single-card 4k gaming a thing
Would be nice to see how those turn out, but I won't be gaming on a 4k monitor anytime soon.

>>52301867
>If you follow this advice, you'll never end up purchasing anything. Something new is always around the corner.
In fairness, the upcoming pascal and polaris cards are probably going to be the biggest single jump in performance we have ever seen.

>>52302032
i actually checked in crimson and it was at 1040mhz as well,i don't know if AMD does the core/boost clock thing nvidia does but i was surprised to see it with a core clock that high.

>>52302163
I bought from jet all november and december. Free returns with instant print and attach shipping label. I returned an unopened Asus monitor and they credited me back within a couple days. Their customer service (jetheads) are good and respond via email within the same day if not 2-4hrs. Just don't waive the free ship fee on important things and you'll be fine. People have been getting cpu's and gpu's from there a lot because of their coupon codes

>>52301092
Actually, is like this
750ti>garbage>anything made by amd

>>52302163

fuck a 960, i know they're tempting. fuck them on principle alone.

>>52302186

lol nothing new has been really new in a year or two, but you know that.

been telling people to only buy used or mid range for a while now, force the gpu makers to drop high end gpu prices. the 980 and 980ti are so overvalued it's destined to drop. hdmi2 has a value in and of itself so i can't wait for $200 980 non ti cards and $250 980ti cards. because that's about their real worth, not inflated worth.

fury cards are overvalued as fuck but demand premium for the memory technology bandwidth and amd can't cut them down.

in hindsight amd should not have released HBM and simply released the 390x cards isntead. amd owns the memory bandwidth war but hasn't gained shit from it.

basically the fury line shouldn't even exist and we should have a 395x2 flagship instead.

now this year we will see fury X version 2 and a 700 dollar price tag along with it, instead of a proper 400-500 dollar flagship gpu.

>>52302214
>>52302214
huh maybe it altered it, that's tight. for some reason Unigine and PrecisionX reads my 970 at 1506 instead of 1317.

>Mfw I have an Asus 750ti OC'd to hell and back and it runs everything on high settings except for the more demanding shit (blade and soul during big fights, ffxiv, etc.) which still runs smooth at low or medium settings and is most likely held back by the cpu and lack of ssd in some cases.
750ti is far from top tier but they are pretty fucking beastly for the price and psu reqs.

>>52300224
evga 660 and i3 2100 in my old desktop ran witcher 3 on high with 30 fps. i have a powercolor r9 380 now and it does me good though. would suggest spending an extra $50 for it.

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Hello /g/.
I obviously need to replace the GPU
on my old Mac Pro 1,1.
What would be the "best" GPU that wouldn't be bottlenecked by dem xeons and PCI-e 1.0 too much?
GTX750ti?
I'm not afraid of slightly older, used cards.

I saw someone put a GTX980 in it on jewtube but that's just a waste...

Thanks in advance.

>>52300224
>>52300327
>>52300432

I'd second to get a 270(X), considering the 370 is actually a 265 and the 950 doesn't really perform better.

Otherwise, saving up for a 380 or 960 might be worth it.

Used cards could be also an option, basically a 7950(280) or something, but beware of the memecoin miners selling you 24/7 overstressed cards.

>>52302245
>>>/v/

>>52304713
Nvidia cards should cope better with limited bandwidth, considering the botched memory bus of a 960 still being enough to compete with a 380.

Nonetheless, Pcie v1 still isn't bad at all:

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/pci-express-scaling-game-performance-analysis-review,5.html

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GTX_980_PCI-Express_Scaling/21.html