trying to figure out my graphics card

wolfbm09 · Mar 30, 2013

Hello all, I have my computer build done 90% with the recomendations of the fellow users on this site. All I need to buy is my hard drive and graphics card. I currently have the Radeon HD 7850 in my wish list but I'm really wondering what I would actually need. I want to play Minecraft and Star Craft 2 on ultra (I guess I should add I have no interest in over clocking). I am wanting to stay under $200 and since I just bought the parts I mention below I have no intention of changing them. My specs are as follows:

- 550 watt power supply
- AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor
- ASRock 970DE3/U3S3 AM3+ AMD 770 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
- CORSAIR 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
- XION Onyx XON-301 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

ARICH5 · Mar 30, 2013

yeesh...200$ for a gpu and a hdd?. don't expect miracles. I was thinking of a 650ti boost but that just blew your budget. best I can think of is a 320gb hdd and a 7750.

wolfbm09 · Mar 30, 2013

ARICH5 I think my question was misunderstood, I don't want to spend more than $200 on the graphics card. The HDD isn't part of this equation it was mentioned just to let everyone know that those were the only parts I was missing.

DiaSin · Mar 30, 2013

Yeah, I would absolutely go with a GTX 650TI BOOST. It actually beats the 7850 and the GTX 560, if you get the SuperClock version. Its pretty close in performance to a GTX 570, at least if you get this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130910

ARICH5 · Mar 30, 2013

ah....yes 650ti boost then

DiaSin · Mar 30, 2013

Take a look at this video for more info on the 650ti BOOST: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho0TnSZ2HW8

Or this article: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-650-ti-boost-gk106-benchmark,3463.html

chromic · Mar 30, 2013

im just wondering, why people arent interested in overclocking gpu's?

you can easily raise both memory & core clock by 100 mhz and you are done. and get a slight boost to your performance.

ARICH5 · Mar 30, 2013

ther are so many new gpu's in the market now with 5$ differences it makes the point moot

ARICH5 · Mar 30, 2013

tbh.....$ for $ ocing a gpu is silly when buying a new gpu...differences are in the range of 2 fps.

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