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Is a 500 bucks+ videocard really needed at the moment?

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November 20, 2013 12:00:04 PM

I'm debating whether I'll just hop onto the PC bandwagon instead of consoles. All in all my 'experience' in building a PC is more like, eh it's expensive so it has to be good.

I've done some research and while I kind of understood the processor and other components, I can't seem to get my head around video-cards.

I have the budget to buy a 500+ video-card, but if it's not necessary, I'd rather spend the money on either games or other hardware, and spend some money in 2(?) years to upgrade the card.

I'm not going to game on a 6 monitor setup with a resolution of 4k just regular HD on a single monitor.

Anyone here that can help me out. Or is more info needed?

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November 20, 2013 12:06:02 PM

No, you don't need a $500 video card. a $200 video card (such as the GTX 670) will outperform the new generation of consoles @1080p.

The only reason I use a pair in SLI (a $400 solution that outperforms $5-600 single GPU's, and possibly the $700 780ti as well) is because i use a 2560x1440 monitor that's been overclocked to 108Hz, and I want framerates north of 90 fps with most eye-candy turned on at that resolution :) .
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November 20, 2013 12:06:05 PM

Its not necessary for the average gamer on 1 HD monitor.. If your planning on just playing games at a decent fps with high to max settings then a 760 or 270x will be all you'll need for a couple years at least unless your running multiple monitors.
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November 20, 2013 12:20:27 PM

quilciri said:
No, you don't need a $500 video card. a $200 video card (such as the GTX 670) will outperform the new generation of consoles @1080p.

The only reason I use a pair in SLI (still, only a $400 solution) is because i use a 2560x1440 monitor that's been overclocked to 108Hz, and I want framerates north of 90 fps with most eye-candy turned on at that resolution :) .


Moonsfang said:
Its not necessary for the average gamer on 1 HD monitor.. If your planning on just playing games at a decent fps with high to max settings then a 760 or 270x will be all you'll need for a couple years at least unless your running multiple monitors.


Thank you guys for the quick replies ^^. I assume that if I want to play the upcoming games at HD with high settings, would the 760 still be a good choice, or would it be smart to invest in a 770 (this one has half the ram though)?
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November 20, 2013 12:30:38 PM

I recommend the 670 over the 760 for a couple reasons; they have better performance and they're cheaper.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-760-rev...

*correction: the cheapest 670 ($250) is currently $14 more expensive than the cheapest 760($236), but the difference is well worth $14. The 670's have gone on sale twice in the past month for $200, though (that's when I picked mine up) and will probably do so again soon.

MSI GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card ($249.99 @ Newegg)

LOL: Nvidia is actually coming out with the "760 Ti" which is nothing more than a rebranded 670....except they're going to charge more for the 760 ti...*fail*
http://www.techspot.com/news/54377-nvidia-geforce-gtx-7...

Except for the 780, Nvidia's 700 series all use the same hardware as the 600 series. The 770 is basically a 680.
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