How much video card do I really need?

aambumann

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This build is for my children who play online games like MineCraft. I would like to stay close to $100.00+/- for a video card, Ideally it would be nice to find one with a red and black theme to it or one that would fit into a red and black theme. Realistically, how much video card do I need, without creating any bottle necks between the cpu and gpu. I do not plan on over clocking. I have been researching for a couple of days now and starting to confuse myself. This is the only part left to choose. Thank You.



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Thank You, I was just wondering. They play on a core i3 540, Gigabyte GA H55m-S2h, Corsair Vengence 4 GB DDR3 1600, Seasonic M12II 520 psu, right now, but it did not seem to work so well until after I added a 8800 GTX I had laying around.