So basically my friend cheaped out on a 430W corsair power supply and wants a graphics card that will run games on medium and above on his pc, does anyone have any suggestions for decent graphics cards, or is it worthwhile to also upgrade the PSU aswell, noting that the money spent wants to be minimal.
Graphics card buying advice
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alu7616 :
RulesSpew :
Hey 
What's your budget for the graphics card and what's your PC* specifications?
mid settings.high, that would be an R7 260x :
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r7_260_review_benchmarks,11.html
Also comsumpts 110W which is good for a 450W PSU.
What's your budget for the graphics card and what's your PC* specifications?
mid settings.high, that would be an R7 260x :
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r7_260_review_benchmarks,11.html
Also comsumpts 110W which is good for a 450W PSU.
as far as i know the CPU is an AMD FX-6300, 2x4gb of Corsair ram, a Gigabyte motherboard and a corsair cx430w psu. price for the card would be optimally under £100. Honestly anything is better than the 9400gts in it at the moment
95W power consumption of your CPU
430W bronze 80% = that will take 400W max from the wall.
Your system without graphics card will consume about 150W ( max usage )
400-150-100( 100W in a reserve so you won't get any PC crashes or your system...
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Hey
What's your budget for the graphics card and what's your PC* specifications?
mid settings.high, that would be an R7 260x :
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r7_260_review_benchmarks,11.html
Also comsumpts 110W which is good for a 450W PSU.
What's your budget for the graphics card and what's your PC* specifications?
mid settings.high, that would be an R7 260x :
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r7_260_review_benchmarks,11.html
Also comsumpts 110W which is good for a 450W PSU.
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RulesSpew :
Hey
What's your budget for the graphics card and what's your PC* specifications?
mid settings.high, that would be an R7 260x :
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r7_260_review_benchmarks,11.html
Also comsumpts 110W which is good for a 450W PSU.
What's your budget for the graphics card and what's your PC* specifications?
mid settings.high, that would be an R7 260x :
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r7_260_review_benchmarks,11.html
Also comsumpts 110W which is good for a 450W PSU.
as far as i know the CPU is an AMD FX-6300, 2x4gb of Corsair ram, a Gigabyte motherboard and a corsair cx430w psu. price for the card would be optimally under £100. Honestly anything is better than the 9400gts in it at the moment
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alu7616 :
RulesSpew :
Hey
What's your budget for the graphics card and what's your PC* specifications?
mid settings.high, that would be an R7 260x :
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r7_260_review_benchmarks,11.html
Also comsumpts 110W which is good for a 450W PSU.
What's your budget for the graphics card and what's your PC* specifications?
mid settings.high, that would be an R7 260x :
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r7_260_review_benchmarks,11.html
Also comsumpts 110W which is good for a 450W PSU.
as far as i know the CPU is an AMD FX-6300, 2x4gb of Corsair ram, a Gigabyte motherboard and a corsair cx430w psu. price for the card would be optimally under £100. Honestly anything is better than the 9400gts in it at the moment
95W power consumption of your CPU
430W bronze 80% = that will take 400W max from the wall.
Your system without graphics card will consume about 150W ( max usage )
400-150-100( 100W in a reserve so you won't get any PC crashes or your system won't shut down when playing )
= 150W consumption max for a graphics card
*
Recommendations :
GTX 650 ti ( 110W power consumption ) - 100£
+ higher performance
+ lower power consumption
+ kepler based GPU ( that is used in the high end card )
- cost
R7 250 (140W power consumption ) -80£
- mid performance
+ lower cost
+ higher power consumption
- weaker than 650 ti
Buy GTX 650 ti if you can afford it, in my country it costs 3300 Crone wich is 100£
RulesSpew :
alu7616 :
RulesSpew :
Hey
What's your budget for the graphics card and what's your PC* specifications?
mid settings.high, that would be an R7 260x :
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r7_260_review_benchmarks,11.html
Also comsumpts 110W which is good for a 450W PSU.
What's your budget for the graphics card and what's your PC* specifications?
mid settings.high, that would be an R7 260x :
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r7_260_review_benchmarks,11.html
Also comsumpts 110W which is good for a 450W PSU.
as far as i know the CPU is an AMD FX-6300, 2x4gb of Corsair ram, a Gigabyte motherboard and a corsair cx430w psu. price for the card would be optimally under £100. Honestly anything is better than the 9400gts in it at the moment
95W power consumption of your CPU
430W bronze 80% = that will take 400W max from the wall.
Your system without graphics card will consume about 150W ( max usage )
400-150-100( 100W in a reserve so you won't get any PC crashes or your system won't shut down when playing )
= 150W consumption max for a graphics card
*
Recommendations :
GTX 650 ti ( 110W power consumption ) - 100£
+ higher performance
+ lower power consumption
+ kepler based GPU ( that is used in the high end card )
- cost
R7 250 (140W power consumption ) -80£
- mid performance
+ lower cost
+ higher power consumption
- weaker than 650 ti
Buy GTX 650 ti if you can afford it, in my country it costs 3300 Crone wich is 100£
650 ti is £90 after looking around for deals and stuff, thanks for the help
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