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Good graphics card for budget gaming

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October 17, 2014 4:35:45 PM

Hello everybody. I am saving up for a new graphics card and seek recommendations.

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: When ever I save up enough for it. Probably around Christmas time.

BUDGET RANGE: USD $100 to $250

USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, mainly Minecraft, GMod, and other steam games such as Five Nights at Freddy's.

CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: My current GPU is an integrated AMD Radeon HD 7480D. My power supply is 450W.

OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: My CPU is an AMD A4-5300 on a MSI FM2-A55M-E33 motherboard. I have 8GB of DDR3 memory.

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: I prefer newegg.com but any website I can buy online is fine.

PARTS PREFERENCES: I prefer an Nvidia graphics card. It must have GDDR5 memory.

OVERCLOCKING: Maybe

SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No

MONITOR RESOLUTION: I run a dual monitor setup, my main monitor, the one I use to play games on and such on has a 1920x1080 resolution. My second monitor I do not use to stretch games across on but for any additional program I may have open or multitasking. This one has a 1280x1024 resolution.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The card must be able to run most games on medium settings with at least 40FPS. I mainly play Garry's Mod, Minecraft, and other web based games. I usually don't play games that require a high end graphics card to handle.

UPDATE: Forgot to add that it must be PCI Express 2.0 x16

Best regards,
Gabriel G.

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October 17, 2014 4:47:47 PM

I disagree with the gtx660. I have one of those. don't like it. they're not so great.
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October 17, 2014 4:52:37 PM

The good news is that your second monitor will not impact gaming on the primary monitor.
If your 450w psu is of good quality, a R9-270 or possibly a GTX760/192b.
http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm
By your purchase period, I would hope for a GTX960 launch which should be perfect.

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October 17, 2014 5:25:26 PM

This shud make it easier

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October 17, 2014 7:25:50 PM

Cause I need PCIe 2.0 x16
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October 17, 2014 7:41:01 PM

KillermanGabe said:
Cause I need PCIe 2.0 x16


The 730 you linked to is crap compared with other suggested ones and PCIe ver 3.0 cards run just fine in a PCIe ver 2.0 slot with no performance penalty!
The PCIe std is fully backwards and forward compatible.
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less than a minute ago

rolli59 said:
KillermanGabe said:
Cause I need PCIe 2.0 x16


The 730 you linked to is crap compared with other suggested ones and PCIe ver 3.0 cards run just fine in a PCIe ver 2.0 slot with no performance penalty!
The PCIe std is fully backwards and forward compatible.


Oh, thanks for letting me know that.
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