looking for a cheap decent (gaming) GPU

nVidea

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I found out that maybe the problem of my PC herehttp://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2449745/automatically-shuts.html#14963866 is probably not the PSU, but the GPU. My old GT 430 Inno3D is already 3 years, together with my entire System unit.

Anyway, gt 430 + athlon II x3 450 3.2ghz still kick ass when I run Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, but significantly slowed down when I played the Ghost Recon and Battlefield 3.

I`d like to buy a
1. temporary, durable (probably one with longer lasting life, like 3 yrs) GPU until I finally buy a R9 270x
2. Small price difference from gt 430, but with better performance
3. Better performance that can still play COD MW 3.
4. Price not higher than 110 USD.

Im thinking of these following GPUs (please indicate the manufacturer when giving tips, like MSI, Asus, gigabyte, sapphire)
GT 730
GT 740 (can it play BF 4 and COD ghosts? About 30 fps, low settings, no AA, no shadow, 1366x768)
And R7 series ( 250 250x, 260, I have no idea on the performances of R7 series)
If there's amd card that's better than Gt 740, but lower price, i`ll go for that
 

PanicMaster85

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The R7 260 will deliver good performance(best out of the ones you listed),
BF4-FR.png


The card will give you a significant increase in performance http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R7-260-vs-GeForce-GT-430 and should allow you play most games 30+ fps for multiple years.


I would recommend you get the 270x, however, it's listed here(http://www.amazon.com/MSI-R7-260X-DisplayPort-PCI-Express/dp/B00FR6XOQO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1420355612&sr=8-3&keywords=r7+260) for a low price and will offer you a performance improvement as shown in the graph above... also here --> (http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R7-260X-vs-Radeon-R7-260)
 

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260x is above 100 USD in Philippines,
How about my question, can GT 740 play BF 4?

Because what I've seen on YouTube, laptops with GT 740m Intel proc, it can play BF 4 Decently. And I believe GT 740 is stronger than 740m in laptops..

I'm planning to buy laptop with 740m too, so my gf and I can play together at the same time.
 

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Yes the gt 740 can play bf4.


Have you tried unlocking the fourth core of your cpu?

 

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Yes I did... how about BF 4 multi-player? Low settings, 1366x768, no AA, no shadow, etc. I just want to play BF 4. about how many FPS will I get on GT 740 using this old CPU??
 

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I was referring to the R7 260, it is also in the benchmark that I showed above.

The GT 740...
as you can see Here it is capable at running bf4 at ultra at 720p(close to the resolution you stated, there won't be much of a performance difference), and then here also shows that it will easily be able to run BF4 at low settings 1366x768.
 

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Generally: msi, asus, evga, gigabyte are top tier

xfx, palit, gainward, zotac etc are next level down.

powercolor, HIS, and such under the above.