What GPU can run all games at 1080@60fps that costs $350 or less?

Exzodian · Feb 4, 2015

FX 6300 or FX 8350
60Hz or 120Hz Monitor?
Can a 60Hz play show above 60fps?
Crysis 3 at 1080@60fps maybe all ultra settings? Nothing above 1080 like 1440 or 4k
Will be playing Skyrim with mods and B4 also most modern games like Dying Light
If no card can hand Crysis 3 at 1080@60fps under $350 or $300
2015
Was planning on a GTX 750 ti ftw then new GTX 960 came out (ASUS or EVGA) maybe Ti in Summer?

Derza10 · Feb 4, 2015

Do you already have a computer built? Maybe you could give us the total budget and we can build a more balanced computer?

The best video card for $350 or less is a GTX 970 and it will run Crysis 3 at 60 fps on very high settings.

Reeadon · Feb 4, 2015

If you only want 1080p@60FPS, and you dont care about in-game settings then the 280x and even the 270x just fine. FX 6300 is also fine, but the FX 8350 is obviously better, and is better at future proofing your build. You cannot run Crysis 3 at 1080p@60FPS with a 270x or 280x. You cant even do that with a GTX 970.

There are no confirmation about Ti versions of the 960.

quilciri · Feb 4, 2015

No single GPU can yet absolutely max crysis 3 @1080p and average 60fps or more yet.

For 1080p, the strongest single GPU under $350 is the GTX 970.

The strongest graphics performance on that budget would be a pair of R9 280's
XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card ($164.99 @ Newegg)

johnnyb105 · Feb 4, 2015

Do you have a system built or is this a wish list or something??? can you give us some details or specs on the system? As said crisis is yet to be max out to 60 fps with any of the above cards .. The 960 is equal to a r 285 in performance yet slower then the 280x .. Let us know what else we can further help you with.

Exzodian · Feb 4, 2015

These are my current options
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Exzodian/saved/Vz4J7P
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Exzodian/saved/wJq7YJ
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Exzodian/saved/MX9Ff7
About the same and I will use 2x4gb 1600 or 1866 for duel channel
Crysis 3 was just a bonus
I'll mostly be playing modern games 2015 like Dying Light Far Cry 4 BF4 and Skyrim (maybe some mods)

Derza10 · Feb 4, 2015

Here is a much better gaming build for under $850
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7vRkmG

johnnyb105 · Feb 4, 2015

If you go the AMD route use the 8320 and it will over clock as good as the 8350 and costs less... If your going Intel and you just want to get started for now with a good gaming system with room to grown later find a good 1150 intel board asrock asus or gigabyte.
The buy a 69 dollar cpu called a g3258 from intel it games really good if that's what your wanting and it over clocks like a mother.. If youi want I can do you a build... Derza nice build but he needs a os as well ...

johnnyb105 · Feb 4, 2015

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117374&cm_re=g3258-_-19-117-374-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157501&cm_re=asrock_z97-_-13-157-501-_-Product

These 2 will be a great combo and room to upgrade later to a i5 or I 7

Derza10 · Feb 4, 2015

johnnyb105 :

Well i was basing my pricing off of his most expensive build... He didn't have an OS included with it.

Exzodian · Feb 4, 2015

Derza10 :

Why the motherboard downgrade? (Had SLI and Crossfire support)
I heard Dying Light has AMD incompatibilities or doesn't work well together.
Is a 60Hz monitor good for 60fps?

Derza10 · Feb 4, 2015

Exzodian :

Switching from AMD motherboard to intel, had to cut the price a bit on the motherboard so you could get an intel CPU (much better for gaming) and also fit in the r9 290 ( will be WAY faster than the gtx 750 ti). All in all its about $70 more than your other build but will perform about twice as fast in games.

60Hz monitor means it can display 60 fps... so yes 60Hz is all you need.

Exzodian · Feb 4, 2015

johnnyb105 :

Will the CPU bottleneck the GPU?
Games are using 4 core configs so I dont know about the g3258.
Also is it true that a AMD 8 core is like a Intel 4 core?

Derza10 · Feb 4, 2015

For gaming? the AMD 8 core is a good amount worse than intel 4 core.

johnnyb105 · Feb 4, 2015

Well they say that far cry 4 wont run well on a amd system but im proof that it does run well infact it hasn't crashed yet on my 8320 but it has on my intel 4690k.... sli and crossfire is if your going to be running 2 gpu in your system a h or b board is fine but its a bit older then a z 87 or 97 Derza has a good build for you.. I am only providing you with options and info... Dying light game works fine on amd system my son in law has it running on a apu from amd.. So I wouldn't worry so much about one game and focus about the over all performance and value for your money.

Derza10 · Feb 4, 2015

I think you will have to use a different case if you go with the build i gave you, I'm pretty sure the R9 290 won't fit in it.

Exzodian · Feb 4, 2015

johnnyb105 :

All my questions have pretty much have been answered so what would be in my build now in PCpartpicker?
What CPU and what GPU?

johnnyb105 · Feb 4, 2015

More cores don't always mean more power AMD and Intel are different If you owned a 8320/ OR 8350 and bought a I5 4690 you wouldn't see a lot of difference between the 2 other then the single core performance ... The g3258 is very good for gaming it is 1/3 the cost of the I5 and will game like the I5 and I7 even tho its 2 cores look at the vids and read the net reviews ect its a very good cpu for gaming to get you into the ball park so to speak... As with anything the more that you spend the better you will get in return .. BTW THE R 290 have issues with BSOD THATS NOT BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH THAT BLACK SCREEN... I would steer clear from the 290 right now the issue has been ongoing for well over a year and AMD hasn't fix it yet.

Derza10 · Feb 4, 2015

Here $830 : http://pcpartpicker.com/p/y44nK8

Exzodian · Feb 4, 2015

johnnyb105 :

I was at first going to go with a fx 6300 but now I will go with a g2358 with a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO.
CPU solved.
What about a GPU?
I was at first going with a 750 ti ftw but now im thinking gtx 960 or 970 depending on price for performance, also maybe a AMD card like a r9 280 or 280x.
Do you have any other cards than thous and which company ASUS or EVGA.

Derza10 · Feb 4, 2015

Exzodian :

If you go with the G3258 rout i'd get a z97 motherboard for it... That will give you the option to upgrade to an i5 4690k later on if you want to... As far as the video cards go, if you can budget the GTX 970 (~$330) its one of the best price/performance cards right now.

GTX 970 :
Asus($339): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121899&cm_re=gtx_970-_-14-121-899-_-Product

MSI($319): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127833&cm_re=gtx_970-_-14-127-833-_-Product

Exzodian · Feb 4, 2015

How about this http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Exzodian/saved/MX9Ff7
May change Motherboard
GPU will be 970 but I dont know Which ones better ASUS or EVGA?
Nevermind just realized how stupid I was about the CPU

Derza10 · Feb 5, 2015

Looks good, I changed the motherboard out to a H97 board as you can't overclock the 4590 anyway.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4LQDTW

Exzodian · Feb 6, 2015

Derza10 :

i5 4690k instead

gokitty199 · Feb 6, 2015

havent read all the posts so im not sure if this has been suggested or not but this 290x is on sale with rebate for $299 and has similar performance to the 970 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121840&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Desktop+Graphics+Cards-_-N82E16814121840&gclid=CjwKEAiAxsymBRCegqiLzI7Q1S8SJADOgQrz6taAf7nq46-fYOxhmhry-NLHOpKfGuKtkaC8OIPaphoCl6jw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

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