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So my cousin gave me $200.00 to buy him the best video card I can. We built him his PC in 2011 so my concern is buying a card that will not be bottlenecked by his MB or Processor.

His processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 6-Core 3.3GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103913
His motherboard: ASUS M4A89GTD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131631

He is looking to play the latest games, like GTAV and the newest Skyrim mods.
Any advice would be appreciated!
 
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Sturmgewehr_44

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Not all mods are demanding. ENBs will likely not run very well. It depends.

For $200, I see this being a good option: http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Dual-Link-Graphics-02G-P4-2966-KR/dp/B00SC6HAS4/ref=br_lf_m_10779868011_1_1_ttl?ie=UTF8&s=pc&pf_rd_p=2022013182&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=10779868011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=15944JJDKRKNSCQXYMVJ

You can't really be "bottlenecked" by a motherboard. I've never heard that happening before. CPU wise, the term is overused. The processor is pretty weak, but it will be okay in handling a 960 or even greater.

For GTAV, I would suspect that a 960 would be able to run it at moderately high settings. Hopefully it won't be such a screw up of a port that GTA4 was. Max Payne 3 was very well optimised and ran great, so hopefully Rockstar has got this right.

 
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which latest mode is not demanding!!!.

 
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Sturmgewehr_44

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Lol. Many are not.

Basic mods are not. Scripts generally do not decrease performance. The only mods that really would are ENBs, Shaders, Sweetfx, Textures, Injectors, Increased Mesh/poly count, and dense grass, forests, cities, villages, etc.

Everything else does not have a noticeable performance hit.

Falskaar does not have a performance impact: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/37994/?

 
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OK so I'm gathering the GTX 960 is going to be his best bet for $200.00
He says he is in no rush... its it possible something significantly better will be available for 200.00ish in the next month?
 
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I guess it's possible. AMD will likely release something within the next month, although I heard the 380x could be a rebadge yet again. It's just a rumour. There might as well be a 960ti, too. Honestly, the 960 is good. You can look for some deals as well. The SSC model I linked has additional performance for the money. It's a good SKU to go with now.
 
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