What NVIDIA Graphics Card can run Minecraft well?

ThePrinceYouSee

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Hey, I am 14 years old and am still learning about computers, so i need some help finding a good graphics card for my computer.

My current Graphics card is a NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 Graphics.

Anyone have any good recommendations?

My budget is $200, i'd like it to run at least 120 frames on nearly full settings.
 

cleanshot911

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I would go with the MSI r9 280 that was already suggested. If you need help with pricing and comparing parts, along with finding user reviews and putting future builds together, use pcpartpicker.com. If I were you I would also check out logicalincrements.com, a great site to compare what you want to buy to what you already have in comparison to in game performance. P.S. Minecraft is just about the easiest game to run in the pc world, seriously pc enthusiasts joke about it, getting an r9 280 or gtx 960 should suit your needs just fine. Also if you want to run it at 120fps, make sure you ahve a 120hz monitor, only pointing this out beause you said you're a beginner, but you need a monitor that can display those buttery smooth framerates, and the hertz (hz) needs to be greater than or equal to the number of frames per second you want to display. Again, not trying to sound condescending.
 

KoopaCreeper

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In my experience, Minecraft is biased torwards Nvidia cards, meaning the 960 would best suit your needs, but either will get you 200+ FPS. What CPU do you have? Minecraft depends heavily on a good CPU, particularly single-threaded performance. My i5 at 4.5GHz yields me 300-500 FPS, while at stock clocks (3.5 GHz) it runs around 200-300 FPS.