Help me pick a Fallout 4 GPU

Canuck83 · Nov 5, 2015

Here's my current specs:

Asus Crosshair IV Formula
AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE
8gb DDR3 Ram (I think at 1866)
1TB hard drive
Windows 10

Nothing OC'd.

I currently have a AMD 5770 GPU, but am willing to upgrade. Would a R7 390 be a good GPU? Is a 4gb graphics card necessary or will a 2gb do the job? I read on Tom's Best Graphics Card for the Money that 4gb wouldn't help my performance due to the bandwidth.

I am a bit of an AMD fanboy fyi, would prefer not to go Nvidia. Also I don't think my current card would run it? 5770 is pretty old.

chilly2468 · Nov 5, 2015

I would suggest getting the best gpu your budget allows. A r9 390 will definitely run fallout 4 at a pretty good fps. If you can afford a gpu with 4GB of Vram then get it as this will prolong the amount of time you can use the card.

Canuck83 · Nov 5, 2015

Is my CPU limiting though? Or even my RAM? I don't want to have to upgrade the whole computer, and I typically only play one game a year. I'm not a gamer much anymore. I'm more concerned with overspending on a GPU if the rest of the system can't utilize it.

chilly2468 · Nov 5, 2015

The only limiting factor in the build would indeed be the cpu. That being said if you want a decent card to pair with your system then I would recommend something like the R9 370.

Canuck83 · Nov 5, 2015

Thanks, I think the R7 390 will be the right unit for this rig until I decide to get build new.

advancedmixedgaming · Nov 10, 2015

You guys are talking about two different cards.
R9 370 would be decent, R7 390 from my understanding would be slightly slower (???)
R9 370 and R7 390 are two different things

Canuck83 · Nov 10, 2015

Sorry typo, you are correct I don't think a R7 390 or R9 370 even exists. What I'm looking at getting is the R7 370. The other option would be a R9 380 or R9 390.

advancedmixedgaming · Nov 10, 2015

Canuck83 :

They exist but I don't know too much about them. I would either do R9 380,380x, or 390.

Canuck83 · Nov 10, 2015

Yeah I'm hoping for the R9 380 if there's a good enough black Friday sale.

Karnosiris · Nov 10, 2015

Can you post a rough budget? Its hard to say really until I know that.

For what its worth: the 3xx series from AMD is solid. So is the 9xx series by Nvidia, but if you do decide to get an Nvidia card after all, I'd start with the 970. In other words, if you can't afford a 970, DEFINITELY get an AMD card. If you can, its worth at least considering your options on the other side. As far as I know AMD offer a lot more "bang for your buck" below the 350 or so Euros/Dollars a 970 would cost you.

Canuck83 · Nov 10, 2015

I'd prefer not to spend over $200-220 CDN, which translates to about $150-165 USD due to the nice paycut we took when the price of oil dropped. I can buy in the US and ship to my parents and pick up at Christmas though. To put it in perspective, I only plan on playing Fallout 4 and the new mass effect game when it comes out. I don't have much time for others, and it will probably take me 2 years to finish these! It's not a money issue more than hard to justify a ton of money for a hobby I barely partake in anymore.

Wayfall · Nov 11, 2015

My computer specs:
-i5 4460 3.20GHz
-MSI GTX 970 4GB
-Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600Mhz 2x4GB Dual Channel 8GB kit
-1920x1080 LG monitor
-500w Corsair Bronze
-1TB WCD Hard drive
-ASRock Z97 Anniversary Motherboard
-Windows 7 Ultimate
-Bit Fenix Mid-tower case

Go for the same card I have. It can play ultra as long as you don't use TXAA as its a bit buggy with the game at night. If or when you get the game and have a laggy camera switch to borderless windowed mode via launcher options.

For this current gen of games you will require a GTX 900 series card or AMD equivalent card. The GTX 700 series cards are last gen.
The GTX 960 is okay for 1080p ultra but struggles in some games while the GTX 970 is the best power for the price and can ultra practically all triple A games. The GTX 980 is just overkill for 1080p but it does the job swimmingly thou overpriced, also if your thinking of SLIing one of these cards then be careful as some games do not agree with SLI sadly (Fallout 4 being the most recent one)

Hope this helps

chilly2468 · Nov 11, 2015

From the benchmarks I have been seeing recently it looks like a low end cpu makes little to no difference in fallout 4 as the game is very gpu heavy. This means low end systems with high end cards can still get very good fps.

Wayfall · Nov 11, 2015

Please pick the answer that you fine sufficient

advancedmixedgaming · Nov 13, 2015

UPDATE! Found an R9 390 for UNDER $300 http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100382ntoc2l

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