Any good PCI e x8 GPU's that can play modern games at ~35~ FPS at 1366X768

Ali Husain · Mar 17, 2016

Hi, I am planning on running modern games on my PC, but my specs are rather low, and I am planning on getting a GPU, unfortunately my options are quite limited, and my budget is rather low (110$ max). My specs are as follows:

G2030 dual core 3.00GHz
2 + 4 GB DDR3 1333MHz
GT 610 MSI 2 GB
GA H61M S1

My selections are extremely limited right now due to having an old motherboard that only supports PCI e x8 GPU's and so far I have found the EVGA GT 630 which will actually be a big increase from the gt 610. Please let me know if you know any PCI e x8 GPU's cos my rig is so bad I can only play NFS Rivals at about literally 15 FPS Warframe I get about 12 FPS average on full screen completely maxed, and that is seriously annoying. Also if you know please tell me if the EVGA GT 630 is overclockable, or if the GT 7-- series has PCI e x8 slots. I am planning on building a really expensive awesome gaming rig in the future, but its gonna come own to a crazy amount, and I need some basic gaming for the pass time. I only play at 1366X768, and I do reduce the resolution to about (I AM BEING COMPLETELY COMPLETELY LITERAL) 100X50 on a 1366X768 monitor to get above 45 FPS on Warframe, unfortunately this does not work with NFS Rivals for some reason. If you know any cheap mobos that support PCI e x16 and LGA 1155 please let me know as well, trying to keep this extremely budget for now, Thanks very very much!

Gingerbread · Mar 17, 2016

To begin with, the motherboard has pci-e x16, not x8, no idea where you got that. Also for $110 you can get a GTX 750 ti, which will run the games you like, you just need to make sure your PSU can handle it.

photonboy · Mar 17, 2016

Gingerbread :

Yep.
A quality 300W PSU is capable of this.

Avoid AMD graphics as your relatively weak CPU will tend to bottleneck with AMD's inefficient DX11 drivers. I'll look for a link.

(GT610... shudder... )

photonboy · Mar 17, 2016

Start here: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-02gp43751kr

Performance info:
GT610-> 48 cuda
GT640-> 384 cuda
GTX750Ti (different architecture)-> approx 3X faster than GT640
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_750_Ti/25.html

I couldn't find a GT610 and GTX750Ti on the same graph, and of course CPU bottlenecking (varies by game) affects the results as well.

Still, this should give a rough indication that a GTX750Ti would be a huge upgrade.

Other:
Um, fairly certain you aren't literally playing games at 100x50 resolution.

Ali Husain · Mar 17, 2016

Gingerbread :

Thanks, apologies, I thought it would definitely be PCI e x8 cos it fits a GT 610 perfectly (with no extra space) and a GT 610 is PCI e x8 and as far as I know x16 is supposed to be longer ... But I trust your judgement more, thanks

Ali Husain · Mar 17, 2016

photonboy :

Thanks for the info, maybe you are right, but its literally a small square on my screen, about 1:20 ratio on my screen

CodyMondo · Apr 8, 2016

For the same price, somtimes even less as a 750 TI you can get an R7 360 which is faster than a 750ti by quite a bit.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150736

Ali Husain · Apr 9, 2016

CodyMondo :

Thanks for the helpful suggestion, but the benchmarks dont agree. I think I will get the 750Ti, but I will consider this because it will definitely outperform the 750Ti when DX12 comes out, only problem is it will use more power (my PSU is not good quality) and even when DX12 smashes Nvidia I won't need all the horsepower! But thanks!

CodyMondo · Apr 9, 2016

Ali Husain :

CodyMondo :

Thanks for the helpful suggestion, but the benchmarks dont agree. I think I will get the 750Ti, but I will consider this because it will definitely outperform the 750Ti when DX12 comes out, only problem is it will use more power (my PSU is not good quality) and even when DX12 smashes Nvidia I won't need all the horsepower! But thanks!

it will use more power but not much, it only has 1 6 pin power connector

Ali Husain · Apr 12, 2016

CodyMondo :

But its not as fast, larger and consumes more power (this isn't too much of an issue, but still a negative) I just need something that is small, reliable, stylish and available, I think the 750Ti is best, however if I where picking high-end cards, I would probably go for AMD

Gingerbread · Apr 12, 2016

Small and less powerhungry is the low power consumption 750ti which doesn't even require a PCI-E power cable (all the 75W from the PCI-E x16 slot is enough for it). Soon there will be a gtx 950 which will be able to run with no PCi-E cable as well.

Ali Husain · Apr 14, 2016

Gingerbread :

Do you mean they are going to upgrade the 950, make a new model replacing the 950, or the 950 currently does not require a cable from the PSU right now? Because as far as I know the 950 is already released, has a total TDP of about 140 TDP at load (PCI e only supplies 75 watts, so it will need at least a 6 pin connector) and is already released... about a year ago actually

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