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Macmyazka

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I built a computer almost two years ago. I built it for school with CAD in mind. Now I'm no longer interested in using it for that reason. I'll hold on to the Quadro card in case I do use SolidWorks or other software at home, but I don't see any use for it at the moment.

System:
*Cooler Master N200 micro ATX mini tower
*MSI Z97M-G43 motherboard
*Intel G3258 (was overclocked at 4.0GHz, but cranked it down to stock for now)
*G.Skill Ripjaws X Series DDR3-1600 16GB memory
*Corsair CX500 power supply
*PNY Quadro K620 gpu
*Samsung 850 EVO SSD

I want to replace the graphics card with something more on the other end of the spectrum. A GeForce or Radeon card. I'm not looking for a high end card because I don't need to play games at 60-100 FPS.

What I want it for is to stream Netflix/Hulu/Amazon Prime. I also want to be able to run Photoshop without any issues. I may RARELY use it to play STEAM games (I mean old school...MW2, CS:Source...maybe a couple slightly newer games, but nothing that requires a top end card).

I have a few issues from time to time with the computer stuttering when I'm doing some browsing and when I'm watching Hulu in a small window. I can't figure out whether it is the graphics card or something else (I would assume my system can handle the basic tasks I'm doing though)...perhaps it's the Pentium G3258? Would I be better off upgrading that to an i3 or i5?
 
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1050ti would give the most bang for your buck.

4gb vs 2gb would be largely an increase on texture detail settings and loading performance.

The ti would handle most modern games, albiet on a much lower setting than the higher end cards.
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I appreciate the very quick response. I should've included a little more detail as to budget and what I had looked at so far.

I'd really like to stick to the $100 range. I don't have much to play with right now. I don't have a problem stretching to the $150ish range if I need to, but I'd rather not.

I had looked at a few cards such as the R7 360, RX 460, 730, 1050 and 1050 Ti. If we eliminated the PC gaming factor, would some of those cheaper cards I listed still work decently well? And how big of a difference is a 2GB vs 4GB version of some of these cards?

I actually just helped someone build their first computer and we used the MSI 970 Gaming mb, FX 8350 cpu, and Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti 4GB. He'll be doing a lot more gaming than I will.

I probably pc game about an hour to two a month tops. Just when I'm bored of console gaming really.

Off the top of my head I've seen XFX, Gigabyte, MSI, ASUS, PNY, Sapphire, ZOTAC, and a few others. Which ones should I stay away from for sure and which are safe bets? I've owned PNY in the past...maybe Gigabyte as well.

And some not important info...I need at least 1 HDMI and 1 DP or 2 HDMI. I currently use a one monitor setup but previously had two. I might go back to two down the road.
 
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1050ti would give the most bang for your buck.

4gb vs 2gb would be largely an increase on texture detail settings and loading performance.

The ti would handle most modern games, albiet on a much lower setting than the higher end cards.
 
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