Should I buy a used MSI GTX 960 Gaming 2G card for 90?

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I am looking to upgrade my GPU and found a card locally on Craigslist. Guy recently upgraded his and is selling his old card.

I know the GTX 960 is much better than my old card, but is there a newer card under $150 that'd be a better investment or should I buy this card? Using it to play Fallout 4, Witcher 3, BF1.

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If only we knew of your current GPU's make and model as well as your full system's specs, we'd have been able to suggest if it was a worth while "upgrade". Please list your specs as:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
 
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Dell XPS 420, 6 GB ram, 2.4 quad core processor, upgraded PSU (500w+ not exactly sure I can check later), Radeon hd 6770, 1080p resolution, windows 7.

Let's just say I barely get 20-25 FPS on FA4 in urban areas on my current build, with the lowest settings/resolution possible, edited INIs, and performance/texture mods. Interior areas are silky but when I walk outside, its over with if there's any enemies waiting. I know my card is outdated and I'm upgrading my HDD to a faster speed soon as well.
 
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Paladin, sorry didn't mean to vote down on your answer and I can't undo it. Any advantages to getting the 1050sc instead? I see it's smaller. That shouldn't effect the power, but I feel like larger cards run cooler. But I'm shooting in the dark with that assumption. Just why I didn't pick a smaller card.
 
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If you're at the lowest settings and your fps still sucks then its your cpu holding you back, not your gpu. A quick look on YouTube suggests that the hd6770 should be fine for 720p / medium on fa4, maybe even 900p.

A new cpu wont come cheap though as you will basically need a whole new pc to go with it, motherboard ram case and if that dell psu isnt atx size a new psu too
 
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the thing is the 960 is about the same as a 1050TI in performance,
but after looking at PassMark scorse, I realize the 1050 (non ti ) was much lower scored @ 4,701 to the GTX 960 5,834, maybe my suggestion wasn't all that great.

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but for 155$ you can have a GTX 970 4GB and that is almost same score as a 1060 3gb and a touch lower than a 1060 6GB
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MINT-MSI-Nvidia-GeForce-GTX-970-GAMING-4G-TwinFrozr-1140-1279MHZ-4GB-/322475897530?hash=item4b150fb2ba:g:g90AAOSwdGFY0q1i

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food for though.
 
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I just found a 970 4g for 130 plus shipping.

Any opinions on if it's worth 50 dollars more than the 960 2gb and will it fit in the Dell XPS 420?
 
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Last one. Narrowed it down to 2 cards.

XFX Radeon GTR RX 480 8gb for $209 with Doom free

or
MSI Radeon RX 470 8gb for $169?

I'm leaning towards the RX 480 for 50 more bucks, plus a free game.
 
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