need a new gpu...recommend me one.

I want something under 200...but if something around 250 is leaps and bounds better I'd consider it.

I currently have a gt520. Don't judge me.

The GTX760 is supposed to be really good for around $250. Should be able to max out every game at 30+fps. Most at 60.

I read that the 650 ti is comparable for less. Think its worth the extra cash?

You can have mine if you want...  

Epyk MD wrote:I read that the 650 ti is comparable for less. Think its worth the extra cash?

I dunno. I mean I think the difference is fairly significant since the 760 is a bit better than the 660ti, which is obviously better than the 650ti. But I haven't seen much benchmarks comparing them

But definitely don't get the 1GB version, I wouldn't spend money on a 1GB graphics card these days.

EDIT: I found a benchmark where the 660ti has as much as 20fps advantage over the 650ti, no 760 though.

http://www.techspot.com/review/642-crysis-3-performance/page3.html

Go for the 760

Great advice

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-760-vs-GeForce-GTX-650-Ti




760. 650 ti is junk in comparison.

That would be such a massive upgrade over a GT520

Do what everyone else said.

either 760 or hd7950

You can have my 560 ti for free if you want. It is still pretty decent for most games, especially if you oc it.

Would it handle BF4? >.>

I guess that's a loaded question since it isn't out yet.

it should play it pretty good at the very least medium/high, it could do about 60fps on high/ultra in bf3 from stuff I've read,maybe dips into the 50s, it would be like going to a super computer from ur gpu now tho



props to good guy tom

That sounds really great actually. I just want something that won't Struggle with BF4 and anything else we get into this year.

The only benchmarks I've seen leaked from BF4 were pretty brutal. But that was max settings, and it was an alpha.

You should have no problem running it at max settings but you're gonna have to tone down stuff if you want to run 60fps.

Epyk MD wrote:Would it handle BF4? >.>

It will handle it, but it will not be able to play at 60 fps max settings. Bf4 looks to be really similar to bf3, so I am guessing you will be able to get 60 fps with a mixture of high and medium settings (with fxaa or no AA).

In all honesty... I wouldn't care if it looked like bc2.

I just Built one to game with you all.

BC2 is actually really nice looking on PC and pretty demanding... 

Ante wrote:BC2 is actually really nice looking on PC and pretty demanding... 

Yeah BC2 looks great on PC.

You will be able to play BF4 on a 560ti. but on Medium settings at best. If thats acceptable then take Tom's offer. Thats quite generous. I expect BF4 to be more taxing ( just a bit) than Bf3, and my buddy has a 560ti and has to play at a mid/high combo. Just fwiw.

Sym wrote:You will be able to play BF4 on a 560ti. but on Medium settings at best. If thats acceptable then take Tom's offer. Thats quite generous.  I expect BF4 to be more taxing ( just a bit) than Bf3, and my buddy has a 560ti and has to play at a mid/high combo. Just fwiw.

When I was using my 560 ti I was able to get 60 fps on high settings (SSAO with fxaa). Now this was with an OC on both my CPU and GPU, and i was only able to get this on some maps. Karkand especially just destroyed my fps. I still think after some driver optimizations come out a mixture of medium and high at 60 fps will be possible (on most maps at least).

His is standard clocked so maybe thats the difference?

He doesn't like to OC for various reasons.

I was actually wanting to try out a nvidia gpu,heard their driver/interface is much better...amd's is pretty rinky dink tbh. Might get a gtx 650 and play on 720p on this other computer lol.

I much prefer Nvidia my man

The driver stability alone makes it worth it

Sym wrote:/The driver stability alone makes it worth it

*has horrible PC gaming flashback montage sequence...
God. Damn. Drivers.

Sym wrote:I much prefer Nvidia my man

The driver stability alone makes it worth it

You use the standard drivers? I thought most gamers used customized / optimized gaming drivers now.

I use Omega drivers (maybe something better now, but its habit)

Metalzoic wrote:

Sym wrote:/The driver stability alone makes it worth it

*has horrible PC gaming flashback montage sequence...
God. Damn. Drivers.

Drivers are a non issue with modern day Nvidia cards 99% of the time. AMD on the other hand is a toss up...

it pissed me off metro last light looked glitchy as fuck on amd cards,they fixed it a little bit month(s) later but bleh left a sour taste in my mouth

JrTapia1991 wrote:it pissed me off metro last light looked glitchy as fuck on amd cards,they fixed it a little bit month(s) later but bleh left a sour taste in my mouth

I don't think you were supposed to put it in your mouth Jr...

Sym wrote:

Metalzoic wrote:

Sym wrote:/The driver stability alone makes it worth it

*has horrible PC gaming flashback montage sequence...
God. Damn. Drivers.

Drivers are a non issue with modern day Nvidia cards 99% of the time. AMD on the other hand is a toss up...

They are pretty much neck and neck from what I have read in terms of stability. Also RStudio I have never heard of "custom" drivers being anywhere near as good regular ones. Also metal pc drivers are a much different beast than they were 5+ years ago, same with gaming in general on pc.

The custom ones ALWAYS used to be better than the default ones, not sure if that's the case now as I don't have a modern GPU, suppose you could look into it I guess.

http://www.omegadrivers.net/

Tom wrote:

 Also metal pc drivers are a much different beast than they were 5+ years ago, same with gaming in general on pc.

It's been longer than 5 years. I gave up PC gaming in the mid-late 90's

I heard it was a mess back then,you literally had to upgrade gpu/cpu every year

JrTapia1991 wrote:I heard it was a mess back then,you literally had to upgrade gpu/cpu every year

From my understanding it was basically worse than linux gaming today in terms of support and compatibility.

multiplayer was a fucking mess,having to forward all ports for each game,and firewall being a major problem too...lol

Metalzoic wrote:

Tom wrote:

 Also metal pc drivers are a much different beast than they were 5+ years ago, same with gaming in general on pc.

It's been longer than 5 years. I gave up PC gaming in the mid-late 90's

Dude its alot different nowadays

I still have the scars.

Everytime you got a new game the odds were good that it would take you hours to days to get it to run right (or at all).

Update drivers for this, need new drivers for that, your printer driver conflicts with your nutsack driver so nothing works, you finally get it to work and you lose picture because your fucking monitor driver conflicts with the butt-fuck you just downloaded. 6 hours later it runs and you can see it, but it only seems to work in a small box in the center of your screen and your keyboard no longer registers.

*shudders

Yea that was DOS days man

Yeah a lot of games still ran Dos, most ran under windows by then though.

Dos was kinda a bitch.

PC gaming in those days could be a bit frustrating for sure. I did it then and had some games that wouldn't run.,

it's as simple as installing it on steam and just clicking play now

JrTapia1991 wrote:it's as simple as installing it on steam and just clicking play now

For most things at least lol.

Every once in awhile youll run into a game that has problems running

Very rare though

some games are funky like saints row 3 and refused to work on anything but the C boot drive....bullshit lolol.

JrTapia1991 wrote:some games are funky like saints row 3 and refused to work on anything but the C boot drive....bullshit lolol.

You just need to make the game think it is on the c drive. Anyways epyk if you still want my 560 ti just pm me. You are going to need to pay for shipping though (doubt it will be more than $20).

I haven't had more than a SNEEZE from my ATi 6970. I've had it for about 2+ years now. Still maxes anything I play.

I've had zero problems with my AMD card.

the min requirements are only a 3870 gpu or 8800gt card...they're like 30 bucks on ebay so you should be fine lol.