Graphics Card Help

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  1. Agniratha

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    I'm getting a graphics card soon, But I don't know what one out of these is better,

    • http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/compo...pcie-graphics-card-21429258-pdt.html#longDesc
      Price: £29.99 $48.88
    • http://www.computroon.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=40&products_id=534
      Price: £29.99 $48.88
    • http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/components-upgrades/graphics-cards/graphics-cards/asus-nvidia-geforce-gt-610-pci-e-graphics-card-2-gb-15604269-pdt.html?intcmpid=display~RR~Home > Components & Upgrades > Graphics Cards > Graphics Cards~15604269
      Price:£37.99 $61.92
     
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  2. Ramibot

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    Honestly I wouldnt get anything under the GTX 700 series now. (Or whatever is equivalent to that from other companys)

    Well actually it depends on what games you play to determine what card you should get in my opinion.
    Like for example if you mainly just play Source games like me, and Source can run on a potato, apart from CS:GO, that's a teeny bit more demanding on high settings. (Not to mention all of the badly optimized operation maps xD) Then either of those cards should run your games alright.

    If you want to play on other games like crysis, or any of the recent and new games coming this year (Sorry my brain doesn't want to remember any games to list) then you should try and get something better like a 700 series or higher.
     
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    You should tell us your current spec for a few reasons.

    1: You could pick one of those 3 cards and they could be worse then your current one.
    2: We need to know your processer as we need to know that it won't bottleneck with the new cards.

    With those cards don't expect a massive increase in graphic. Like I said above if we don't know what your current graphic card is you could just be buying a card that will be worse and will make games that you play run even worse.

    Now I would agree with rami that you would be better off getting at least a 700 series but if you are going for those cards you will be better off getting a new rig altogether.
     
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    Only thing is, I'm not looking to put alot of money into getting them. I'm most likely getting 2 of one of them ( Same Card X2) Sure, Getting an expencive one would be better, but not for the pocket. I'm really trying to make a Decent budget PC. I have spent overall £400 on the PC. I don't really want to double the price of all of it just on graphics cards, as I still need to get a sound card that my Headset works with for steam. As Everyone who joins the mumble can Tell, my headset is alot better quality than my webcam (the one I have to use in server)
     
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    If you are going to get 2 of them. Can your motherboard support sli?

    I would recommend getting 1 card instead of 2 low budget cards. Say if you were going to spend £35 each for 2 cards. Spend £70 on one as some games won't support sli and your will get a better performance from 1 card instead of 2 in some cases. Also you may be lucky and find one that would be more powerful then doing sli with the 2 cards.
     
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    Still need to find out if the motherboard can support sli, could you tell me out of the games in my steam library what ones don't support sli?
     
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    I am buying either a GTX 750 Ti (Which is really good) or a GTX 660. If you need help use this website http://www.logicalincrements.com/levelcap/ That is helping me a lot. If you want more help, go to youtube and search for Carey Holzman's channel.
     
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    I wouldn't know what games support sli or not as I haven't had to need to get 2 graphics cards.
     
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    upload_2014-11-3_17-46-33.png The Red is why I need to get a new graphics card. and the motherboard is "ASRock FM2A88M Extreme4+"
     
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    Take a look at GTX 660 or 760. If you're a AMD/ ATI fan check out R9 270x. These three cards cost the same. A cheap but very good card is the GTX 750 Ti. It's 50$ cheaper than the other three ^^.
     
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    I'm getting a 660 or 760 right now. I'll upgrade later, but they can easily play Battlefield 4 Ultra w/ 60-70 fps. Also the Gtx 750 Ti can play ultra on Battlefield 4 with 40-50 fps.
     
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    Also don't rush while picking out specs for your new pc.
     
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    Late notice but I have got the GTX 750 Ti. Such a good card for the value
     
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