A decent budget upgrade card

[Ghost808]

Hi all,

I'm looking to upgrade my GPU in the near future and I've been running over the stats of several cards..

I'm mostly looking at the GTX 750 2GB, but i've read a few posts that say the the cheaper 650 is actually better in some cases.

What would you guys recommend on a budget of about £100 ($166)

I would like a card that isn't going to be outdated in a heartbeat, but also won't break my credit card.

Thanks in advance

 

[coolcole01]

Post your system specs so we can see what you can handle.

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

A Radeon R9-270 should give you the best performance for about $170. But if you want the Nvidia-exclusive features, then you can get the GTX 750 Ti.

 

[Spectre694]

Need your specs especially PSU

 

[Ghost808]

Need your specs especially PSU

Thanks for getting back guys. My specs were supposed to be in my sig, but have vanished. I'll fix that...

My specs are:

Phenom 2 X4 960T
Kingston 4GB DDR3 (looking to upgrade to 16 soon)
M5A88-M EVO Mobo
Essential ATX 12V P4 550 Watt (will most likely upgrade this to a 650 seasonic gold PSU soon though)
350GB Samsung HDD
400GB Hitachi HDD
GTX 550ti GPU

Where the PSU is concerned, assume I have a good brand 600 - 650 watt PSU, as I will definitely replace mine if I upgrade the card. The current one is struggling a bit due to old age.

Thanks for taking the time to help :]

 

[The Letter Mu]

If you're going to be upgrading the PSU anyways, what else will you be upgrading MOBO/CPU-wise in the future? I can't see the Phenom you have keeping up with GPU's drawing 600-650w, and a R9 270, or GTX 750 Ti will do nicely for now. Since you're upgrading a few parts, let us know what you plan on doing with the PC in the future, as well as what your route for upgrading is.

 

[Nikola Aslanov-1338074]

If you can not afford 750TI - stick with 550TI. Upgrade to 750 (non-TI) will bring you very little performance gain.
650TI (boost) variant is faster than 750TI (stock) in some tests, but there are a lot of factory overclocked 750TI models and 750TI is newer tech - it will work fine without PSU upgrade.
For the memory - 8GB is enough for gaming, better use the money for GPU upgrade.