Hello All,
I'm thinking of upgrading my video card soon and I'd like to get your suggestions for the most powerful video card or the best-reviewed video card that I can buy. I am looking to spend no more than $320.00 and I'd probably go up to $350.00 if it meant that I didn't have to upgrade for three more years. Also, I want to keep the usage of my TV Tuner (Hauppauge). I'm assuming that not all video cards support TV tuners (Maybe I'm incorrect?).
I'm not an avid gamer but my curiosity has been piqued by quite a few older games (Far Cry: Primal & Far Cry 3) as well as some newer ones (NieR Automata), which range from playable on low settings (Far Cry: Primal) to non-playable (extreme delays and slow/choppy animation...it looks as though it's playing at eleven frames per second) on my PC. I'm not looking to upgrade my entire PC - just the video card.
I purchased my PC in early 2013 directly from HP and the specifications are below:
h8-1520t Intel
• Windows 8 64 (Now on Windows 10)
• 3rd Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 quad-core processor [3.4GHz, 8MB Shared Cache]
• 2GB AMD Radeon HD 7570 [DVI, HDMI, DP, VGA adapter] (My current card)
• 18GB DDR3-1600MHz SDRAM
• 1TB 7200 rpm SATA hard drive
• Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner
• TV tuner, ATSC-NTSC with PVR, remote
• 600W Power supply (I hear that Power supply degrades after three years? So it may no longer be at 600W.)
Thank you for your help everyone!
I'm thinking of upgrading my video card soon and I'd like to get your suggestions for the most powerful video card or the best-reviewed video card that I can buy. I am looking to spend no more than $320.00 and I'd probably go up to $350.00 if it meant that I didn't have to upgrade for three more years. Also, I want to keep the usage of my TV Tuner (Hauppauge). I'm assuming that not all video cards support TV tuners (Maybe I'm incorrect?).
I'm not an avid gamer but my curiosity has been piqued by quite a few older games (Far Cry: Primal & Far Cry 3) as well as some newer ones (NieR Automata), which range from playable on low settings (Far Cry: Primal) to non-playable (extreme delays and slow/choppy animation...it looks as though it's playing at eleven frames per second) on my PC. I'm not looking to upgrade my entire PC - just the video card.
I purchased my PC in early 2013 directly from HP and the specifications are below:
h8-1520t Intel
• Windows 8 64 (Now on Windows 10)
• 3rd Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 quad-core processor [3.4GHz, 8MB Shared Cache]
• 2GB AMD Radeon HD 7570 [DVI, HDMI, DP, VGA adapter] (My current card)
• 18GB DDR3-1600MHz SDRAM
• 1TB 7200 rpm SATA hard drive
• Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner
• TV tuner, ATSC-NTSC with PVR, remote
• 600W Power supply (I hear that Power supply degrades after three years? So it may no longer be at 600W.)
Thank you for your help everyone!