Best GPU for 144 FPS Gaming

[Cube_of_Rubik]

Hello! My friend here wants to play League of Legends, Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Battlefield 4, Warframe, and other online games (except Crysis 3) at 144 FPS, since he has a 144Hz gaming monitor. He is in a budget, he wants to get a GPU with the lowest price that can handle such games at 144 FPS. Graphics or picture quality is nothing to him, all he cares about is FPS. I believe he is using an Intel Core i3 4130 and 8GB of RAM. Thank you so much for your time!

 

[ss202sl]

What resolution? 800x600?

BF4 at 1920x1080, two R9 290x's will get you close - maybe 125-130FPS.

 

[Scampi]

If money wasn't an issue , perhaps an R9 290/290X or GTX 780/780ti. But for a more reasonable budget the R9 280X or GTX 770.

 

[cdrkf]

For LOL or Counterstrike, most modern cards shoudl achieve that on low settings (e.g. an R7 260X or Geforce 750ti). Battlefield 4 will need a bit more however again low settings is a bit of an unknown as usually no one benchmarks that. Also high frame rates at low settings shifts bottleneck to CPU, so he might be better upgrading the Core i3 to a faster i5- what's his current GPU?

 

[Cube_of_Rubik]

For LOL or Counterstrike, most modern cards shoudl achieve that on low settings (e.g. an R7 260X or Geforce 750ti). Battlefield 4 will need a bit more however again low settings is a bit of an unknown as usually no one benchmarks that. Also high frame rates at low settings shifts bottleneck to CPU, so he might be better upgrading the Core i3 to a faster i5- what's his current GPU?

My friend is currently in search for a graphics card. Battlefield 4 will be the most demanding game he will play. According to this article, the Intel Core i5 4570 is a very good CPU for the money. What are your thoughts? Should he return his Intel Core i3 4130, and purchase this instead?

 

[cdrkf]

For LOL or Counterstrike, most modern cards shoudl achieve that on low settings (e.g. an R7 260X or Geforce 750ti). Battlefield 4 will need a bit more however again low settings is a bit of an unknown as usually no one benchmarks that. Also high frame rates at low settings shifts bottleneck to CPU, so he might be better upgrading the Core i3 to a faster i5- what's his current GPU?

My friend is currently in search for a graphics card. Battlefield 4 will be the most demanding game he will play. According to this article, the Intel Core i5 4570 is a very good CPU for the money. What are your thoughts? Should he return his Intel Core i3 4130, and purchase this instead?

Yeah the i5 is about you're best option for gaming, and as he's got a haswell motherboard already it should be a drop in upgrade. If he can get a refund on the i3 then even better!

 

[Cube_of_Rubik]

What resolution? 800x600?

BF4 at 1920x1080, two R9 290x's will get you close - maybe 125-130FPS.

My friend cannot afford 2 AMD R9 290X graphics cards. What graphics card would you suggest for playing at 144 FPS in low settings?

 

[Cube_of_Rubik]

For LOL or Counterstrike, most modern cards shoudl achieve that on low settings (e.g. an R7 260X or Geforce 750ti). Battlefield 4 will need a bit more however again low settings is a bit of an unknown as usually no one benchmarks that. Also high frame rates at low settings shifts bottleneck to CPU, so he might be better upgrading the Core i3 to a faster i5- what's his current GPU?

My friend is currently in search for a graphics card. Battlefield 4 will be the most demanding game he will play. According to this article, the Intel Core i5 4570 is a very good CPU for the money. What are your thoughts? Should he return his Intel Core i3 4130, and purchase this instead?

Yeah the i5 is about you're best option for gaming, and as he's got a haswell motherboard already it should be a drop in upgrade. If he can get a refund on the i3 then even better!

If we build up from your suggestions, and Intel Core i5 with an AMD R7 260X or an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti is the way to go for my friend?

 

[cdrkf]

What resolution? 800x600?

BF4 at 1920x1080, two R9 290x's will get you close - maybe 125-130FPS.

My friend cannot afford 2 AMD R9 290X graphics cards. What graphics card would you suggest for playing at 144 FPS in low settings?

It's hard to know on low settings, also we'd probably need to know resolution (however if it's a 144hz gaming screen then at least 1920 x 1080p). I'd say the R9 270 is a really good option performance / £ wise. How fast it would be at low settings I don't know, but I do know it supports Mantle which could help boost BF4.

The R7 260X and R7 265 cards are also worth looking at.

 

[cdrkf]

For LOL or Counterstrike, most modern cards shoudl achieve that on low settings (e.g. an R7 260X or Geforce 750ti). Battlefield 4 will need a bit more however again low settings is a bit of an unknown as usually no one benchmarks that. Also high frame rates at low settings shifts bottleneck to CPU, so he might be better upgrading the Core i3 to a faster i5- what's his current GPU?

My friend is currently in search for a graphics card. Battlefield 4 will be the most demanding game he will play. According to this article, the Intel Core i5 4570 is a very good CPU for the money. What are your thoughts? Should he return his Intel Core i3 4130, and purchase this instead?

Yeah the i5 is about you're best option for gaming, and as he's got a haswell motherboard already it should be a drop in upgrade. If he can get a refund on the i3 then even better!

If we build up from your suggestions, and Intel Core i5 with an AMD R7 260X or an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti is the way to go for my friend?

Yeah, I think a good cpu is essential for pushing very high frame rates. Most gpu's can run to very high FPS if the settings are low enough and they're being fed fast enough. The 260X or 750ti are as low as I'd go, if you can afford more on a gpu (e.g. R9 270 or GTX 660) then go for it.

 

[Cube_of_Rubik]

For LOL or Counterstrike, most modern cards shoudl achieve that on low settings (e.g. an R7 260X or Geforce 750ti). Battlefield 4 will need a bit more however again low settings is a bit of an unknown as usually no one benchmarks that. Also high frame rates at low settings shifts bottleneck to CPU, so he might be better upgrading the Core i3 to a faster i5- what's his current GPU?

My friend is currently in search for a graphics card. Battlefield 4 will be the most demanding game he will play. According to this article, the Intel Core i5 4570 is a very good CPU for the money. What are your thoughts? Should he return his Intel Core i3 4130, and purchase this instead?

Yeah the i5 is about you're best option for gaming, and as he's got a haswell motherboard already it should be a drop in upgrade. If he can get a refund on the i3 then even better!

If we build up from your suggestions, and Intel Core i5 with an AMD R7 260X or an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti is the way to go for my friend?

Yeah, I think a good cpu is essential for pushing very high frame rates. Most gpu's can run to very high FPS if the settings are low enough and they're being fed fast enough. The 260X or 750ti are as low as I'd go, if you can afford more on a gpu (e.g. R9 270 or GTX 660) then go for it.

Thank you for the help! Will tell my friend to get the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti for low power consumption.