Best graphics card for AMD Athlon II x2 260 (2 CPUs) ~3.2GHz ????!!!

[frkfrk]

Please suggest some good graphics card for my processor.
I am planning to buy gtx 750 ti .
Any other graphics crad of less price and good performance which supports my processor ?

 

[Rapajez]

All of them should support your processor. The questions you need to ask are:

1. Does your older mobo have a PCI Express 3.0 (x16) slot for the GPU?
2. Is your Power Supply Good enough (the GTX 750 TI doesn't really need much)?
3. Likewise, is there room for the GPU and adequate cooling? (again, the GTX 750 Ti is small/cool).
4. Is it worth it to buy a nice GPU, if it's held back by a cheap/older processor?

Assuming your mobo has a PCI-E 3.0 slot, a GTX 750 Ti is an ok match. Anything more would definitely be held back by the CPU. It should at least help in older games that are being held back by an older Graphics Card.

Be sure to pick up a "2GB" model, as it will be a little more future proof. Especially if you upgrade your other components later.

 

[holyprof]

All of them should support your processor. The questions you need to ask are:

1. Does your older mobo have a PCI Express 3.0 (x16) slot for the GPU?
2. Is your Power Supply Good enough (the GTX 750 TI doesn't really need much)?
3. Likewise, is there room for the GPU and adequate cooling? (again, the GTX 750 Ti is small/cool).
4. Is it worth it to buy a nice GPU, if it's held back by a cheap/older processor?

Assuming your mobo has a PCI-E 3.0 slot, a GTX 750 Ti is an ok match. Anything more would definitely be held back by the CPU. It should at least help in older games that are being held back by an older Graphics Card.

Be sure to pick up a "2GB" model, as it will be a little more future proof. Especially if you upgrade your other components later.

Everything is true except the "PCI-Express 3.0" part. Even the powerful GTX 980 will work perfectly on a PCI-E 2.0 x16 bus.

So yes, the 750Ti will be a perfet match for your system. If you have a power supply with 6-pin connector you might consider the Radeon R7 260X, Radeon R7 256 or R7 270 as well.

 

[Rapajez]

Yes, PCI-E v3.0 cards will "work" in slower v2.0 busses. I believe the GTX980 would be held back a tad by 2.0, at the very least. Irrelevant in this case, as the CPU would be the first bottleneck, and nobody's spending $550 here.

I was mainly confirming the mobo has a PCI-E slot, 2.0 or 3.0, to put a 750TI in. If it's less than 8 years old...probably...but since the OP didn't provide a mobo model, you never know.

 

[holyprof]

Just to confirm once again, a friend of mine with a similar CPU (2.8GHz Athlon X2) replaced his old graphics card with a 750ti, keeping all the rest, including the power supply. All games run smoother now and the system is perfectly stable.

If you want a cheaper alternative, look at the 750 non-Ti cards, they're almost as fast as the Ti, but a bit cheaper and require less power.

Examples:
http://eu.msi.com/product/vga/N750-1GD5OCV1.html
http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/GTX750PHOC1GD5/

 

[Rapajez]

Big difference though is the "2GB" vs "1GB" in the "non-Ti". 1080p gaming is starting to use up to 4GB of VRAM, so you want to avoid "1GB" models whenever possible.

 

[holyprof]

There are many 750Ti / 750 cards in market, i narrowed it down to MSI cards but other brands should be at similar prices.

http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/video-card/#c=163,164&m=27

My personal picks of cards to consider:

• 
  ■ $149 MSI N750Ti TF 2GD5/OC TWIN FROZR
  one of the best 750Ti you can buy
  
  ■ $139 MSI N750TI-2GD5/OC
  same performance as the above, $10 cheaper, will run hotter and noisier
  
  ■ $124 MSI N750-2GD5/OC
  "plain" 750 with 2GB memory - waste of money
  
  ■ $94 MSI N750-1GD5/OC
  excellent solution if money is a problem

 

[SimonEyez]

I have and highly recommend the EVGA GTX 750Ti SC FTW http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Display-G.... Excellent performance, with low power usage, low heat, and a great price to performance ratio. Here are some 1080p 750Ti performance videos.

http://youtu.be/wEe9TfqFMWs?list=PLTLW-NE1XjRAw7b8BdIyA6LpJl7DlMmwV

 

[holyprof]

I have and highly recommend the EVGA GTX 750Ti SC FTW http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Display-G.... Excellent performance, with low power usage, low heat, and a great price to performance ratio. Here are some 1080p 750Ti performance videos.

http://youtu.be/wEe9TfqFMWs?list=PLTLW-NE1XjRAw7b8BdIyA6LpJl7DlMmwV

Yes, that's a nice graphics card but being overclocked requires an additional power connector (there is a molex-to-6pin adapter in the box) and might me too much for the power supply to handle. If the power supply have the 6-pin pci-express cable it should be good for that card.