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Let me see, still new to me and two year warranty for 69 dollars, I will take it over the 750, sorry just me and again it out performs the r7 360 and again cost less, and yes found it for sale at micro center for I beleive 69 and they had several of them
 
Well thank you that actually helps a lot, and I agree, but still as low as the 730 and 360 are why even include them, I get the price as a reason, but maybe the problem is the price of gpu's altogether. I mean I never cared about buying one till now, I had one years ago, but now I just use the onboard graphics and I am happy, but I also do not game. But still these prices are outrageous and seem to be going up for little to no difference in performance. How about we do a list that shows all these million cards in order by performance and just put the price next to it. I know a lot, but I have been looking for a 2gb card with good performance for a while now, and the 660 seems to be the best deal I can find, since I do not think there will be any real gaming I have considered a 1gb card and for that best I find are older cards, like the 560 $70 new, and the 460 $35 used, although I do have a very tight budget, there should be a tight budget card in production that will give me better performance then an older card, I mean if I am getting more for less then why would I not just get the older card, like I said new in box still 2 year warranty and out performs a more modern still in production card I mean I can go get 2 gtx 460 or 560, in sli and still be same price or less then the r7 360 and more performance the the gtx 970, and no bottlenecking at all, yes there are some problems, but still, I should be able to get a better revamp 560 for less then 120 in production, and please someone tell me why it ebay will cost more for a used card then the store for a new card, I mean are these things made out of gold or something. I just saw an add for a broken 750 and he wanted 100 dollars for it, heck a new zotac 750 is 104 on newegg. The insanity of this world

 
I am sorry, I shall leave this tread alone and thank you for directing me to the hierarchy list, it will help me in comparison shopping, I had been checking bench marks on every card, this list should help me out a lot, again thank you, and sorry for the rant.
 
Useless I beg to differ, I love this site and the people who help out other with anything and everything, I have learned so much about video cards although a bit of amd hatters, still more info then I thought I would ever need, every question I have had I have found answers to here except for the windows 10 and any graphics card, because I have looked around and found all have problems in widows 10, nvidia, amd, and intel, although not so much intel would think because such a small market, and for some reason or another some cards do some do not, and some one thing will fix and others it will not, because I am looking for a card and read so much I decided to pull out an old 220 I had stuffed away and honestly never used and did find same problem as the others with it stop working ect. And never had this problem with my on board graphics, but I did delete all nvidia drivers and folders, and so far actually works even for fun overclocked it, will say pictures got clearer and candy crush runs a little faster. But still need to figure out how to increase shader, does not show up anywhere and most I can get out of memory is 720 although someone said they got 1600, still working on it
 


Ok this depend a lot on what you are doing, you do have a pci e 16 slot on your motherboard according to hp, first I would say if you plan on doing some major gaming upgrade your computer first, if not and all you are doing is surfing the web, email, videos, I would say radeon hd 5450, geforce gt 210, radeon r7 240, you could go used and get something like gtx 460, or even gtx 660, most anything in between, if you are gaming anything more then I would say 660 would be over kill on that system, but anything more is ok, system will just use what it can, everything is mostly depending on your budget, the first three I listed are at frys right now for 19, 29, and 59, you need more, or want more, they have a radeon r7 360 for 125, now if you wanted you could shop around and get something better, for that system a good 1 to 2 gb ddr5 will work great, but a good ddr 3 will also be good just not as good for gaming, will work but fps will suffer, so give us an idea what you are doing or wanting, and we can help you out more, but this is a great starting point, your system at best is a 3.6 zeon, and ddr2 ram, so such an old pc a high end graphics card would not be worrent, but let's say you are planning to upgrade your pc, over the next year or so, spending a little more now, might be worth it, why buy another graphics card in a year, just spend a bit more and get a better one now, but if this is what you have and you are happy, save a few dollars and get one of the first three I listed. I would say, spend the 60 or 125 and you will be happy you did. I hope this helped, and I am sorry I wrote so much, but, if you want to spend more now and plan to game, I would say the radeon r7 360 for 125, or gtx 960 for 190, have a great day
 


This will help you out
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html

Ok just incase you do not want frys, evga geforce gt 730, radeon r7 250, radeon hd 6950 are all 70 on newegg,
Gtx 750 for 80 and gt 740 for 90, any of these will work and should work out great, but again like I said gaming or not, gaming I would say 750 or hd 6950, will not go wrong there, do you have a micro center, the one here in houston has several gtx 560 for 60 dollars, can not go wrong there either, I would say gaming or even upgrading ner future try and get at least 2 gb ddr5, no gaming 1gb ddr5 will work out great for you, last, no upgrading no gaming settle for ddr3, you will be happy, I hope something I wrote helped you out. Good luck and let us know either long term use, and how everything worked out. And please understand sometimes video card drivers and windows do not get along, always do a clean install on drivers you will do just fine
 
Sorry one last thing, according to hp you have a 500 power supply, most of the cards I listed will work fine, not sure about all, make sure you read power supply requirements ok, honestly do not think you should have any problems, maybe the gtx 960, might need 600w of power I did not look, but I think you will be ok with most of the cards, again good luck
 
Ah, beautiful. I don't come across a lot of articles that compare so many different brands of graphics boards. While I'm happy with my EVGA 970, it's nice to see some cards suited for lower resolutions getting some love. It seems like every article every focused on ultra-high end stuff, which not everyone can afford.
 
NO NO NO NO. My friend just asked for help buying a gaming card and my go to chart for years is gone. I/we shop price points, period. I want the best card I can get for about $150 to $200, period. Now I have to go somewhere else.
 


I totally agree, they left out a huge line of cards. There are so many cards out that they should have included, I mean if 10 or 20 dollars gets me a better card then it should be on the list, so yes I agree, too many gaps and not enough info to help anyone looking for a good card gaming or not.
 


But on the other hand to answer your question, gtx 950 at around 150, and r9 380 at around 180, but for 190 the 4gb gtx 960 would be worth the extra 10 dollars, the asus gtx 960 turbo, would be my choice if I had 200 to spend, good luck
 
I'm going to post this here where it can be seen by the many people this may effect. I own an AMD R9-285. I installed it in a Dell E520 computer. I can no longer enter my BIOS due to video mode 103 not supported. I've seen posts that other Dell owners are having this problem on other models of Dell (T3400). I have no way of knowing how many other Dells will be effected by this. Older 7xxx,6xxx Radeons don't have this issue, and Nvidia doesn't have it as far as I know. I hope AMD will find a solution for this as I would like to crossfire my 2 R9-285s in a Dell T3400 workstation.
The other posts I've seen were not specific to the R9-285. It said the issue applied to AMD R series GPUs.
 
A lot Of people Have said They want a card in the 150 to 200 Range, I want one in the 50 to 150 Range, So here We go, I know A lot or discontinued cards but A lot of good info to help you decide. First price is what was listed, second is what I was Able to Find. I did not shop around, just best price that came up in front of me. tried to stay with new-egg and fry's , and new, but some older cards are refurbished.

Name Price Store 3DMark Graphics Score
AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 $280 $204.99 · Fry's Electronics 10830
AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 $260 $285.99 · CDW 8280
AMD Radeon R9 285 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 $260 $229.99 · Fry's Electronics 10730
NVIDIA GF GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 $257 $189.99 · Fry's Electronics 8680
AMD Radeon HD 7660D 128-bit GDDR3 $252 n/a 2450
NVIDIA GFGTX 460 SE 1GB 256-Bit GDDR5 $240 $247.15 · VGAStore.com 3080
AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 $240 $202.69 · BLINQ.com 9780
AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-Bit GDDR5 $240 $165.39 · IT Parts Depot 4380
AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 $236 n/a 9310
AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 $217 $181.37 · VGAStore.com 6760
AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 $215 n/a 5570
ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB 256-Bit DDR5 $211 n/a 4300
AMD Radeon HD 7790 1GB 128-Bit GDDR5 $211 n/a 2700
AMD Radeon R9 270X 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 $200 $208.67 · Newegg.com 8590
AMD Radeon R9 270 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 $200 $174.99 · Fry's Electronics 7830
NVIDIA GF GTX 470 1.2GB 320-Bit GDDR5 $200 n/a 4680
AMD Radeon R7 370 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 $181 $164.99 · Newegg.com 8140
NVIDIA GF GTX 960 4GB 128-Bit GDDR5 $180 $209.99 · Fry's Electronics 10370
AMD Radeon R7 265 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 $170 $98.99 · BLINQ.com 6900
AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-Bit GDDR5 $169 $142.66 · Iowa Liquidations 3710
NVIDIA GF GTX 560 Ti 1GB 256-Bit GDDR5 $160 $69.99 · MicroCenter.Com 4720
AMD Radeon HD 6790 1GB 256-Bit GDDR5 $160 $156.99 · Eio.com 3070
NVIDIA GeF GTX 950 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 $150 $160.08 · Newegg.com 8660
NVIDIA GF GTX 650 Ti 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 $150 $119.99 · Fry's Electronics 4820
AMD Radeon HD 8670 1GB 128-Bit GDDR $139 N/A 2760
AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 $130 N/A 5810
AMD Radeon HD 7750 1GB 128-Bit GDDR5 $130 $136.99 · Newegg.com 3180
NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 1GB 128-Bit GDDR3 $130 N/A 1200
NVIDIA GeF GTX 750 Ti 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 $128 $129.99 · Newegg.com 5650
AMD Radeon R7 260X 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 $121 $115.79 · BigBoxLive.com 6130
NVIDIA GeF GTX 750 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 $115 $90.49 BLINQ.com 4860
NVIDIA GeFGTX 650 1GB 128-Bit GDDR5 $114 $99.99 · Fry's Electronics 2910
ATI Radeon HD 5570 1GB 128-Bit DDR3 $100 $101.71 · Memory4Less.com 1100
AMD Radeon R7 250X 2GB 128-Bit DDR3 $99 $89.99 · Newegg.com 4020
NVIDIA GeF GTX 560 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 $98 $55.00 · Aztek Computers 3980
AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB 128-Bit GDDR5 $98 $105.00 · Aztek Computers 4140
AMD Radeon HD 8670D 1GB 64-Bit GDDR3 $95 N/A 1780
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1GB 128-Bit GDDR5 $90 N/A 2130
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 $90 N/A 2490
NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 2GB 128-Bit DDR3 $87 $111.94 · Newegg.com 1120
AMD Radeon R7 250 2GB 128-Bit DDR3 $82 $79.99 · Fry's Electronics 2710
NVIDIA GeF GTX 460 1GB 256-Bit GDDR5 $80 $98.56 · PartsGuy 3530
NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 1GB 64-Bit DDR3 $75 $44.99 · widgetree.com 730
NVIDIA GForce GT 740 4GB 128-Bit GDDR5 $74 $113.99 · Newegg.com 2690
AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB 128-Bit DDR3 $62 $44.59 · Made PC 2010
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 2GB 128-Bit DDR3 $60 $70.43 · Newegg.com 1540
AMD Radeon HD 6570 1GB 128-Bit DDR3 $59 $66.99 · Eio.com 1570
AMD Radeon HD 6770 1GB 128-Bit GDDR5 $58 $45.04 · Made PC 2510
ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB 256-Bit GDDR5 $54 N/A 3730
ATI Radeon HD 5670 512MB 128-Bit DDR5 $50 N/A 1490
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1GB 64-Bit GDDR3 $50 $52.39 · Newegg.com 560
NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 1GB 64-Bit DDR3 $44 $44.11 · OfficeSupply.com 1260
NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 1GB 128-Bit DDR3 $39 N/A 1020
NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 1GB 64-Bit DDR3 $38 $39.47 · Newegg.com 540
AMD Radeon HD 6450 1GB 64-Bit DDR3 $35 $39.99 · Newegg.com 520
ATI Radeon HD 5450 1GB 64-Bit DDR3 $24 $29.99 · Newegg.com 340


Ok What I could Find, N/A Means I could not find one for sale or Price was too high, or only used, So if for some
reason you must have one of these look on Ebay or Amazon, and keep the price listed in mind.
I will Do another List With Only Current Cards, This was Just a bit Easier For the Time.
Last, Some Of the Hd Mostly Cards come in both ddr3 and ddr5, so make sure you read specs.
Also some cards come in 1,2, or more GB Memory.
What have I learned, I think Some of the best buys performance and price are AMD R7, and R9 cards. You can get
A great Deal on A Geforce Card and Great performance, But You have to shop Around for the better Price. Good Luck All
 
How about me, looking for the best performance I can get with conservative power consumption? I'm going to be building a SFF gaming box.
 
I like the list above. I would like to see a matrix. With performance from top to bottom like the hierarchy chart. But price descending from left to right. So if you pick your price point you could go up to the fastest card. If you want to match some performance level you could go across to find the best deal. It would also help to put a mark by each card to represent PCIe cables required.
 
If power consumption is in mind and you are trying to stay low, I would say amd is the only way to go, but the new amd and nvidia cards are going to use less power then ever before, a test of the new amd used I want to say 85 compared to the gtx 950 that used 150. Just keep in mind new cards are on the way, completely new design and a lot more powerful setup using a lot less power or so they are saying, nvidia the next couple of months, amd by the end of summer, knowing amd I would say a bit later, but who knows
 
It's been a while since I've been here. I understand some people see change as a good thing. I prefer the older text presentation. Don't need the pretty visuals. I also liked the side by side comparison better. Is their any reason we can't have the data shown in both the old and new formats? It's just not as user friendly for me even though I see how it could be very useful for others.
 


Until new cards are released there probably isn't any reason for TH to issue an update. All that appears to be happening is minor ratcheting down of pricing to clear older cards. New flagship cards aren't expected until supposedly at least mid-year.

It might be interesting however to see a TH comparison of some of the top cards in sli/xf at 4K as it might be a good time to look at adding a second identical card for sli/xf before they become harder to find. In the past some flagship card prices have spiked as they become discontinued and people scramble to pick up another card for sli/xf.
 
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