Best option of GPU to upgrade for 100 or so dollars?

[JakeHR]

So I just went out and bought a new PC for around 600. 660 or so after tax. Very good rig:

Asus AMD A10-6700.
3.7 ghzt quad processor.
16 gigs of ram (DDR3)
1 terabyte of total drive space.
2 PCI-E slots, crossfire capable, no included card.

However the card I salvaged from my old, now dead computer is quite out dated: All this system power (and two slots for crossfire capability) and I'm running a Gforce 9600 GT. Not a terrible card, not that good either.

So what would be the best card to go with (or two cards, maybe?) either AMD or Nvidia (or other) that would cost me between 100 and 150 dollars?

I'd prefer one solid card, however I am curious as to how effective linking up two okay, but cheap cards would be.

Any advice?

 

[Rayven2]

Nice build, I'm guessing you don't really want to do much gaming?

You could go for a Radeon HD 7770, it should be fine if you aren't planning on playing newer games and don't mind lower FPS on the ones you do.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127687

 

[JakeHR]

Nice build, I'm guessing you don't really want to do much gaming?

You could go for a Radeon HD 7770, it should be fine if you aren't planning on playing newer games and don't mind lower FPS on the ones you do.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127687

I do quite a bit of gaming actually, I just don't usually play the AAA titles that require monster machines. Games I tend to play are like War Thunder an World of tanks primarily. I might buy a few newer titles in the future, which was why I was considering getting a crossfire capable card so when my bank account allows I can pop another card in and have an great gaming rig.

Thanks for the advice, however.

 

[MeteorsRaining]

The R7 265 or GTX 750 Ti are the best options in the budget,
R7 265: http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/video-card/#c=168&sort=a8
GTX 750 Ti: http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/video-card/#c=164&sort=a8

Showdown b/w these 2 cards:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/radeon-r7-265-vs-geforce-gtx-750-ti-which-is-best-for-1080p-gaming
I'd say the R7 265 holds an edge

 

[prit87]

the best card for your budget....http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100365l

the next best card would be .......http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125502&cm_re=gtx_750_ti-_-14-125-502-_-Product

then this.....http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161460&cm_re=r7_260x-_-14-161-460-_-Product

then this .....http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202119&cm_re=hd_7770-_-14-202-119-_-Product

 

[Rationale]

You're not going to want to hear this, but you way overpaid for that if you're going to use it for gaming. AMD's APUs are about the weakest modern CPUs you can get for gaming. That A10-6700 is going to fall a bit behind a Pentium G3258 in games.

If you want to waste as little money as possible, pick up an R7 250 for ~$70 and run it in dual graphics with the chipset of your A10. At least that way, you wouldn't have completely wasted money on an APU.

 

[JakeHR]

You're not going to want to hear this, but you way overpaid for that if you're going to use it for gaming. AMD's APUs are about the weakest modern CPUs you can get for gaming. That A10-6700 is going to fall a bit behind a Pentium G3258 in games.

If you want to waste as little money as possible, pick up an R7 250 for ~$70 and run it in dual graphics with the chipset of your A10. At least that way, you wouldn't have completely wasted money on an APU.

Perhaps you are right, however what's done is done and to be honest I don't know much about computer hardware, thus why I am here asking questions.
Though I seriously doubt that it will make a massive difference with the sort of games I play. I never play brand new AAA titles, so my main idea behind getting this PC was getting one that would last me a good while and be a nice, stable rig with decent upgradability and it was exactly that.

But thank you, I'll consider that in the future: That Intel is superior to AMD in regards to gaming.