Budget replacement card for a Radeon 7750

[StarSketch]

So I bought an Open-box Gigabyte Radeon 7750 for around $75 this summer, and it recently stopped working.

I've been seeing reviews that the 7770 is better, and I'm also just wondering if it's overkill for what I want to do.

I mostly play League of Legends and MMO's of various age, gaming wise.

I intend to eventually try going into video editing or 3D animation, but I haven't worked out the software situation yet.

I'd like to not go too far over 100 USD, though I'm open to suggestions otherwise.

Specs:

Mobo:MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate
CPU: Intel i5-4670k

 

[stickmansam]

What resolution do you play at?

This 7790 would be a decent upgrade and not really expensive
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-r77901gd5oc

If you feel you will need CUDA in the future, consider a Nvidia card

 

[StarSketch]

What resolution do you play at?

This 7790 would be a decent upgrade and not really expensive
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-r77901gd5oc

If you feel you will need CUDA in the future, consider a Nvidia card

1280 X 1084.

I have no idea what CUDA is. Either way, I'm not really a brand person so Nvdia VS AMD doesn't really matter to me.

 

[stickmansam]

You'll do fine on a 7790 for that resolution

CUDA is Nvidia proprietary technology for GPU accelerating some tasks.
OpenCL is the open version that AMD and Nvidia support

 

[Agent69]

GTX 650 TI better than 7770 and like 5$ more i think.

 

[stickmansam]

cheapest 650ti non-boost I've seen is $105, while the cheapest 7790 is $80

7850[due to very easy OC]/650ti boost > 7790 > 650ti > 7770 > 650/7750

 

[Agent69]

i agree 7850 is very easy to OC. But its 150$ for a new one. So the 650 ti boost is the best choice. I think its 110$ or 115$. I would say save up money for the 7850 until you get like 150$. Though i think its overdoing it for an MMO unless its skyrim, but it looks like he plays things like Free Realms, LOL, Dota which can run fine on 60FPS on Intel HD 3000. I would buy the 7790 and get an MMO Gaming Mouse like the Razer NAGA.

 

[stickmansam]

The HD4400 in the 4670k may be able to pull it off on low/medium as your resolution OP, though dGPU would get you likely max settings in most games

The 7790 is $80
The 7850 2GB is $110 [Factory OC to boot]
The 650ti is $108
The 650ti boost is $120
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/video-card/#c=118,132,131,81&sort=a5

I know what I would get 😉