choosing grapics card

[SolidZero]

so when choosing a graphics card what is the most important key features for gaming...that we must look into...well at least for a well balanced settings n performance...on my native resolution i.e, 1600×900

 

[Danbuscus25]

well, it depends on your budget and the games you will play.

 

[SolidZero]

my budget would be about 170 usd...i play games FPS n Fighting games alot n wud like to play newer games in medium 2 high but most important to me when playing games wud b a good fps...so that means i wud sacrifice sum settings to low if i have to......wud like to play...newer games...for eg in first person shooter games like crysis 3 n in fighting games injustice...

 

[maktovic]

Get the Gigabyte R9 270 for $179 and you wont have to sacrifice anything at that resolution ( Assuming that you have a balanced PC)

 

[Danbuscus25]

yup, 270.

 

[MostWantedSoulRider]

As maktovic said, you can get Gigabyte R9 270. If you are able to slightly increase your budget, MSI R9 270X can do better things. You can keep settings @ ultra/very high. But I think it would be very easy to get the facts after knowing your system's configuration.

 

[SolidZero]

i have a fx 6300 black edition cpu...4gb ram...500W psu...and gt 610 2gb (which i was impressed by the ''2 gb" part which i later came to regret)...if thats ol u need 2 know...

 

[maktovic]

With your current build + R9 270 , you'r good to go for gaming at 1600×900 +ultra settings at a pretty decent fps

Also make sure that your PSU is of good quality.

 

[MostWantedSoulRider]

i have a fx 6300 black edition cpu...4gb ram...500W psu...and gt 610 2gb (which i was impressed by the ''2 gb" part which i later came to regret)...if thats ol u need 2 know...

Then, you can go with the same graphic card mentioned above and by the way, 2x4GB DDR3 RAM would be better.

 

[Danbuscus25]

yup, a 270(X) is the way to go

 

[SolidZero]

well i was jus wondering if there was another card @ da same price same performance but a little less power hungry card...if not then i wud stick with this card

 

[Danbuscus25]

well, the gtx 750 Ti is a bit cheaper, and a bit slower, but only needs power from the pcie slot.

 

[maktovic]

At that price with SAME performance which consumes less power there's not any graphics card.

Though you can get GTX 750 Ti for less price which consumes only 60-65W power at load from board itself. But its performance is quite inferior to 270.
With a good quality PSU you shouldn't be even looking at 750 Ti if you can get 270

 

[MostWantedSoulRider]

How about EVGA 650 TI 2GB boost?

 

[Danbuscus25]

the 270 is still significantly faster.

 

[maktovic]

First and most important of all r9 270 is better performer than 650 Ti boost.
www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2013/11/13/amd-radeon-r9-270-review/7

Secondly 650 Ti Boost is hard to find.

Also peak power consumption of 650 Ti Boost and R9 270 is 135W & 150W respectively and that's not much of a difference.

 

[SolidZero]

R9 270x is the way 2 go then...thnx oll 4 ur humble opinions