Gaming Graphics Card Tier List

[lightcloud]

Alright after reading thoroughly again, graphics card are backward compatible. If it doesn't work, you may then require to update your motherboard. Read to find the details.

UPDATE: (After reading the comments I went back to researching again over this question and I must partly decline my statement of the PCIe configuration not being backward compatible. They in fact are very much compatible after a motherboard update (In some cases even the update wasn't needed. Sorry for the misguided information but I tried my best of reaching to the root of this controversy and reached a partially mistaken conclusion. So once again guys, if your graphic card doesn't work on your old motherboard then an UPDATE from from motherboard manufacturer will most likely solve your problem. My sincere apologies for any inconvenience or confusion caused. Thank you for all sharing your helpful experiences, as my final aim was to help ease the confusion and frustration that is involved with building a PC for the 1st time. Cheers to PC gaming!)

 

[Venderbender]

Great list! Def bookmarking. Thanks!

 

[lightcloud]

Glad you like it.

 

[lightcloud]

If you have a useful link to share regarding graphics card, please feel free to share. I will add them to the subheading of "Useful Links".

Your help is kindly appreciated.

 

[Undying89]

You thinking of making Gaming CPU's tier list?

 

[lightcloud]

Hmm... Please PM me and we can calllaborate in that idea.

 

[Undying89]

There is a hierarchy chat here in tomshardware. Idk, i though some of us can use more details.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-5.html

 

[lightcloud]

I don't seem to agree with that list. Does that mean an i7-965 will perform better than a i5-4690K?

 

[RobCrezz]

I don't seem to agree with that list. Does that mean an i7-965 will perform better than a i5-4690K?

No, it means they are both in top tier and perform similarly.

 

[zeyuanfu]

Meh,the 4690K is newer,so I`d go with that.

 

[LukaBoki]

I wouldn't make another CPU Tier List,that one is good enough.

 

[RobCrezz]

Meh,the 4690K is newer,so I`d go with that.

Yeah obviously, but its a tiered list of cpus.

 

[hang-the-9]

I suggest having a class of games that those cards would run well. For example, SIMS is often a game that many ask about when it comes to picking a computer. Would a tier 5 be OK to run SIMS at Medium?

World of Warcraft is another. Looking at he list, a Tier 4 card is OK to run WOW on high in a not too crowded area (going from personal experience).

If a game can be played on a card can also be split into tiers. For example you can hit 60fps in a high end game but on Low settings in some tiers, but that is good enough for some.

Maybe we need a Tier rank ofr games. Then it can be added that in general Tier 3 cards can run Tier 1 games on Low settings at 40+ FPS which is enough for pretty smooth play. Or Tier 5 card can run the Tier 2 games but at Low with barely good enough frames.

 

[lightcloud]

Thanks for the reply. I will try my best to fulfill your recommendation when I finish my exams. 😉

But Tier ranks for games is hard because it depends on the rest if the system.

 

[hang-the-9]

Thanks for the reply. I will try my best to fulfill your recommendation when I finish my exams. 😉

But Tier ranks for games is hard because it depends on the rest if the system.

Yes, CPU would play a big part in many games, the readers need to go by that and assume that the CPU will not create a bottleneck for the video card when reading the lists. Just like when people test video cards they use a very fast CPU to avoid any type of bottleneck from the CPU so only the video card is tested not the full system.

 

[tsuneo6]

Thanks for the reply. I will try my best to fulfill your recommendation when I finish my exams. 😉

But Tier ranks for games is hard because it depends on the rest if the system.

Yes, CPU would play a big part in many games, the readers need to go by that and assume that the CPU will not create a bottleneck for the video card when reading the lists. Just like when people test video cards they use a very fast CPU to avoid any type of bottleneck from the CPU so only the video card is tested not the full system.

well CPU's nowadays are so overpowered for games that if you have an i5 gen 2 or higher(amd fx 8320 and above, not familiar with other series) that between those there arent big fps differences.

so you could say with a minimum of xx RAM and xx CPU with that GPU an fps of 40 is expected.

(also, with WoD the graphics improved, with older graphics cards you'll run into problems in the new areas, and this is from personal expereince aswell)

I would also be more then happy to contribute with my rig. I can do some tests in games when you're ready to do this 😉

 

[lightcloud]

I could work on that (and thanks, I appreciate tseuno6 running a test rig). But there are factors that affect this such as overclocked CPU, etc.

I would try my best to as mentioned by hang-the-9 to create a separate section for specific games (popular ones like BF4, COD Advance Warfare, WoW, etc). But this will need research and evidence so I do not produce false information.


Thanks again to both of you.

 

[tsuneo6]

ah well I was saying it because I own BF4 and WoW and some other steam games like borderlands the pre sequel.

everything would go to the baseclock if tested ofcourse