Geforce GTX 470 upgrade

[ChompDude]

Hello everyone. I've had my computer for a couple of years (about six) now and I've been increasingly interested in swapping out my current graphics card for one that runs a little better and a little cooler. After reading around, apparently the 470 consumes quite a bit of power too so a reduction in that would be nice as well.

So I was hoping someone could make a suggestion to what card I could upgrade to that would be worth it. Looking around on my own and based on pricing, it seems as though the EVGA Geforce GTX 750ti is the most reasonable option. Does that sound about right?

Here are my specs. Not sure what else to add here so if it's not enough I'm happy to provide more.

Budget: $100-$150. I would like to stay near the lower end of this range if possible.
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 1.2GB 16X PCIe Video Card
CPU: Intel(R) Core™ i7-950 3.06 GHz 8M Intel Smart Cache LGA1366
Memory: 6GB (2GBx3) DDR3/1600MHz Triple Channel Memory Module
Monitor: 22" Widescreen 1680x1050 TFT Active Matrix LCD Display
Mother Board: MSi x58a-gd65
OS: Windows 10 Professional 64-bit
Power Supply: 700 Watts - XtremeGear SLI/CrossFireX Ready Power Supply

 

[technoholic]

here, you can check which card could offer you the best for your budget choice: http://pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#sort=a8&page=1&X=9742,15555

 

[ChompDude]

here, you can check which card could offer you the best for your budget choice: http://pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#sort=a8&page=1&X=9742,15555

Took a look at it, also found this hierarchy chart and it seems as if my first instinct about the 750 was off. Apparently it's in the same tier as what I have right now. After doing a little more digging my only option seems to be the 950, if I want to have some improvement. More specifically, the EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0 Video Card. After plugging everything into the parts list I wasn't seeing any compatibility issues with my choice.

Would this be the best option of the EVGA series, based on price?

 

[technoholic]

here, you can check which card could offer you the best for your budget choice: http://pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#sort=a8&page=1&X=9742,15555

Took a look at it, also found this hierarchy chart and it seems as if my first instinct about the 750 was off. Apparently it's in the same tier as what I have right now. After doing a little more digging my only option seems to be the 950, if I want to have some improvement. More specifically, the EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0 Video Card. After plugging everything into the parts list I wasn't seeing any compatibility issues with my choice.

Would this be the best option of the EVGA series, based on price?

It's a good one for sure BUT if you are willing to spend that much why don't you consider a gtx 960? the slight difference in price is well worth it imo. Here, this one for example: https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Whisper-Graphics-02G-P4-2966-KR/dp/B00SL2TQ2C/ref=sr_1_14?s=pc&srs=2529399011&ie=UTF8&qid=1465508112&sr=1-14&keywords=gtx+960&refinements=p_n_feature_keywords_two_browse-bin%3A6147184011%2Cp_n_feature_keywords_three_browse-bin%3A6813168011

but if you have a hard limit for the budget, yeah a gtx 950 seems like a good choice too

 

[ChompDude]

Alright. Thank you for the help. Now all I need to do is put some money aside and we'll see come buying time which one strikes my fancy more.

 

[technoholic]

Alright. Thank you for the help. Now all I need to do is put some money aside and we'll see come buying time which one strikes my fancy more.

as an addition, while u are at it perhaps squeze a bit more and get the 4gb version of the evga gtx 960 i shared (price difference is small) and if you could overclock your CPU a bit then this build can give you a nice experience for a couple of years more.

ALSO you could consider getting a RX 480 (new generation AMD card that will be around in shops in a month or so) which supposedly performs on par or better than a GTX 970 for 200 bucks

Yeah there are choices but it's upto you to choose