Good value $150-200 GPU

[pizzahead911]

Hello. I was just wondering when I decide to go for an upgrade what my new GPU should be. Right now i'm running a semi-casual gaming build with an AMD-10 5800k and a iGPU and I want something that is a little bit more powerful but not at a ridiculous price to performance for power I don't need. I looked into running a dual-gpu setup with a 6670 but it seemed like more hassle than it's worth with only getting moderate performance on games which support xfire. So instead I figure I should just go all out and purchase a new GPU as i'm sick of hovering around at 30 fps at low settings with most modern games. So what GPU would you recommend as I've looked at the 750 ti for a while as people have praised it as one of the best budget gpu's but now I'm starting to get cold feet. I wouldn't mind spending a little bit more for a bit more power. Any ideas for what I should get?

 

[Archaic59]

Couple good choices:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487091

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127789

 

[pizzahead911]

Just to make sure my CPU wouldn't have any sort of bottlenecks with an expense GPU like the gtx 960 or the r9 280 correct? Thinking about overclocking my CPU at some point but it already runs ridiculously hot and would need a new fan for that. Also since many of these gpu's run at high resolutions I might want to look at new Monitors as well since mine is only 1600x900. Any cheap-ish monitors that run at a higher resolution?

 

[Archaic59]

Your quad core Trinity should be able to work with either of these GPU's.
If the CPU bottlenecks it would be minimal if at all.
You should have a PSU of 450-550 watts.
A decent 24" 1080p monitor can be had for around 150 dollars.

 

[Afterdark3]

Just to make sure my CPU wouldn't have any sort of bottlenecks with an expense GPU like the gtx 960 or the r9 280 correct? Thinking about overclocking my CPU at some point but it already runs ridiculously hot and would need a new fan for that. Also since many of these gpu's run at high resolutions I might want to look at new Monitors as well since mine is only 1600x900. Any cheap-ish monitors that run at a higher resolution?

Its better to have the bottleneck at the CPU rather than the GPU, but if you do it right, you won't have to worry about either, they will be working in tandem at the same load, So if you were to have a new Haswell-E 8 core CPU, and use integrated graphics on that, it would cap the graphics but not a single core would be capped because the extreme power and lack there of from the GPU.