Question GPU Selection

[ezrakelley10]

I'm looking to upgrade my system for better performance in games and I'm kind of on a budget. I'm looking for something to compliment my Ryzen 5 2400g, but I have a budget of about $100. Do you guys have any suggestions, or is this completely hopeless?

 

[clutchc]

For $100, the best you can do today is a GT 1030. And that is going to be the equivalent of or slightly less than the Vega 11 you are using now.
Sometimes you can find a RX 560 for ~$100 used, open box, or refurb.

This RX 560 4GB is right around $100 new. Not a bad choice if you want a 50% to 70% bump in graphics performance.

 

[ohiou_grad_2006]

If you are willing to go used, there have been RX 570 cards on eBay for that price.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-AMD-Ra...-V1cZ5qs:sc:USPSPriority!63123!US!-1&LH_BIN=1

Just be careful who you buy from and watch feedback as many of them are likely used mining cards.

 

[ezrakelley10]

Okay I'll look into it. Thanks for the help!

 

[clutchc]

If you are willing to go used, there have been RX 570 cards on eBay for that price.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-AMD-Radeon-RX-570-ARMOR-MK2-8G-OC-8GB-DirectX-12-256-Bit-GDDR5/153380554840?epid=25015264262&hash=item23b6318858:g:I50AAOSw-V1cZ5qs🇸🇨USPSPriority!63123!US!-1&LH_BIN=1

Just be careful who you buy from and watch feedback as many of them are likely used mining cards.

An 8GB RX 570 for under $100! Man, you can tell that the Bitcoin craziness is over, huh? At least for now. That would have been a $400 card a year ago.

 

[ohiou_grad_2006]

If he can get a good one that's probably at least a 50% jump over a 1030.

 

[clutchc]

UserBenchmark says more like 260%+ greater than the GT 1030.
Hardware Compare pretty much agrees.

 

[jitendrad]

Get a used RX 580 or 570.

 

[uppercut4u]

spend a little more get a 1050 TI

 

[clutchc]

The only thing I'd be wary of buying a used RX-570/580 at this time is if it was one of those run @ 100% usage mining 24/7. Could be well-cooked by now.

The one in the offer above is one of a group of seven. Typical of a mining rig.