Graphics Card Advice

[Asprin7]

Hey everyone!

I'm just looking for a bit of advice here;

Recently my graphics card died on me (AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB), and I'm now looking for a 'stopgap' card at a low price. A friend has recommended to me the "GeForce GTX 750Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card".

The main question I have is, should this be able to run 2x1080p in my setup ? One monitor only for gaming, the other for menial tasks.

To give a further idea, my setup is;

CPU - AMD FX 6200 Black Edition
OS - Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
MB - Asus M5A99X Evo
RAM - 16GB Corsair 1866mhz Vengeance
PSU - Corsair VS 650W

Any input would be appreciated !

 

[lightcloud]

I recommend a NVIDIA GTX GeForce 760! It is capable of running two monitors at 1080p.

 

[Agera One]

Going from 7870 to GTX 750ti is a downgrade and the next upgrade to 7870 will be GTX 760 or R9 280..

 

[Asprin7]

Going from 7870 to GTX 750ti is a downgrade and the next upgrade to 7870 will be GTX 760 or R9 280..

Thank you for the advice!

While I'm aware that it is a downgrade, I'm just looking for something as a short term solution to my 7870 failing on me until I can invest more in an upgrade.

 

[Agera One]

Are you trying to buy a new graphics card to use for some months and then go for another worthy one?

 

[Asprin7]

Are you trying to buy a new graphics card to use for some months and then go for another worthy one?

Exactly!

 

[Agera One]

Ok then, that's a good choice you've chosen.. According to the official website of Nvidia that card can handle up to 4 monitors.. But make sure you buy the card with the ports you need..
For example, the ASUS version has 1 D-Sub Output, 2 DVI-D Output, 1 HDMI Output..
The Gigabyte has 1 DVI-I, 1 DVI-D and 2 HDMI outputs..
The EVGA (SC version) has 1 DVI-I, 1 HDMI and 1 Display port.. Choose according to the one you need for your monitors..
P.S. The EVGA superclocked version cards are overclocked to higher performance than the other version cards but bit costlier.

 

[Asprin7]

Ok then, that's a good choice you've chosen.. According to the official website of Nvidia that card can handle up to 4 monitors.. But make sure you buy the card with the ports you need..
For example, the ASUS version has 1 D-Sub Output, 2 DVI-D Output, 1 HDMI Output..
The Gigabyte has 1 DVI-I, 1 DVI-D and 2 HDMI outputs..
The EVGA (SC version) has 1 DVI-I, 1 HDMI and 1 Display port.. Choose according to the one you need for your monitors..
P.S. The EVGA superclocked version cards are overclocked to higher performance than the other version cards but bit costlier.

Thank you very much!