GTX 650 or GT 730?

[Miguel010]

Hello everyone,

I am planning to buy a graphics card for my pc. I do assignments and projects on this pc but mostly play CS:GO and currently I am sitting at 20-50fps. I just want a solid 60fps regardless of what's happening.

PC Specs
APU: AMD A4-5300 with Radeon HD 7480D Integrated Graphics
Motherboard: ECS A55F2-M3
RAM: Kingston Technology 4GB 1333Mhz DDR3
OS: Windows 8

Currently on a low budget so these are my most probable choices. Below $60 is what i'm aiming for. Suggestions are appreciated. Thank you!

 

[JQB45]

GTX 650 is about twice as powerful.

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp%5B%5D=2155&cmp%5B%5D=2906

 

[EchohcE]

I would recommend you save up and get at least a 1050ti /460 bare minimum if you're going to be spending money anyway. Neither of the cards you mentioned are worth paying for.

 

[renz496]

GTX650 is faster.

 

[renz496]

I would recommend you save up and get at least a 1050ti /460 bare minimum if you're going to be spending money anyway. Neither of the cards you mentioned are worth paying for.

he got very limited budget. 460 might end up costing twice than his inital budget. also going to 460 performance level would raise bottlneck problem with his lowly APU.

 

[EchohcE]

Even if it creates a bottleneck, it would still be less wasted money in the long run, since ANY cpu upgrade to FX or even an i3 would result in the 650 or 730 becoming the bottleneck in turn. Yes, the 1050ti and 460 cost twice as much, but they're still a far better deal than 2- and 3-gen ago hardware.

 

[Miguel010]

Any recommendations that is around $60 that can stabilize my fps to 60?

 

[EchohcE]

There aren't any good recommendations at that price point. Any current gpu for less than $100 is crap unless there's a REALLY good sale going on. The 1050 and 460 really are the baselines if you don't want to waste money. You could buy the 730 for 60, but remember that it was a weak card when it was current, and we're 2 generations ahead now. That $60 you spend on the 730 will not last you as long as $100 spent on a 460 because you'll still have to replace the 730 soon anyway, making that $60 you spent on it a complete waste.

Trust me, save up $40 more and get a current-gen graphics card. You won't regret it.

 

[rcald2000]

* buy a used GTX 750 Ti off Ebay for $50.
* buy 4GB DDR3 DIMM, to increase total RAM to 8 GB.

That is what I would do in your situation.

 

[Miguel010]

460 is better than 750Ti right? Cause someone recommended the 460 but someone also said that it will bottleneck the cpu. Just to make sure, 460 is compatible to my pc?

 

[rcald2000]

I was attempting to help you keep within your budget. A RX 460 will cost $100+ USD.

 

[EchohcE]

Yes, the rx 460 is far stronger than the 750ti. Your cpu will likely bottleneck either card, but that gives your computer growing room if you choose to upgrade your cpu down the line.

TL;DR: ANY new gpu is going to be held back by your cpu, so don't worry about that. Get a current card so it doesn't hold back your FUTURE cpu.

 

[Miguel010]

@rcald2000
It was from a friend a long time ago 😀

 

[rcald2000]

I was reluctant to mention this previously, but were it my money and I wasn't ready to upgrade to an intel platform, I would:

[strike]* buy a used FX 6300 off Ebay for $60[/strike]
* buy a used GTX 750 Ti off Ebay for $50.
* buy 4GB DDR3 DIMM, to increase total RAM to 8 GB.

[strike]FX 6300 + GTX 750 Ti "is much greater than" AMD A4-5300 + RX 460 in multithreaded performance:[/strike]

http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/214/AMD_A4-Series_A4-5300_vs_AMD_FX-Series_FX-6300.html
^ 170% greater multithreaded performance.

! Disregard my advice about the CPU upgrade. Somehow I neglected to remember that they are different sockets. FM2 vs AM3+. My mistake.

 

[engineer5261]

Perhaps look for a used 660ti or 750ti, will be faster than a 650. You may be able to get a good deal on used cards. Older cards often go for cheap on ebay, I sold my SOC 680gtx for 100$ few months ago, just as an example.