Help with new GPU

[JeisonCarlos]

Hello everyone!

So recently my EVGA GTX 560 Ti has fried and now I need to buy a new one, but I'm confused as to what to buy.

I'm looking for maybe a GTX 750 or a GTX 960, but I play games different than most people I saw on videos. When I'm changing video settings in games I only care about monitor resolution (1920x1080), texture resolution and running smoothly without much stuttering, that's it, I don't really care nor I see difference in low or high shadow quality, lightning effects, etc.

I pretend to play games like GTA V, FallOut 4, The Witcher 3, and some other games that requires a good GPU.

So, the GTX 750 can play these games the way I use the settings or I need a GTX 960 for it?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Hellfire13]

gtx 750ti...its best for ur requirement...

 

[JeisonCarlos]

Are you sure I can play those games smoothly at around 60fps with that config?
Because I don't have that much money and don't want to make a bad decision.

Also forgot to mention my PC specs:
CPU: i5 3570 3.40GHz
RAM: 8GB 1600MHz Corsair
PSU: 750w TX750 Corsair

Thanks in advance!

 

[Hellfire13]

the games will play but in lower settings...
if u want higher settings, u have to get 960...
perhaps increase ur ram too...

 

[NukaB]

Don't get a GTX 750; it's practically the same as a 570, or a bit better than the 560 Ti. If you're going to spend money on a GPU, don't get basically the same one as before. Try the 950 or the 760.

 

[LeanMeanGreenMachine]

The new 1060/1070 should be coming out soon, if i were you i'd wait a tiny bit longer.

 

[JeisonCarlos]

@LeanMeanGreenMachine lol thanks for the joke, if I can't even afford a GTX 970 what makes you think I'll be able to buy AND run a 1060/1070 with 750w?

@NukaB Yeah I kinda figured it was, bummer, for the price it seemed good, but here the 950 is just a little more than the 750.

@Hellfire13 Like I said in the OP I only care about texture resolution and monitor resolution (1080p), I couldn't care less about shadow quality, reflection, particles and all those other nonsense, I for one never saw much difference in those settings.
Also you don't seem to know that much about games, since most of them only use 4GB of RAM because they still run in 32-bits.

 

[NukaB]

Try the 670, too. It goes for around £75/$110 used, has relatively recent architecture and 2GB VRAM which is the standard/minimum for most games nowadays. You'll be able to play most games very well with it, especially with your i5.

 

[Hellfire13]

"@Hellfire13 Like I said in the OP I only care about texture resolution and monitor resolution (1080p), I couldn't care less about shadow quality, reflection, particles and all those other nonsense, I for one never saw much difference in those settings.
Also you don't seem to know that much about games, since most of them only use 4GB of RAM because they still run in 32-bits.[/quotemsg]"

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wat did i say...
it will play...but not nicely...
and heres why...

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/grand-theft-auto-v/12455/

u see...
4gb is minimum...
8gb is recommended...

u goota learn wat to interpret and how to do tht before plyng games...
and i have beaten all those games tht u r planning to play...

heres something more for u...

Here are the minimum Fallout 4 PC requirements:
Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz/AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz or equivalent.
8 GB RAM.
30 GB free HDD space.
NVIDIA GTX 550 Ti 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or equivalent.

 

[JeisonCarlos]

Really? Really? You are basing benchmarks on minimum and recommended settings? Do people still do this?

I have been playing since I was a kid, I had a lot of computers, and I played a lot of games smoothly with very good textures with a computer that wasn't in the 'recommended' settings that the games give you, so no, that's not a reliable source for benchmarking, that's just for very new people to PC so they can have a general idea on what to buy. Also, game companies make deals with processor/gpu/etc companies to say that you need certain hardware to run the game, so the suckers buy a expensive piece of hardware just because the game 'recommended' that hardware, when in reality they didn't need half the power of said hardware.

At the moment I can play a lot of games that I still play using the onboard GPU of my MOBO. Surprised?

Also like I said 3 times I think in this post, 95% of games are 32-bits, meaning that they can't and will never use more than 4GB of RAM, because 32-bits can only use at max 4GB of RAM, so the '8GB recommended' is a vapor argument, UNLESS the game is a 64-bit one. You obsviously didn't know this.

You must be one of those people who buys the most expensive hardware and brag that they can play it at max settings on a 4k and so knows everything about running a game right?

Ok so someone who knows more about this, how about a Radeon R7 370?

 

[Hellfire13]

seriously???
lol...

 

[Epicness937]

Really? Really? You are basing benchmarks on minimum and recommended settings? Do people still do this?

I have been playing since I was a kid, I had a lot of computers, and I played a lot of games smoothly with very good textures with a computer that wasn't in the 'recommended' settings that the games give you, so no, that's not a reliable source for benchmarking, that's just for very new people to PC so they can have a general idea on what to buy. Also, game companies make deals with processor/gpu/etc companies to say that you need certain hardware to run the game, so the suckers buy a expensive piece of hardware just because the game 'recommended' that hardware, when in reality they didn't need half the power of said hardware.

At the moment I can play a lot of games that I still play using the onboard GPU of my MOBO. Surprised?

Also like I said 3 times I think in this post, 95% of games are 32-bits, meaning that they can't and will never use more than 4GB of RAM, because 32-bits can only use at max 4GB of RAM, so the '8GB recommended' is a vapor argument, UNLESS the game is a 64-bit one. You obsviously didn't know this.

You must be one of those people who buys the most expensive hardware and brag that they can play it at max settings on a 4k and so knows everything about running a game right?

Ok so someone who knows more about this, how about a Radeon R7 370?

the r7 370 is a good card i think that the gtx 950 is better as it (as far as i know) is faster
i think for you a 950 would be the best card at 1080p it will run most of the settings you want however for the card to last longer a gtx 960 4gb will be better for the future
a 3rd option is wait for the new nvidia pascal gpus coming out soon

 

[JeisonCarlos]

the r7 370 is a good card i think that the gtx 950 is better as it (as far as i know) is faster
i think for you a 950 would be the best card at 1080p it will run most of the settings you want however for the card to last longer a gtx 960 4gb will be better for the future
a 3rd option is wait for the new nvidia pascal gpus coming out soon

Yeah as far as I see you're right, the 950 has 6610MHz memory frequency, and the Radeon has 5700MHz of mem, but it has 4GB and is 256-bit, and I never trusted AMD and Radeon, but they may have changed I really don't know.

I was thinking that same thing, that the 960 will last longer for newer games that will come up.

And yeah for me that don't live in the USA, the 970 is a dream, and the new GPU's is a far, far, far away dream that I may never grab my hands on one, the 970 is absurdly expensive here, I can't even imagine how much it will cost the new ones, maybe when I win the lottery I will be able to afford one xD

 

[MnMWizard]

If I were you I would get a 960. The 1060 won't be coming out for a while and a 960 is a good amount of performance for what you want to do. It will last you longer than a 370 or 950 or a 750 ti and it has a high price/performance ratio. Also I don't know where you got the info about the 32 bit games but I wouldn't go around repeating it. Around 5+ years ago MAYBE but now it's a good rule of thumb to have 8+ Gb to keep things running smoothly.

 

[JeisonCarlos]

If I were you I would get a 960. The 1060 won't be coming out for a while and a 960 is a good amount of performance for what you want to do. It will last you longer than a 370 or 950 or a 750 ti and it has a high price/performance ratio. Also I don't know where you got the info about the 32 bit games but I wouldn't go around repeating it. Around 5+ years ago MAYBE but now it's a good rule of thumb to have 8+ Gb to keep things running smoothly.

Yeah I'm thinking of getting the 960 and left with less money, but I'll have a good GPU for more time and I don't need to buy much else right now.

I admit that I'm not a guru or whatever on insides and out about games and GPU's, but as far as I know most of them are still made in 32-bits, but maybe things have changed with Crapdows 10 and 64-bit becoming the norm, maybe you're right, but the games I played never used more than 4GB, but then again I haven't played GTA V, FallOut 4, etc yet.

But I have 8GB of RAM, the one I use is rare to find here now, so it's kinda expensive since it's difficult to find an exact one to avoid problems with differents RAM clips, I pretend to upgrade it anyway because I have loads of tabs and windows open.

 

[Epicness937]

i think a 950 for now is the best or if you want to make it last longer get a 960 4gb

 

[MnMWizard]

Ya the 4gb model would be a better option considering more games will start utilizing more vram. I think my final answer for you is this evga 960 4gb: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B012NOWERC/

 

[NukaB]

Or a 950/760 if you need something cheaper.