Looking for a GPU that runs games on 1080p

[Me-Professional]

Hello guys, I have a mobo that was for the ivy bridge 1155, this is my old pc and I wanted to give to my little brother, i don't remember the specs but it was i3 something with on board graphics.

So I wonder if any of the new 900 series will work on PCIE 3
Here came on mind the latest Asus GTX 950 Strix I am confused about it I am not sure what should i get that would let him play most modern games on 1080p on 60+ fps so could you please suggest me that or a better one and hence i am on a limited budget atm.

Please note if the i3 would bottleneck it there would be no problem because I will get him a new PC based on skylake later if possible with the GPU that I am going to buy atm.

PS : Don't suggest AMD, I had terrible experience with it.

 

[sna]

Hello guys, I have a mobo that was for the ivy bridge 1155, this is my old pc and I wanted to give to my little brother, i don't remember the specs but it was i3 something with on board graphics.

So I wonder if any of the new 900 series will work on PCIE 3
Here came on mind the latest Asus GTX 950 Strix I am confused about it I am not sure what should i get that would let him play most modern games on 1080p on 60+ fps so could you please suggest me that or a better one and hence i am on a limited budget atm.

Please note if the i3 would bottleneck it there would be no problem because I will get him a new PC based on skylake later if possible with the GPU that I am going to buy atm.

PS : Don't suggest AMD, I had terrible experience with it.

GTX 970 . your best choice .

 

[CTurbo]

I would go with a 960 and an i3 would be fine with it

 

[doubletake]

GTX 970 . your best choice

lol no

I'd go for a 950 or 960 and settle for lowering settings to achieve stable 60+ FPS. Better to wean him on higher fps/smoother gameplay now than higher quality settings that he probably couldn't care less about.

I personally gave an i3 4170/8GB RAM/256GB SSD/2GB 750 Ti system to young siblings and they were ecstatic just to be able to play their favorite games like Plants v Zombies, Lego series games etc. Even that GPU can handle most games at 60+FPS by just turning down settings and leaving out antialiasing.

 

[Me-Professional]

Could you guys suggest me the best models ? because there are tons of 950, 960 and 970 cards around and I am confused about which to get and why ?

 

[rulejunior]

R7 370 or GTX 960 should push 60fps at 1080p on High settings easily. Haven't been caught up in the loop on the low end cards as of late but my friend has the 960 and gets these results and the 370 is a R9 270 rebrand which pulled these results also. EVGA or Asus are good 3rd party brands and EVGA may have B-Stock 960's which are cheaper and are usually warranty returns for something simple like a scratched shroud or defective fan

 

[doubletake]

Get whatever's cheapest. At this end of the performance spectrum, it really doesn't matter which model you get as far as rendering performance goes. The major thing to factor in would be warranty/customer service from the company (if it's important to you), and for that, I'd recommend sticking to EVGA, MSI or Gigabyte. Asus support can be a crapshoot.

 

[sna]

GTX 970 . your best choice

lol no

I'd go for a 950 or 960 and settle for lowering settings to achieve stable 60+ FPS. Better to wean him on higher fps/smoother gameplay now than higher quality settings that he probably couldn't care less about.

I personally gave an i3 4170/8GB RAM/256GB SSD/2GB 750 Ti system to young siblings and they were ecstatic just to be able to play their favorite games like Plants v Zombies, Lego series games etc. Even that GPU can handle most games at 60+FPS by just turning down settings and leaving out antialiasing.

GTX 970 is a 256bit card.

GTX 950/960 are 128 bit cards.

once you move from 128 to 256 bits GPU cards thats a totally different world.

so if you can pay for GTX 970 , do it.

dont look only about those fps and bla bla ... ALL 128 bit cards are mid range cards.. and if you ask me , never buy lower than 256bit cards.

and you are mistaken , you will turn off anti aliasing even on GTX 970 ...

 

[CTurbo]

Get the cheapest 960

 

[Dan425811923]

970 is gonna get bottlenecked. 960 G1 gaming is the best bet. 300w cooler on a 120w card. No throttling

 

[sna]

970 is gonna get bottlenecked. 960 G1 gaming is the best bet. 300w cooler on a 120w card. No throttling

nop . it will not be bottle necked.

stop recommending him 128 bit cards. you people exaggerate this "bottleneck" issue alot. not all games need heavy CPU power , MOST of the games need more GPU power !

 

[CTurbo]

If he is thinking about getting a $150 GTX950, I very seriously doubt a $320 GTX970 is in his budget. The GTX950 is a 1080p gaming card. The 960 is even better, and would be more than enough for his needs.

 

[sna]

If he is thinking about getting a $150 GTX950, I very seriously doubt a $320 GTX970 is in his budget. The GTX950 is a 1080p gaming card. The 960 is even better, and would be more than enough for his needs.

not really , read again what he said ,

Please note if the i3 would bottleneck it there would be no problem because I will get him a new PC based on skylake later if possible with the GPU that I am going to buy atm.

he will KEEP this card and buy a NEW skylake PC later. Money is not issue for him.

NO WAY he is keeping 128bit trash card , and buying skylake in the future GRRRRR.

I am giving him HONEST advice.

and if you say GTX 950 is a gaming card for 1080P then you know nothing about Gaming at Full HD

 

[CTurbo]

Nobody is arguing that the 970 isn't far superior, but you're acting like a 960 is garbage and wouldn't cut it in gaming, and we all know that isn't even almost true.

...so could you please suggest me that or a better one and hence i am on a limited budget atm.

He states very clearly he is on a "limited budget"







*IF* his budget is $320, I will agree that the 970 is probably the best bet.

 

[sna]

Nobody is arguing that the 970 isn't far superior, but you're acting like a 960 is garbage and wouldn't cut it in gaming, and we all know that isn't even almost true.

...so could you please suggest me that or a better one and hence i am on a limited budget atm.

He states very clearly he is on a "limited budget"







*IF* his budget is $320, I will agree that the 970 is probably the best bet.

128 bit cards are always garbage 😛

besides , $300 is also limited budget it is not much ... 2 days work $18 per hour ...

 

[doubletake]

GTX 970 is a 256bit card.

GTX 950/960 are 128 bit cards.

once you move from 128 to 256 bits GPU cards thats a totally different world.

so if you can pay for GTX 970 , do it.

dont look only about those fps and bla bla ... ALL 128 bit cards are mid range cards.. and if you ask me , never buy lower than 256bit cards.

and you are mistaken , you will turn off anti aliasing even on GTX 970 ...

I'm giving honest advice based on my own experience with all these different performance tiers.

I know what kind of performance you can get out of each.

I've directly compared performance between my different systems that have ranged from a 750 Ti, a 970, two 980Ti's and 3 Titan X. I can assure you that even the lowly 128bit cards are capable gaming cards when highest image quality settings are NOT your priority.

Also, why bother with a trash card that's hobbled with only 3.5GB eh? Better ditch that weak <mod edit> and just get a 980.

 

[sna]

GTX 970 is a 256bit card.

GTX 950/960 are 128 bit cards.

once you move from 128 to 256 bits GPU cards thats a totally different world.

so if you can pay for GTX 970 , do it.

dont look only about those fps and bla bla ... ALL 128 bit cards are mid range cards.. and if you ask me , never buy lower than 256bit cards.

and you are mistaken , you will turn off anti aliasing even on GTX 970 ...

I'm giving honest advice based on my own experience with all these different performance tiers.

I know what kind of performance you can get out of each.

I've directly compared performance between my different systems that have ranged from a 750 Ti, a 970, two 980Ti's and 3 Titan X. I can assure you that even the lowly 128bit cards are capable gaming cards when highest image quality settings are NOT your priority.

Also, why bother with a trash card that's hobbled with only 3.5GB eh? Better ditch that weak <mod edit> and just get a 980.

lol

no I know where to stop ...

3.5 G is enough for full HD

and GTX 980 are bad choice ... it is either GTX 970 , or GTX 980 Ti.

for the 6G needed for more resolution.

and low texture quality SUCKS ...

and as I said , it is 2 days work ...

nothing important. at all .

 

[doubletake]

But you just said to never buy lower than 256bit cards. The 970, thanks to its partitioned memory subsystem, is not in fact a 256bit card as that last 64bit memory channel is the one that ties into the slow 512MB. You therefore really have a 192bit card, like the old 660/660Tis.

Good job

 

[dudeman509]

I have a 970.

A 950/960 or one of the 280/380 cards will suit an old i3 well for the budget. Even a 750ti if your budget is that limited.

Not everyone can dump $300+ on a graphics card - that was hard even for me to stomach as I've never been a huge computer gamer and never spent that much on one.

 

[WyomingKnott]

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