Looking for some help on choosing the right graphics card (I'm newbie)

[Shellx]

I'm currently using NVIDIA Geforce 9800 GT 512mb. I plan to replace mine with a newer one which is good for gaming, I have about $150 to spend.

This is my specs:
AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 650 Processor (4 CPUs), ~ 3.2GHz
8G of Ram
600W PSU
Windows 10 64 bit

I don't usually play games on full screen mode, and I'm into MMORPGs.

 

[JasonL265]

At that price point your best bet is a R7 370 or a GTX 950 (if you can find an R9 270x for that price that be a decent choice too.)

Link to all good GPU at different price points.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html

 

[Shellx]

So which one of those three is the best for gaming and for my pc? Sorry I don't know much about this.

 

[DustyDanglerX]

At your current budget a 950 would be best most of the benchmarks i've seen 950 beats r9 370.

This is the cheapest Dual fan version I could find:
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Cooling-Graphics-02G-P4-2956-KR/dp/B013WQC9Z2/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1446872663&sr=1-5&keywords=gtx+950

Cheapest Single Fan version:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487156&cm_re=gtx_950-_-14-487-156-_-Product

Keep in mind with this card you wont be able to play arkham knight and simillar games smoothly unless u lower resolution since the card is only 2 gb and arkham knight, fallout 4 , lords of the fallen ,ect and newer games would require more video memory but for normal games like cs go , team fortress 2 , heroes of the storm , lol , dota 2 ect it is perfect.
Hope it Helps

 

[jerdle]

cheapest gtx 950 you can find is the card you want

 

[Shellx]

At your current budget a 950 would be best most of the benchmarks i've seen 950 beats r9 370.

This is the cheapest Dual fan version I could find:
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Cooling-Graphics-02G-P4-2956-KR/dp/B013WQC9Z2/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1446872663&sr=1-5&keywords=gtx+950

Cheapest Single Fan version:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487156&cm_re=gtx_950-_-14-487-156-_-Product

Keep in mind with this card you wont be able to play arkham knight and simillar games smoothly unless u lower resolution since the card is only 2 gb and arkham knight, fallout 4 , lords of the fallen ,ect and newer games would require more video memory but for normal games like cs go , team fortress 2 , heroes of the storm , lol , dota 2 ect it is perfect.
Hope it Helps

I only play MMORPGs like Blade and Soul and similar games. so the GTX 950 is good for those?

 

[jerdle]

the type of games you play is irrelevant - the 950 is the best performing graphics card in your budget

 

[Shellx]

If I spend $20 more, what should I get?

 

[jerdle]

That opens up the R9 380 @ $155 after $20 rebate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150732&cm_re=R9_380-_-14-150-732-_-Product