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I'm currently using a radeon sapphire hd 7750 1gb ddr5 that's a few years old and game devs keep pushing the limits so it's time to upgrade. Recently did the Battlefield 1 trial and with my specs and all settings on low, regardless if it was 1920x1080 or 1600x900, I'd pretty much cap on fps at 38. To get close to 60 (my monitors refresh) I'd have to lower the resolution render to about 80% and then the game looks like crap.
My pc is Intel Core i7-870 2.93GHz, 8gb ram
Friend got me years ago a Diablotek PHD Series PHD450 450W that I transfered from my old PC (old is an understatement, it was I believe an Athlon x2 4200+ 2ghz). Currently using the 320w it came with, have another 300w laying around too. Dad got me this comp, was a cheapie, HP 8100 Elite tower (not the micro business one) so it has a good amount of room on the inside. Old comp I HAD to use small form GPU's as nothing else would fit. Granted I don't know a whole lot and bigger cards might not fit but it sure looks like it.
I've looked around, not really a whole lot of stuff under $150 but one that stood out to me was the GTX 1050 Ti. Saw a youtube vid of a guy who went and got 2 'off the shelf' computers at Best Buy to see if you can upgrade them with just THAT card, and it was possible and easy. Don't need to plug any PSU cables into it either.
I'm well aware my cpu isn't meant for gaming but trust me, coming from my old computer this thing is a God send. I plan on getting Battlefield 1 down the road and I just want to be guaranteed I can get a constant, 100% 60fps at least on low.
I also play Planetside 2, and older game but I have to go into the .ini file to further lower settings because the gpu is a bottleneck (game tells you what your bottleneck is)
So whatever I can get for under $150 would be greatly helpful, the GTX 1050 just stood out to me. Also, whats with the different types? There is 1050, 1050 Ti, 1050 Ti SC...what's the difference in them?
Thanks all, I haven't had the money to spend to upgrade in some time and the $150 is my limit so I'm not getting a new cpu or anything else anytime soon sadly. Thanks! You guys are always great and helpful!
My pc is Intel Core i7-870 2.93GHz, 8gb ram
Friend got me years ago a Diablotek PHD Series PHD450 450W that I transfered from my old PC (old is an understatement, it was I believe an Athlon x2 4200+ 2ghz). Currently using the 320w it came with, have another 300w laying around too. Dad got me this comp, was a cheapie, HP 8100 Elite tower (not the micro business one) so it has a good amount of room on the inside. Old comp I HAD to use small form GPU's as nothing else would fit. Granted I don't know a whole lot and bigger cards might not fit but it sure looks like it.
I've looked around, not really a whole lot of stuff under $150 but one that stood out to me was the GTX 1050 Ti. Saw a youtube vid of a guy who went and got 2 'off the shelf' computers at Best Buy to see if you can upgrade them with just THAT card, and it was possible and easy. Don't need to plug any PSU cables into it either.
I'm well aware my cpu isn't meant for gaming but trust me, coming from my old computer this thing is a God send. I plan on getting Battlefield 1 down the road and I just want to be guaranteed I can get a constant, 100% 60fps at least on low.
I also play Planetside 2, and older game but I have to go into the .ini file to further lower settings because the gpu is a bottleneck (game tells you what your bottleneck is)
So whatever I can get for under $150 would be greatly helpful, the GTX 1050 just stood out to me. Also, whats with the different types? There is 1050, 1050 Ti, 1050 Ti SC...what's the difference in them?
Thanks all, I haven't had the money to spend to upgrade in some time and the $150 is my limit so I'm not getting a new cpu or anything else anytime soon sadly. Thanks! You guys are always great and helpful!
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