I see that an EVGA 1660 Super is currently selling for $240, which fits nicely in my budget. I've never spent more than this amount on a graphics card (my last card was an RX480 4GB around 3 or 4 years ago).
I plan on doing some gaming on my 1920x1200 monitor (when I can find the time), but my wife and I have traditionally played a lot on our TV. Our current TV is 65", and we sit about 10 feet away from it. I do love gaming in higher res when possible (we own an XBox One X), but a game like Spider-Man on PS4 still looks absolutely incredible, so I'm sure that we'd be fine with 1080p or 1440p.
With a GPU budget under $250, can I do any better without shopping on the pre-owend market? I should mention, I do have a $50 gift card at Best Buy. I'm not sure that I want to use it to just add $50 to my budget though. I just say this because being able to get something at Best Buy would allow me to save some money. I might just use it when I buy my RAM. If Best Buy could price match something on Amazon for an online in-store purchase, that would also be preferable. Thanks in advance! I copied and pasted the GPU survey below.
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: This week or next.
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: It's been FOREVER since I've done some more serious gaming on a PC. My current PC was built 9 years ago, and since then I've played a ton of games on it. Notable PC games I've played include Splinter Cell: Conviction, Civ 5, Civ 6, Fallout 3, Final Fantasy XIII, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and many others. Basically - back in 2011, if there was a game on PC, I got it on PC instead of getting it on XBox 360. Lately? Since we own an XBox One X and PS4, we've done most of our gaming there. With this new PC, I'm looking to give Final Fantaxy XV another shot (gave up on it on PS4), and I heard that Horizon Zero Dawn is hitting PC soon, which is pretty exciting. Those two games are the kinds of games I'd like to play at either 1080p or 1440p.
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: This GPU will be for a new build, but currently I still have a PC from 9 years ago. It has a Core i5 2500k cooled by a Hyper 212 Evo, and an RX480 4GB card. I believe this PC has a CX650 from Corsair.
My new build will be a Ryzen 5 3600, and am looking at the Corsair CF600 (since it's for an ITX build in the Lian Li TU150).
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: 16GB of Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro RAM. CPU cooled by the Noctua U12S. Case is Lian Li TU150.
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg, Amazon, or Best Buy. I do have a $50 Gift Card at Best Buy, but I don't want to exactly use it as an excuse to add $50 to my budget. Just saying that being able to purchase a component there would be handy since I have a GC there.
PARTS PREFERENCES: No preferences really. I used to have an XFX HD6950 for the first 5ish years of my old computer. I liked it but it was a little loud. My current RX480 4GB is from PowerColor.
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe. I don't want to introduce too much heat to my ITX case, but if it means anything, there will be a Noctua U9S assisting with cooling on the CPU side.
MONITOR RESOLUTION: Current monitor is 1920x1200, but I'd love to upgrade to 1440p at some point.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Looking for something under $250 that will look great on a 65" TV from about 10 feet away. Types of games I'd be interested in playing are FFXV (and maybe FF7 if it hits PC?), Horizon: Zero Dawn, and others. On the XBox side, I've been playing Jedi: Fallen Order. So yeah, graphics wise I'm looking at pretty standard AAA type games. I'd like to play at 60fps at 1440p but I understand this card may only be able to do this with certain games.
I plan on doing some gaming on my 1920x1200 monitor (when I can find the time), but my wife and I have traditionally played a lot on our TV. Our current TV is 65", and we sit about 10 feet away from it. I do love gaming in higher res when possible (we own an XBox One X), but a game like Spider-Man on PS4 still looks absolutely incredible, so I'm sure that we'd be fine with 1080p or 1440p.
With a GPU budget under $250, can I do any better without shopping on the pre-owend market? I should mention, I do have a $50 gift card at Best Buy. I'm not sure that I want to use it to just add $50 to my budget though. I just say this because being able to get something at Best Buy would allow me to save some money. I might just use it when I buy my RAM. If Best Buy could price match something on Amazon for an online in-store purchase, that would also be preferable. Thanks in advance! I copied and pasted the GPU survey below.
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: This week or next.
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: It's been FOREVER since I've done some more serious gaming on a PC. My current PC was built 9 years ago, and since then I've played a ton of games on it. Notable PC games I've played include Splinter Cell: Conviction, Civ 5, Civ 6, Fallout 3, Final Fantasy XIII, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and many others. Basically - back in 2011, if there was a game on PC, I got it on PC instead of getting it on XBox 360. Lately? Since we own an XBox One X and PS4, we've done most of our gaming there. With this new PC, I'm looking to give Final Fantaxy XV another shot (gave up on it on PS4), and I heard that Horizon Zero Dawn is hitting PC soon, which is pretty exciting. Those two games are the kinds of games I'd like to play at either 1080p or 1440p.
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: This GPU will be for a new build, but currently I still have a PC from 9 years ago. It has a Core i5 2500k cooled by a Hyper 212 Evo, and an RX480 4GB card. I believe this PC has a CX650 from Corsair.
My new build will be a Ryzen 5 3600, and am looking at the Corsair CF600 (since it's for an ITX build in the Lian Li TU150).
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: 16GB of Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro RAM. CPU cooled by the Noctua U12S. Case is Lian Li TU150.
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg, Amazon, or Best Buy. I do have a $50 Gift Card at Best Buy, but I don't want to exactly use it as an excuse to add $50 to my budget. Just saying that being able to purchase a component there would be handy since I have a GC there.
PARTS PREFERENCES: No preferences really. I used to have an XFX HD6950 for the first 5ish years of my old computer. I liked it but it was a little loud. My current RX480 4GB is from PowerColor.
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe. I don't want to introduce too much heat to my ITX case, but if it means anything, there will be a Noctua U9S assisting with cooling on the CPU side.
MONITOR RESOLUTION: Current monitor is 1920x1200, but I'd love to upgrade to 1440p at some point.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Looking for something under $250 that will look great on a 65" TV from about 10 feet away. Types of games I'd be interested in playing are FFXV (and maybe FF7 if it hits PC?), Horizon: Zero Dawn, and others. On the XBox side, I've been playing Jedi: Fallen Order. So yeah, graphics wise I'm looking at pretty standard AAA type games. I'd like to play at 60fps at 1440p but I understand this card may only be able to do this with certain games.