Video card for i5 2400

[deer_hunter]

Hi,i want to upgrade my video card this summer. My cpu is a i5 2400 with Gigabyte H61M-DS2 motherboard and 8 gb ddr 1333mhz and my power supply is old (8 years old- september 2008) Antec EA-500 D. Resolution is 2560x1080 with and Lg 25UM65-P monitor
I got two questions:
1)Which is the best video card without change the power supply?
2)Which card is best without bottleneck and what power supply do you recommend ?

http://www.amazon.com/Antec-EA-500D-Earthwatts-4-Pin-Supply/dp/B0084EQRKG

 

[davidarad02]

with that old of a PSU, you have to change it.

what kind of a budget are you talking about?

 

[deer_hunter]

with that old of a PSU, you have to change it.

what kind of a budget are you talking about?

around 200 -300 $ (200 $ would be better)

 

[davidarad02]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0 Video Card ($155.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($58.99 @ B&H)
Total: $214.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-29 19:15 EDT-0400

 

[deer_hunter]

i forget to say that my monitor is 2560x1080 25UM65-P

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... Here is a general performance and price chart for your Consideration... http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html
You also might consider getting a 4GB video Card with this larger screen format. B )

 

[davidarad02]

i forget to say that my monitor is 2560x1080 25UM65-P

I wont say you will get 60FPS smooth gameplay on that monitor, but with medium-high settings, you should be fine, even in the resolution.

 

[deer_hunter]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0 Video Card ($155.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($58.99 @ B&H)
Total: $214.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-29 19:15 EDT-0400

Hello... Here is a general performance and price chart for your Consideration... http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html
You also might consider getting a 4GB video Card with this larger screen format. B )

i forget to say that my monitor is 2560x1080 25UM65-P

I wont say you will get 60FPS smooth gameplay on that monitor, but with medium-high settings, you should be fine, even in the resolution.

970 it's one of the best (not sure if my cpu it's strong enough for ,plus it's out of my budget if i must buy power supply) also 960gtx and r9 380 look nice but why 380 is weaker than 960 ? on other test i saw 380 is 20% faster

 

[davidarad02]

on some games the 960 is faster, and on other games the 380 is faster. it really depends if your planning to play generally nvidia optimized games, or generally AMD optimized games.

at the end of the day, it's your choice.

also, don't judge a GPU, from just 1 benchmark. look at multiple, and see which one is better, in the larger picture.

 

[WildCard999]

AMD
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $259.98

NVIDIA
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($219.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $289.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-29 19:41 EDT-0400

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... 1) The Nvidia 900 series GPU's are the best LOW Power choices... look at TDP in the charts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_900_series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Radeon_Rx_300_series

 

[deer_hunter]

AMD
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $259.98



NVIDIA
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($219.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $289.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-29 19:41 EDT-0400

the 2gb is cheaper , it's worth it to buy 4gb ?

 

[davidarad02]

yes.

 

[WildCard999]

Yes, especially since your gaming 2560x1080.