Graphics cards

mhaze · May 24, 2014, 06:43:45 AM

I'm looking into buying a new comp. So Far a 6core i7 with 64gb ram. But I'm stuck on graphics cards. I want the cheapest card that will give me decent graphics and allow me to play the odd (very old) game. So far I'm thinking a 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 650 - DVI, mHDMI, VGA - 3D Vision Ready will do the job.

Any suggestions will be gratefully received.

Tangled-Universe · May 24, 2014, 07:13:34 AM

What's your budget?

I think anything from 150-300$ will allow you to play simple games for the next couple of years?

6core 64GB...damn!

archonforest · May 24, 2014, 07:21:14 AM

This is an entry level card but it will do the job for sure. You can even play some 3D games with it.

mhaze · May 24, 2014, 07:23:59 AM

Cheers, Sounds like that will do the job then. That lot with a 1tb main HD and a 3TB secondary HD and all the other bits is around 1600! ouch!

archonforest · May 24, 2014, 07:29:40 AM

Sounds like a beast man!

Kadri · May 24, 2014, 07:43:43 AM

If you want to use more then 1 monitor or some of the features like Cuda in other 3D software a different card might be better.

mhaze · May 24, 2014, 08:23:33 AM

Hi Kadri I need to use two! Any card suggestions

archonforest · May 24, 2014, 08:26:14 AM

What is the budget u have for the card? and what connection u have on the mobo?

This one GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 750 supports dual monitor and has similar performance. It is about 120 bucks.

yossam · May 24, 2014, 08:35:46 AM

I bought a GTX 750ti recently. Great card for the price. You can use up to 3 monitors. If you decide to get one, do some price comparisons at different sources. The cards are a little scarce, so a lot of retailers are jacking the price up.

Kadri · May 24, 2014, 09:15:54 AM

Quote from: mhaze on May 24, 2014, 08:23:33 AM
Hi Kadri I need to use two! Any card suggestions

In the last years i have used mostly AMD-Ati cards. So i am not much familiar with Nvidia cards.
If i remember right with higher resolution and-or more Monitors a card with higher Ram and of course a faster one is always better.

You know it depends on how much you want to spend too of course.
As a very rough advice i would not buy anything under 300 or so $ - but that is me- .
Because in this or that 3D software you could get a little more benefit for OpenGL preview too for example.
What kind of programs you use is important too.
I have a AMD R290 and use 3 monitors and play Skyrim with many mods very easily.
But if you want to encode videos for example my laptop renders with "Intel quick sync" enabled videos at least 3 times faster then that desktop pc.

mhaze · May 24, 2014, 09:21:10 AM

Thanks all.