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| Thread ID: 137979 | 2014-09-18 17:37:00 | Video card under $200 | lostsoul62 (16011) | Press F1 |
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| 1384226 | 2014-09-18 17:37:00 | I'm trying to understand and get a Video card that is under $200. I like to play games like Rage but I'm not a real game player but need an undated video card. I took a look at the Gigabyte R9 270X but that thing takes up half my space in my computer case, it's just to big and I would like something a little smaller. All these Video cards are make by different companies with different prices so I'm not sure what the difference is when many companies make the same card but ask different prices. | lostsoul62 (16011) | ||
| 1384227 | 2014-09-18 19:42:00 | www.tomshardware.com The GPU is the single most important component in a gaming machine. You can't skimp on money. If budget is a problem, the go for last years card instead. The highest one you can get....not this years low end model. As for size, well yes, the decent ones are large.....your case must be pretty small - change it, don't buy a gaming component based on size so it can fit, that's crazy. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1384228 | 2014-09-18 20:45:00 | If size and power use are concerns there's this www.computerlounge.co.nz Slower than the 270 though for the same sort of price. Are you looking at adding to an existing machine or building new as per your other thread? You don't get much in the way of gaming graphics under $200 - that's really where the bottom end starts. You may want to look for a good deal on trademe 2nd hand Those Toms hardware articles have been linked for you a few times, have you looked at them? |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1384229 | 2014-09-18 21:02:00 | As per the other thread you created that Dugimodo mentioned. There were some screen shots of a 3DMark test on the GTX 770 that was suggested. Not to sure how accurate the following is because there is different hardware involved, BUT its good enough, If you have a look at the following site www.videocardbenchmark.net You'll See the GTX770 mentioned THIS one (www.computerlounge.co.nz) is ranked at #11, where as the GTX 750Ti is ranked at #46, & the GTX 750 #59. The higher the card the higher the price, so the 770 may be out of the budget range. So obviously its down the performance list quite a bit. As others have mentioned the Graphic card is the most important thing. As for size, yes they can be tight, the GTX770 I fitted into a Coolermaster K380 case had only about 5-10 mm of clearance when fitted, it was a bit of a fiddle to get it in. |
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