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Need Help picking Graphics card
Filip96
OK so i need help choseing a graphics card. Now im no pro at this section so thats why im asking. I need something for minecrafting and gaming. I would like this to be AMD so it could work fast with my CPU. With ports like DVI-D and HDMI. And lastly in the price range of 100-200 USD. And of course on Amazon, Micro Center, or any other eletronics store.(Just not EBAY)
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Games
•Minecraft With Optifine and SEUS Ultra at 20-40 FPS
•Minecraft With Optifine and SEUS Standard and recording at 30-40 FPS
•Simcity With High settings 30-40 FPS
•Space Engin With High settings 30-40 FPS
•Euro Truck Simulator With High settings 30-40 FPS
•Minecraft With Optifine and SEUS Ultra at 20-40 FPS
•Minecraft With Optifine and SEUS Standard and recording at 30-40 FPS
•Simcity With High settings 30-40 FPS
•Space Engin With High settings 30-40 FPS
•Euro Truck Simulator With High settings 30-40 FPS
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And AMD has technologies that don't kill framerate when recording I believe. They're literally both the same, if one comes out with a "new" technology, the other comes out with a counterpart in a few weeks or so...
I found a great Amd graphics card on Amazon here! http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Version- ... phics+card
For his price range, he can get a 280. I.e. this sexy thing http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... AuAD8P8HAQ
My PC Specs Include:
Processor: Intel Core i5-3570 3.40GHz
Graphics Card: Radeon R7 260x
Motherboard: ASRock Z75 Pro 3
Headset: Turtlebeach PX22
Mouse and Keyboard: CMSTORM Devastator Gaming Gear Combo
Speakers: Logitech S-150 USB Digital Speakers
I run Minecraft with Optifine at 32 Render distance and max settings at 150-250 FPS on servers with the same graphics, It runs at about 150-200 FPS.
Processor: Intel Core i5-3570 3.40GHz
Graphics Card: Radeon R7 260x
Motherboard: ASRock Z75 Pro 3
Headset: Turtlebeach PX22
Mouse and Keyboard: CMSTORM Devastator Gaming Gear Combo
Speakers: Logitech S-150 USB Digital Speakers
I run Minecraft with Optifine at 32 Render distance and max settings at 150-250 FPS on servers with the same graphics, It runs at about 150-200 FPS.
Everyone who has replied to this thread except for RoboShadow and 57r4d is wrong.
@Person recommending an AMD Card
There are literally hundreds of AMD cards. They can range from the most powerful card in the world (295x2) to an extremely low-end one (240). (Not that you're really wrong, though, as I did recommend an AMD card as well. You just weren't specific)
@Person saying never use AMD Cards
You're wrong. AMD cards are just as good as Nvidia cards. The only benefit of getting Nvidia over AMD is power consumption and running temps.
@Person saying he's asking too much for his budget
Do you even GPU, bro? Some $200 GPUs can max out BF4 on ultra graphics.
@OP, for your $200 budget, definitely go with an AMD R9 280. They are quite powerful cards. They should do everything you want them to do, and probably more.
Edit: OP, answer 57r4d's question. It's pretty hard to recommend a card if we don't know what hardware it's working with. If your PSU isn't strong enough, you'll have to upgrade that too.
Edit: (again) OP, I noticed that you said you wanted an AMD graphics card so that it'll run faster with your processor. Although I listed an AMD card for you, a Nvidia card will perform the same. The brands don't affect performance with each other. I just wanted to let you know this, for future upgrades.
@Person recommending an AMD Card
There are literally hundreds of AMD cards. They can range from the most powerful card in the world (295x2) to an extremely low-end one (240). (Not that you're really wrong, though, as I did recommend an AMD card as well. You just weren't specific)
@Person saying never use AMD Cards
You're wrong. AMD cards are just as good as Nvidia cards. The only benefit of getting Nvidia over AMD is power consumption and running temps.
@Person saying he's asking too much for his budget
Do you even GPU, bro? Some $200 GPUs can max out BF4 on ultra graphics.
@OP, for your $200 budget, definitely go with an AMD R9 280. They are quite powerful cards. They should do everything you want them to do, and probably more.
Edit: OP, answer 57r4d's question. It's pretty hard to recommend a card if we don't know what hardware it's working with. If your PSU isn't strong enough, you'll have to upgrade that too.
Edit: (again) OP, I noticed that you said you wanted an AMD graphics card so that it'll run faster with your processor. Although I listed an AMD card for you, a Nvidia card will perform the same. The brands don't affect performance with each other. I just wanted to let you know this, for future upgrades.
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You do realize that CUDA cores are just Stream Processors, right? It's not like Nvidia really has something very different from AMD. The only real difference is that some games are optimized for Nvidia's CUDA cores, while other games (bf4, for example) are optimized for AMD cards. However, since it is generally believed that Nvidia cards are better, and I would assume the majority of the internet has Nvidia cards, more games are optimized for Nvidia cards, meaning AMD cards will perform slightly worse. But that doesn't mean AMD cards are inferior to Nvidia. Not that I have completely deconstructed a GPU before, but I would assume that they're made out of the same materials.
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1.) AMD uses openCL, which honestly is started to be better than CUDA. So no reason to get a nVidia card just for that.
2.) Who uses CUDA to record? Newer GPU's use h.264 to encode, which if you use that, you get an unnoticeable frame drop.
Don't be an uneducated fan boy, especially when you're telling others to get it.
2.) Who uses CUDA to record? Newer GPU's use h.264 to encode, which if you use that, you get an unnoticeable frame drop.
Don't be an uneducated fan boy, especially when you're telling others to get it.
You are asking too much from your budget. You can't get those framerates from that budget. At least not the shaders part.
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filipkinjanI would like this to be AMD so it could work fast with my CPU
That literally makes no sense. Both would work well with your processor.
I use AMD Graphics card, works great with me!
Because there totally isn't like, 100s of those.
What are your other components?
