graphics card help

[DDRBaller123]

built my pc and it runs fine but now im in the process of looking for a graphics card. I know my cpu is not that great but it was the best i could or i7 on the budget i had. my budget is around 200 or less i can try to go a little bit over.

my build
XFX TS Series P1550SXXB9 550W ATX12V 2.2 & ESP12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Bronze
Intel Core i3-4160 Haswell Dual-Core 3.6 GHz LGA 1150 54W BX80646I34160 Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics
ASRock H97 Pro4 LGA 1150 Intel H97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model
Windows 8.1 pro

[Rapta]

Originally Posted by DDRBaller123

Windows 8.1

ew .-.

[DDRBaller123]

Originally Posted by Rapta

ew .-.

if your not gonna help stay out

[PhantomPuppy]

so u want a gpu under $200? the current best deal is an hd 7950 if u wanna go with amd, u can find em on ebay for around $120-130. best budget deal for nvidia is prob a gtx 760. DO NOT buy the ones for $70 lol, they are chinese knock offs obviously. go on amazon, can find for $140 if you go zotac. if you want a newer card, go with a 950. not as much performance as a 760 though, so idk why you would do that.

edit: forgot, if you want a newer amd card, 380's are around $200.

[DDRBaller123]

Originally Posted by PhantomPuppy

so u want a gpu under $200? the current best deal is an hd 7950 if u wanna go with amd, u can find em on ebay for around $120-130. best budget deal for nvidia is prob a gtx 760. DO NOT buy the ones for $70 lol, they are chinese knock offs obviously. go on amazon, can find for $140 if you go zotac. if you want a newer card, go with a 950. not as much performance as a 760 though, so idk why you would do that.

edit: forgot, if you want a newer amd card, 380's are around $200.

oh wow thanks for the help man ill deff check them out but what do you think of the XFX Radeon R9 380 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card? someone recommended me that one. also is this what you was talking about http://pcpartpicker.com/part/zotac-v...ard-zt7040110p

[Poison-]

If you can find a GTX 960 for $200 or less get one of those. If not go with a R9 380. There are 960's on sale on Newegg right now. You could also wait until Cyber Monday and pick one up. I'm sure there will be some decent sales.

I also recommend upgrading to Windows 10

[PhantomPuppy]

@DDR yes and yes

also, everything poison said.

[DDRBaller123]

Originally Posted by Poison-

If you can find a GTX 960 for $200 or less get one of those. If not go with a R9 380. There are 960's on sale on Newegg right now. You could also wait until Cyber Monday and pick one up. I'm sure there will be some decent sales.

I also recommend upgrading to Windows 10

I prob will wait untill monday but i also have a premier account that i got for free for 6 months. i did some more research and i saw EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0 Video Card and it had great reviews and raiting @ poison and phantom.

[Poison-]

I would recommend a 960 over a 950 but it's all up to the kind of games you plan on playing.

[DDRBaller123]

Originally Posted by Poison-

I would recommend a 960 over a 950 but it's all up to the kind of games you plan on playing.

emulators like ps2 and dreamcast and others and newish games if it can. also i use photoshop and FLstudios and others. my old pc could only handle any game pre 2005.

[Poison-]

Emulators are going to rely more heavily on your cpu than gpu. I would highly recommend getting at least an i5 at some point.

And if you plan on playing any newer games like Fallout 4, GTA 5, The Witcher 3 etc. I suggest the 960

[DDRBaller123]

Originally Posted by Poison-

Emulators are going to rely more heavily on your cpu than gpu. I would highly recommend getting at least an i5 at some point.

i will but during the time i was buying the parts for my new pc i could only afford the i3.
im looking at the 960 now.

[Poison-]

I did something similar with my first build as well. The best recommendation I can give for your future builds, as well as your gpu situation is to just save up and invest in good parts. GPUs usually have great price to performance ratios especially.

[DDRBaller123]

Originally Posted by Poison-

I did something similar with my first build as well. The best recommendation I can give for your future builds, as well as your gpu situation is to just save up and invest in good parts. GPUs usually have great price to performance ratios especially.

thanks man i appreciate it and i will do that. one more quest what do you think of the Radeon R9 380 or the gtx 970? also when i do upgrade my cpu the gpu i get will still work fine?

[Poison-]

R9 380 is relatively similar to a GTX 960 and a GTX 970 is a tier above them. It's a great card.
And yes your gpu will still work as long as it's compatible with your motherboard and is getting enough power.

[PhantomPuppy]

the i3 you currently have shouldn't bottleneck performance too much with a 380 or a 960. again, either of those cards would be a good choice.

also, my brother says the 960 ti is coming out soon if you wanna wait for that.

[_Zenith_]

I'd recommend only purchasing a Radeon if you cannot find something moderately better for roughly the same price in your price range.

If it helps at all, I just bought a new computer build (First bundle of parts costs $320) and the other parts that I'm missing from the bundle is another $120 but I'll throw in the items below to show you in case those are better.

ULTRA XBLASTER MID-TOWER CASE V2 W/ 450W PSU
Thermaltake Socket AM2, AM2+, AM3 CPU Cooler Fan
KINGSTON 8GB 1866MHZ DDR3 DIMM HYPERX FURY RD
Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 mATX MB
AMD FX 4300 3.8GHZ 95W SOCKET AM3+ OEM NO FAN
SEAGATE 1TB SERIAL ATA HD

[DDRBaller123]

thank you guies soo much for the help. i think im really gonna cop the 960. i guess another 10 years is in order lol.

[DDRBaller123]

Originally Posted by PhantomPuppy

the i3 you currently have shouldn't bottleneck performance too much with a 380 or a 960. again, either of those cards would be a good choice.

also, my brother says the 960 ti is coming out soon if you wanna wait for that.

i dont think 2 fan gpu would fit my case unless im wong

[Red Blaster]

"2 fan gpu"