[Finished] Recommendations on Upgrading a Graphic Card on my PC - GTX 960 Chosen

[Night_Hawk]

Thank you guys again for the recommendations! I will be choosing the GTX 960 as the card to buy.



I've got a job at Abby's Legendary Pizza back on June 8th, and paychecks have been really good recently. In the future, I was wanting to get 2 monitors equivalent to what I already have plugged into my computer for a trimary display (3 monitors). Then I was also thinking of maybe upgrading my graphics card to improve quality and FPS on the games that I play. This is why I come to you today, asking what do you guys recommend?

I have an ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7750 that has been through 3 historic computers, and there's nothing wrong with it. A great start for what was to come today.

Here are my computer specs:

Case: Zalman Z11+ High Performance ATX
Storage:

• C: 500GB
• D: 7XX (Says 698 on-screen); used for exported youtube videos and GameMaker files
• F: 1000GB; used to store game data
• G: 500GB; used for raw video footage waiting to be edited.

Processor: Intel Core i3-4170 CPU @ 3.70 GHz
Power: Zalman ZM400
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3
Ram: 2 8GB Kingston chips; 16GB total
Display: 22" Hanns-G HE247; 1920x1080
Graphics: Intel HD 4400 Graphics (Built into Motherboard), Asus AMD Radeon HD 7750
Extras: 5 System fans; 3 need power from the power source/1 Disk Drive (E:)
Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise; 64-bit

Again, I just want suggestions for what I can put in instead for graphics. I won't be spending anything yet, but I would like to have a budget nothing over 100$ if you can help it, I can go higher if really necessary. Thanks for your help!

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[Scout31]

Outside your budget, but there's a lot of hype around the RX 480. It's supposedly the best bang-for-your-buck out there, starting at $200, and it'd definitely future-proof you. As a fellow pizza-place employee, it's what I'm looking at the most. If you're just going to sink $100, you'll be in the market for a new card in just a year or two, better to make an investment IMO

[Night_Hawk]

Outside your budget, but there's a lot of hype around the RX 480. It's supposedly the best bang-for-your-buck out there, starting at $200, and it'd definitely future-proof you. As a fellow pizza-place employee, it's what I'm looking at the most. If you're just going to sink $100, you'll be in the market for a new card in just a year or two, better to make an investment IMO

I appreciate your response, but I could potentially get that; I get paid every other Tuesday, and I got paid today.

[Blaze0]

$100 on a new GPU is just not worth it. The price/performance ratio drops horrendously under $150.

[Night_Hawk]

$100 on a new GPU is just not worth it. The price/performance ratio drops horrendously under $150.

Okay. I can go higher if needed, but what do you recommend?

[Bisjac]

1060 are at a lovey 250 bucks. i wouldn't recommend anything less.
but if you are really tight about it, a 960 or 970 whatever they price right now, is decent.

[Night_Hawk]

1060 are at a lovey 250 bucks. i wouldn't recommend anything less.
but if you are really tight about it, a 960 or 970 whatever they price right now, is decent.

My budget isn't really set in stone just yet, but I thought good cards would range around 100 since my current was about that. It's okay though, I thank you for your suggestions.

[Night_Hawk]

Pardon my double post here, but does brands matter for the cards? I'm not that deep in technology logistics, but I question about the brands. Like EVGA, MSI, Asus, Etc.

[Bisjac]

not to much, they all make decent cards. i guess zotac would be my least fav but they arnt even bad.

i prefer EVGA because of the trade up program and awesome warrentees.
gigabyte would be my second.

[Night_Hawk]

not to much, they all make decent cards. i guess zotac would be my least fav but they arnt even bad.

i prefer EVGA because of the trade up program and awesome warrentees.
gigabyte would be my second.

Cool to know!

[Bisjac]

My budget isn't really set in stone just yet, but I thought good cards would range around 100 since my current was about that. It's okay though, I thank you for your suggestions.

1080p gaming on current modern game, at max settings. would require at LEAST a 960. while some tougher games may need a 970.

but i said 1060 because its brand new just came out and its priced only a tiny bit more then the 960. while being far better then a 980.

100 bucks really cant get a good card. a video card is like 3rd of the total price of a computer, assuming everything is in similar tier to each other.
i cant even think of a video card less then 200 that can play modern games at 1080p maxed.

[Night_Hawk]

1080p gaming on current modern game, at max settings. would require at LEAST a 960. while some tougher games may need a 970.

but i said 1060 because its brand new just came out and its priced only a tiny bit more then the 960. while being far better then a 980.

100 bucks really cant get a good card. a video card is like 3rd of the total price of a computer, assuming everything is in similar tier to each other.
i cant even think of a video card less then 200 that can play modern games at 1080p maxed.

Alrighty. I'll keep that 960 in mind; Liking some deals on newegg.com here

[Bisjac]

i got a 960 im selling soon for just any money. that one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125802

ill be ordering a 1060 and a titan on firday

[Ipquarx]

I'd recommend the RX 470 that's coming out soon. It's basically the sweet-spot for performance/price ratio for 1080p 60fps gaming. $150 USD.

[Night_Hawk]

There's also two 960's to choose: 1 with 4gb, and the other with 2gb memory.

Does memory on the card particularly matter?