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2015-06-03, 04:21 | #1 |
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Video Card
Looking to upgrade but I'm having some trouble on finding a new graphics card.
My current card is a 1Gb GT 720. Code:
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit (Service Pack 1) DirectX version: 11.0 GPU processor: GeForce GT 720 Driver version: 332.35 Direct3D API version: 11 Direct3D feature level: 11_0 CUDA Cores: 384 Core clock: 967 MHz Memory data rate: 2002 MHz Memory interface: 64-bit Memory bandwidth: 16.02 GB/s Total available graphics memory: 4096 MB Dedicated video memory: 1024 MB DDR3 System video memory: 0 MB Shared system memory: 3072 MB Video BIOS version: 80.28.56.00.01 IRQ: 16 Bus: PCI Express x8 Gen3 Device Id: 10DE 1286 108710DE Part Number: 2130 0004 1. Is it better to get GDDR5 of equal memory or a DDR3 with more memory? 2. The specs above are saying that the card's interface is a PCI Express 2.0, x16 lanes right? 3. Any recommendations? It is a little difficult to find cards with the older PCI interfaces. I would prefer a card that is a step up from general graphics cards but not a full on monstrosity that would require a power supply upgrade. I had been looking at several GT 730s but from what I've found they seem like they wouldn't be much of an upgrade. |
2015-06-03, 12:32 | #2 |
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Re: Video Card
EVGA 02G-P4-2966-KR GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2GB - Newegg.com
Right at $200. Uses 120 watts. Recommended power supply for the system is 400W. It would be a MASSIVE upgrade from a GT 720. Check out the comparison: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=2896&cmp[]=3114 |
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2015-06-03, 15:04 | #3 |
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Re: Video Card
But can you really just change from PCI Express 2.0 to 3.0 without changing the motherboard?
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2015-06-03, 15:51 | #4 |
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For $135, you get about 50 FPS in Battlefield 4 at High settings. That's pretty darn good for a card that does not require extra power from the power supply with a 6-pin or 8-pin cable. | ||
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2015-06-03, 22:23 | #6 |
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Re: Video Card
The 750Ti really is a great card quiet, cool, lowish power (180W on torture benchmark) and seems to give good results on all games excellent value for money, although 960 is even more economic for power.
No problems putting a PCI 3.0 compatible GPU in a PCI 2.0 slot on your mobo, 3 is overkill at the moment anyway. Rain was thinking you wanted a PCI 3.0 slot on your mobo. |
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2015-06-04, 05:21 | #7 |
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Re: Video Card
After digging a little my motherboard does have the PCIe 3.0 thus, the PCI x8 gen 3, but the card I have now has a PCIe 2.0 interface. Though I am unsure why it says x8 I would have thought it would say x16.
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2015-06-04, 05:41 | #8 |
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2015-06-05, 05:26 | #10 |
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