Please Sup Forums recommend me a video card for Z97 mobos that has VALUE and will last me a couple of years.
I was an idiot and didn't pick up an x99 chipset as they were coming out.
Currently using a MSI GTX 660TI and I really want to play the new deus ex and maybe titanfall 2.
Looking at the market right now the old 970 series is still pretty pricey in canada, what was AMDs competition to that memecard?
>what was AMDs competition to that memecard?
R9 390.
I own one myself and am really satisfied with it.
Comeon I know there are some fiverr folks on here.
I'm actually asking to be shilled to.
>R9 390
Prices aren't too bad. I'll add it to my list.
What was the step up from that?
I'm assuming my z97 mobo won't take advantage of this years cards. Is that correct?
also why are older cards still pricey damnit
I SUMMON THE AMD AND NVIDIA SHILLSfanboys TO FIGHT IT OUT OVER MY DOLLAHS COMEON
I guess its their lunch break right now.
R9 390x?
There is also the new RX series. Maybe you wanna wait for that RX 490 or get a cheap 480, I don't know.
I've been informed I should've bought the x99 to take advantage of newer cards. wouldn't this years cards be specced to x99?
I have NO CLUE what I'm talking about.
Just google something like "x97 or x99"
There are plenty threads.
The PCIe bus on a z97 motherboard, (most likely PCIe 2.0) wont be saturated by a modern GPU, you can still buy a 1050, 1060, 1070, RX 470, or RX 480 and be completely fine. You do not have to buy a GPU from the era the motherboard came from
Yeah but all the results are from 2014, was wondering if anything that came out this year would be a waste on a z97 if not id have to look at older cards that cost the same as around two years ago!
Does it help that i splurged on a sICk gayming mobo like the hero VII?
Its listed as having two pci 3.0 x16 slots.
You're more than fine with that.
Man with all the new card prices being similar to the older ones its looking like i might as well pick up something from this year. Seriously wtf.
They do not only release new cards to replace the strongest card, they try to improve relative efficiency and power consumption across a spectrum from mid to high, the only reason you should ever have to go older than a modern GPU is if you find a really nice deal/sale on price vs performance on an older cards
>go older than a modern GPU is if you find a really nice deal/sale on price vs performance on an older cards
any recommendations on older cards?
I'm on a 60hz 1080p monitor as well.
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Fuck off to and read the sticky
thanks for the bump!
I don't know of any sales at the moment, personally I am most interested in the RX 470, but I have lower standards than your average PC gamer so that might not be beefy enough for you.
>I'm assuming my z97 mobo won't take advantage of this years cards. Is that correct?
nigga old ass 6 year old mobos can still support even gtx 1080. you'll be fine with any modern card.
lol I'm too cheap to spend the dosh on a 144hz 4k monitor and it might not be beefy enough for me?
btw for nvidias marketing its "70" is mid range and "70" for amd is also midrange or is it "90" ?
I did yo, I just want the word on the street with you gaymers
the hell does your mobo chipset have to do with what video card to get?
I'm running a gtx 1080 on a Gigabyte z97 UD5h
"fine" ?
I don't want no bottlenecks and shit tho..
I doubt you'd even notice a difference
I DUNNO DUDE IM JUST THINKING COMPANIES ARE GONNA BE BITCHES
BUT PEOPLE ARE TELLING ME THEY'RE NOT
but i know they are bitches
Hard to say, for example the 200 series had
210, 220, 230, 235, 235x, 240, 250, 250e, 250x, 260, 260x, and 265 all before the R7 270 or 270x, when people say mid range sometimes they mean price, other times they mean performance, and sometimes they mean relative to the other company in price or performance or both
100fps down to 80fps is still a "bottleneck" not all bottlenecks automatically mean unplayable
I just don't want to give companies more money than I need to mang.
you can stop shitposting any time, you know
I'm just being honest damn
I'm noticing the RX400 series looks pretty reasonable. Its just strange that nvidias cards are around 200 bucks more in canada.
I'm guessing RX470 is the competitor for the GTX1070?
Time to start comparing.
Thanks for all the heads up dudes.
The GTX 1070 and RX 470 both ending in 70 was just a coincidence, Usually the numbers never match up like this, they are not at all comparable, I love the 470 but the 1070 destroys it
Yeah I just noticed that.
Looking at the selection for 8GB Pcie 3.0 x16 cards I don't have many choices, guessing a new line is coming out as this guy mentioned
You really need to do your own research first, because you don't seem to know enough.
First: What performance level do you want?
Second: Budget?
Third: What components do you currently have? Z97 means a Haswell CPU. Which one?
And now just decide your budget and look at the most recent generations of AMD and Nvidia GPUs. Currently it's like this:
GTX 1080
GTX 1070
GTX 1060 = RX 480
(Older GTX 970) = RX 470
(Older GTX 950) = RX 460
You should probably get a 1060 or 480.
Thanks for that, I stupidly didn't even mention my cpu its an i7-4790k. I just wanna play newer games but not interested in buying a 4k monitor. Budget is flexible, I want value.
>1060 or 480
Those looks pretty reasonable as well.
Okay, so you're objectively fine with that CPU ad motherboard. If you haven't overclocked it already, you can.
If you really want "value", you can search for "fps per dollar" charts. The higher, the better. The RX 480 is probably at the top.
PCIe 3.0 is backwards compatible with with 1.0, and 2.0, you can put a 1.0 card in a 3.0 slot and a 3.0 card in a 1.0 slot
the x16 tells you that its a full size slot and will have (without going into detail) enough speed for a GPU, there is no limiting yourself to 3.0 x16 cards, your only limit is PCIe
He is saying that because a potential 480x, 490, 490x, could come out with better performance than the venerable RX 480, while still only MSRPing at $300, $350, and $400, they have the potential to hit a sweet spot on price vs performance somewhere between the gap that is RX 480 to GTX 1070, but that isn't a 1080p as this user() pointed out the 1060 and 480 are more ideal for 1080p
>objectively fine
I am reassured now. Feels goood.
Those charts ARE pretty useful, thanks man.
>mfw when thinking of selling my monitor to recoup costs for a 144hz monitor due to all the hype
No
The rx 490 is the 1070's competitor which comes out next year
The rx 480 is the 1060's competitor
The rx 470 is the 1050's competitor
AMD might put out a fury or whatever to match the 1080. Amd's Vega is slated for h1 2017 which means somewhere in the first half of 2017.
In any case AMD cards generally last longer in terms of reasonable performance as I'm sure you know if you looked at a few benches of older cards like the r9 290 vs the gtx 770.
One thing you do need to be aware of is that CPU can bottleneck your framerate. For 60fps you'll be fine with the 4790k. But I'm not sure about reaching 120 to 144fps. That you would have to google for yourself. Also, you'd need a better GPU like the GTX 1080 even.
Personally, I think you should stick to 1080p/60fps with something like a 1060 or 480 for now. When you know more about computers, you can build a new one for 144hz or VR or whatever.
Also, some advice. "EVGA" makes good Nvidia cards and "Sapphire" makes good AMD ones.
Ah thanks for the refresher on the lingo.
Ill look into those two cards as well.
And with that ill be off to shop around, thanks for all the help lads.
Ooooo more food for thought thanks buds.
Your Choices are limited only to Nvidia without knowing the make and power output of the PSU.
If You have a Crappy 800 or a name Brand 600+ I would without question recommend the 480, AMD GPU's can be used to Mine cryptocurrency in Barebone systems after You are finished with it, hence why AMD GPU's age well.
damnit I keep coming back
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I have a evga 850 g2 which should be able to handle the card fairly well.
I bought the system to move my old video card from a dell and had spend a little bit more dosh to pop in a newer card in the future.
4790k
z97
16gb mem
850 psu
got a beefy noctua cpu cooler so I'm excited to pull more juice out my system this year after the gpu upgrade.
>I was an idiot and didn't pick up an x99 chipset as they were coming out.
what's wrong with the x99 chipset? you get to choose between maxwell-e and broadwell-e, every other chipset limits you to a single generation of CPUs, excluding AMD.
nothing wrong with them, back then they were JUST coming out and I didn't see the worth in price increase.