For the princely sum of 100 pounds...

inverseSquare · 22 Aug 2014 at 20:25

What GPU should I get for (sort of) around £100?

My spec is as signature + an 850W PS.

Will there be any issue using newer cards with my old UD5 MB?

I'm wanting to go nvidia this time for a couple reasons: ShadowPlay and CUDA support (for accelerating rendering)

I've been looking at the MSI 750 Ti, seems to review well, but are there other options?

Thanks as always for the help!

Zefan · 22 Aug 2014 at 21:17

The 750ti is about the best you'll get from nvidia at that price point by the looks of it, totally overspecced PSU however as I recall its max draw is only 60w!

RogerMesenseless · 22 Aug 2014 at 21:24

Any chance you could spend a bit more? A little extra can go a long way with the low budget stuff! Also new cards will be fine in that board (You'll just be running with Pcie 2.0 vs 3.0 that you get with the newer stuff. Negligible performance wise if you're running 8x and up)

inverseSquare · 22 Aug 2014 at 23:24

Haha, yeah, thought that when I got the PSU

I'll probably build my next machine with it too

Ironically, that MSI 750 Ti doesn't seem to need a 6pin PCIe power either? Could upgrade my hardware and see the power draw of the machine actually fall :eek:

How much is "a bit more"?

I'm wanting something that'll run quiet when it's idling if possible...

Thanks for the help guys

Zefan · 22 Aug 2014 at 23:30

Alternatively you could experiment with getting 2 GTX 480s... I have no idea if the software you use CUDA with would actually utilise both cards fully but if it did it it'd mean significantly more CUDA cores at work than a 750TI... 600w just on graphics cards though!

inverseSquare · 23 Aug 2014 at 00:24

Zefan said:
Alternatively you could experiment with getting 2 GTX 480s... I have no idea if the software you use CUDA with would actually utilise both cards fully but if it did it it'd mean significantly more CUDA cores at work than a 750TI... 600w just on graphics cards though!

Tbh I explained that badly

It'll be mainly a games machine, but if I'm getting a new card then I'd want ShadowPlay and CUDA support (which seems to mean >=600 series (for ShadowPlay) iirc).

So it's a general machine: graphics, games, etc.

nashathedog · 23 Aug 2014 at 00:27

I'd consider an EVGA 750ti sc (not ftw heard it's noisy) or an AMD 265 which is a 7850, I've had loads of those since they came out and it's a decent card but if you really want Nvidia I've seen the 2gb GTX 660 for around 100 quid as well, That's not a bad card.

You can find 760's for around 150 if you can stretch to that, then your also in 270x territory

humbug · 23 Aug 2014 at 00:33

The most powerful card you will get for £100,
PowerColor Radeon R7 265 Dual-X 2048MB

And its pretty decent

inverseSquare · 23 Aug 2014 at 01:24

Yeah, think I'm sticking with nvidia: shadowplay & cuda support are attractive features.

Looking at those other options now, cheers for posting

inverseSquare · 23 Aug 2014 at 02:13

nashathedog said:
I'd consider an EVGA 750ti sc (not ftw heard it's noisy) or an AMD 265 which is a 7850, I've had loads of those since they came out and it's a decent card but if you really want Nvidia I've seen the 2gb GTX 660 for around 100 quid as well, That's not a bad card.

You can find 760's for around 150 if you can stretch to that, then your also in 270x territory

GTX 660 > 750 Ti? Know any good comparisons?

Saw one review of the MSI 750 Ti that seemed pretty favourable - http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/gpu_displays/msi_gtx750ti_gaming_review/19

Not sure if that's up to date though

anthony566 · 23 Aug 2014 at 02:55

You could get a lot more bang for you buck in the used market ??

Disco_P · 23 Aug 2014 at 08:32

If you can find a cheap 660 it will do you really well. I had one for ages and I would still recommend it for 1080p. (still got it as I haven't gotten around to selling it yet)
MSI Twin Frozr version will be silent.

FYI AMD has a version of shadowplay called DVR that works in a similar way.

Confused Stu · 23 Aug 2014 at 08:56

inverseSquare said:
GTX 660 > 750 Ti? Know any good comparisons?

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1039?vs=1130

There's not much in it, but where there is a performance difference it's in the 660's favour. Power consumption the 750ti obviously wins but the OP isn't exactly PSU limited.

inverseSquare · 24 Aug 2014 at 02:00

You people are just enablers

So, all this chat has me looking at 760s, and also looking at how inaccurate the thread title now seems

murah · 24 Aug 2014 at 14:29

670's/680's are going for an extra £50 ish on your budget 2nd hand. A much better choice all around, Don't be afraid to buy 2nd hand as long as its from a reputable source. They come with far greater performance than the 750ti.

FoxEye · 24 Aug 2014 at 14:38

murah said:
670's/680's are going for an extra £50 ish on your budget 2nd hand. A much better choice all around, Don't be afraid to buy 2nd hand as long as its from a reputable source. They come with far greater performance than the 750ti.

He doesn't have MM access and eBay really is a crap-shoot.

But yeah, in principle 2nd hand is a lot better value for money. My last two cards have been 2nd hand, and no worries with any of them. Both from here tho

joeyjojo · 24 Aug 2014 at 14:43

inverseSquare said:
Yeah, think I'm sticking with nvidia: shadowplay & cuda support are attractive features.

You can record on AMD GPUs too, and if your rendering software of choice supports OpenCL you'll find equivalent priced AMD GPUs are about twice as quick.

For example, compare the 660 to the 270 in Sony Vegas:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7503/the-amd-radeon-r9-270x-270-review-feat-asus-his/15

And it's £100

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
Total : £99.95 (includes shipping : ).

inverseSquare · 24 Aug 2014 at 21:47

murah said:
670's/680's are going for an extra £50 ish on your budget 2nd hand. A much better choice all around, Don't be afraid to buy 2nd hand as long as its from a reputable source. They come with far greater performance than the 750ti.

So something like a 670 would be preferable over a 760?
I've only been reading into gpus for the past few days after a few years off

Would there be any benefits over going for a 700-series card?

Dave2150 · 24 Aug 2014 at 22:14

humbug said:
The most powerful card you will get for £100,
PowerColor Radeon R7 265 Dual-X 2048MB

And its pretty decent

Yeh I agree, best card for £100. If you could spent more though, a R9 280 would be a far better option

inverseSquare · 24 Aug 2014 at 22:14

joeyjojo said:
You can record on AMD GPUs too, and if your rendering software of choice supports OpenCL you'll find equivalent priced AMD GPUs are about twice as quick.

For example, compare the 660 to the 270 in Soy Vegas:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7503/the-amd-radeon-r9-270x-270-review-feat-asus-his/15

And it's £100

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
Total : £99.95 (includes shipping : ).

Unfortunately it doesn't support OpenCL, but that performance (and thread-title-relating price!

) is really attractive...

Some of that comparison article is REALLY surprising to me.
The AMD cards seem to utterly outclass the nvidia cards in a number of the tests - the Lux Mark especially. But then the Sony Vegas test shows a GTX 760 only 2s faster than my very old 5770?
Is that sort of result indicative of gaming or other real world gpu-based tasks?

The plot thickens...