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Want to upgrade but not sure what graphic card's I can get.

Lee_R

Lee_R

Lee_R

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Hello,

I'm wanting to upgrade but not sure what I can upgrade too.

I currently have an AMD Radeon R7 200 Series.

Any help would be much appreciated.
 
What is the rest of your system like?
What is your budget?
What monitor are you using?

There's no point recommending a £700 graphics card if you're going to be playing on an old 1080p monitor.

Likewise there's no point recommending a £150 graphics card of you want to use a VR headset or play in 4k
 
AMD FX(tm)-6350 Six Core Processor 3.90 GHz
8.00 GB RAM
64-bit Operating system.

Socket AM3+(942)

Monitor - AOC 2250

Budget - £150-200
 
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You've got a couple of options depending on your budget.

From Nvidia I'd be looking at a 6GB GTX 1060 at about £250 or so or a GTX 1050Ti if you want something a little less expensive.

If you want to stick with AMD then either the RX 570 or RX 580.

Just check the prices and see what fits your budget.
 
TallPaul1878 said:
You've got a couple of options depending on your budget.

From Nvidia I'd be looking at a 6GB GTX 1060 at about £250 or so or a GTX 1050Ti if you want something a little less expensive.

If you want to stick with AMD then either the RX 570 or RX 580.

Just check the prices and see what fits your budget.
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Ok thanks.
 
MSTRBKR said:
GTX 1060 3GB for £180 on this very website.
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I agree.
Lots of people will tell you to ignore the 3gb version and stretch for the 6gb. While that can be good advice, in my opinion it's not worth the £60+ increase in price if it puts you way over budget.
 
We need to assertain which model graphics card he has, those cards recommendations could be at best a side grade, maybe even a downgrade from what he has now..
 
Rx580 is better value for money tbh and will last you longer, or a used 480 if you can find one for a good price. Games are starting to use more than 3gb of vram now, so a 3gb card might be limiting.
 
Will these cards fit the socket on my motherboard? I read something about finding a graphic card which will fit the socket?

I don't know much with pc's sorry.
 
Lee_R said:
Will these cards fit the socket on my motherboard? I read something about finding a graphic card which will fit the socket?

I don't know much with pc's sorry.
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The really short answer is that the socket (these ones are usually called slots, by the way, because of their shape) itself is extremely unlikely to be a problem.

What might be a problem is space inside your case. Some graphics cards are quite long. Some are quite thick because of the cooling system on them. Either can be a problem in terms of fitting. Without knowing the details of your motherboard, what else you have connected to it and what case you're using, it wouldn't be possible to say for certain whether or not any particular graphics card will fit.



A tiny little bit more detail:

The same standard has been used for connecting cards to the motherboard for a while now (PCI Express, also written as PCI-E or PCIE) so your motherboard will have a slot your graphics card will work in. There are different standards within the standard (x1,x4,x8 and x16) and different versions of the standard (1.0, 2.0, 3.0), but you'd be fine ignoring all that and just considering physical things - there will be a number of slots for cards on your motherboard and the one for a new graphics card is the one it fits in. It'll be longer than the other ones. There may be two of them on your motherboard, so don't let that throw you. The difference between 1,0, 2.0 and 3.0 and between x8 and x16 is how much data can be moved over them per second, but given the age of your motherboard and the price range of your new graphics card I think you should be fine with assuming that any slot on your motherboard that a new card fits in will be able to shift data quickly enough to not hinder your new graphics card.
 
If you intend to keep the card a few years try to get one with at least 4GB of RAM(look on Steam cards tend to be either 2GB or 4GB,so that is the sort of VRAM,amounts devs will be targeting),and if the OP is patient GTX1060 6GB models were available for £220 to £230 during the last week. Remember the 6GB model also has 10% more shaders.

Its a shame the OP has waited until the BF week has ended - there were RX570 4GB models for under £200 too,and as mentioned the GTX1060 6GB was also price reduced.
 
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