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Is a gtx 960 2gb worth £100

ExoMale

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no explainations, just want to know if it’s a worthy price as it seems to be the lowest I see them?

7850 2gb £50
760 2gb £60-70
960 2gb £100

This is for comparison to what I have my eyes on.
 
Based on Auction "sold" prices

7850 2gb £40
7870/270/270X £50-£60
760 2gb £60
960 2gb £80
970 £130 (Outside of the MM you won't get a 970 anywhere near £100.)
 
Ha okay thanks for replies, the price was from a shop, but I have seen private sales of £10-50 quid more, i had seen 970 from £70-150 before but obviously now that I have the money I have so far only seen 970s for over £150 and for some reason £370 lol, whatever I buy I need to factor in £10 for 4gb ram stick to max my system out at 8gb.

Are you saying the 1050ti is better than the 960?

I don’t particularly want to spend £150 on a graphics card, I don’t really want to spend £130 even if I didn’t want to upgrade ram, I nearly got another Xbox one for £100-135 at the weekend so by not buying one or using the money to buy a 2nd system/laptop now, I want to better my pc, but I don’t want to spend all the money if I don’t need to, where my computer/tv is I have to sit on the end of my bed so not really practical to game all the time, so need a justifying spendage, I’ve ruled out the i5 as even for £20 it’s no real gain, so ram and gpu is all I can do, no space for 2nd drive rules out ssd and I need quantity in storage.


Would £60 for the 7850 and 4gb ram I could get tomorrow for sure be good value or should I aim a bit higher still in gpu without overspending?
 
I'd go with the 7850 for £50 out of that lot.

Why do you keep buying loads of used parts? It's like every week you buy a £50 something.
 
Armageus said:
Based on Auction "sold" prices

7850 2gb £40
7870/270/270X £50-£60
760 2gb £60
960 2gb £80
970 £130 (Outside of the MM you won't get a 970 anywhere near £100.)
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I didn’t see your reply at the time.

The £50 I’ve seen for the 7850 is cex so not far off as no private sales come up good, did miss out on a 380 for £80, but bit of a mission to get to, £65 is what I’ve seen a 760 for private wise so seems fair price then, I agree on the 970 outside MM, a 970 itx snapped up within 20 minutes on gumtree the other week at £70 and nothing was wrong with it.

Only thinking the Radeon for price, I know my 270x I had was better version and they can be had for about £20 more if I can find one, but it had issues with fallout 4 which is a game I want to buy This time rather than be free, but Radeon would also be easier due to having Amd drivers already installed.
 
jigger said:
I'd go with the 7850 for £50 out of that lot.

Why do you keep buying loads of used parts? It's like every week you buy a £50 something.
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I ask more than I buy unless I get lucky, I buy in person so it’s down to availability of item and my time to collect or get it delivered and becuse I don’t use my system enough anymore to justify new purchases again, not when the used ones can do what I want when I pick the right bits lol.

A Ryzen itx system with a 1050 2gb will cost me £410 on this site and that’s using a 1200 and keeping my psu and hard drives, that be better than £475 I spent on hadwell i3 I had before, just don’t have that sort of money or want to spend yet, one day I will be in a position where I will get the chance for a gaming room etc which is when I will splash out, for now i spend enough to keep me on the go at present.
 
jigger said:
The R7 265 and R9 285 are worth keeping an eye out for. They get overlooked.
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If it’s still there then there was a 285 on gumtree that I could possibly collect, but it’s £100, there is a 280 for £50 but ends are melted lol

Oh and I had a 260x 1gb and was rubbish, couldn’t run the division well with my i3 and 16gb ram at the time, was no better than a 750ti I had so can’t see the 265 being good, it seems my 750 1gb OC edition I had was the best gpu I had till I sold it with that system, but I’m not paying £45/50 for another one with faster cards not much more.
 
You can get RX 4-560's new for about that money. Not sure if they stack up against the 285. For £100 used I look for an R9 290.
 
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1050's can be had for £100 and they're pretty much same performance as a 960 but you get the warranty and no external power needed. 2nd hand market isn't that great outside of enthusiast markets such as the MM.
 
Thanks for replies.

I’m using a 32” 1080p smart tv at the minute so no worries over freesync and all that, the tv isn’t mine so it can’t be replaced nor have space for a setup elsewhere, I only need the card to support hdmi, dx11, run games well at medium to high and not be a waste of money, don’t need anything particularly fancy.

I’m not worried about power, I got it coversee either way, but I’ve read so many mix reviews over the rx460 & 1050 being weak and actually not bad it’s hard to comit to them.


Anno 2205 is the main game I’ve got back in to and my 6670 doing okay at medium just not as smooth as 750, but I want FO4 again and to be able to play the division & RB6S on at least medium at a smooth rate, there be other games, but these are the ones I have installed already.
 
subbytna said:
Thinking similar, it's all a bit odd....
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It’s not odd at all, read above I have explained like I always do why I ask/buy.

I don’t need telling to buy new this that or the other, simeple fact is I don’t want new, I can’t afford new, right now I don’t need new, I just need a graphics card and more ram and thats it or just sell my computer and not bother.

I could click buy now on a 1200, m-atx board, 8gb ram that would cost less than £300, but then what? I would have no money, no graphics card still and a waiting game and my computer I have still wouldn’t be up to the job, this is how my thoughts and views are when I come to buy or price things up, it’s all well and good saving, but doesn’t help my requirements ‘right now’
 
ExoMale said:
It’s not odd at all, read above I have explained like I always do why I ask/buy.

I don’t need telling to buy new this that or the other, simeple fact is I don’t want new, I can’t afford new, right now I don’t need new, I just need a graphics card and more ram and thats it or just sell my computer and not bother.

I could click buy now on a 1200, m-atx board, 8gb ram that would cost less than £300, but then what? I would have no money, no graphics card still and a waiting game and my computer I have still wouldn’t be up to the job, this is how my thoughts and views are when I come to buy or price things up, it’s all well and good saving, but doesn’t help my requirements ‘right now’
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Instead of the hassle, or do you like the "buying of stuff", why not just get a decent setup to do you instead of buying old parts here and there? Genuine question.
 
subbytna said:
Instead of the hassle, or do you like the "buying of stuff", why not just get a decent setup to do you instead of buying old parts here and there? Genuine question.
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Because I don’t always have the money in one go, I buy my bits when I can be it wage or from selling stuff I don’t need whatever that may consists of..

i had a 5770 and wasn’t that good as expected I guess plus was apple vendor model, I needed something to replace it for couple games so I had the 5850 as it was fair price, but I got it from a shop and managed a refund for over charging me, I sold my monitor as I was strapped for cash, but smart tv I use doesn’t have pc input so I needed that 6670 for hdmi, I purchased the veriton because the q9300 system I built wouldn’t read 4gb ram and was its limit anyways, only reason I got old system is because I sold my haswell system for £210 months ago as I was desperate for money and used Xbox more so needed a laptop which I purchased an Asus APU of the E300, But was rubbish, sold it for what I paid and purchased another laptop with 8300g m, but then got interested back to pc games so sold it and been going through parts lol..


That is basically my history for my reasonings of old tech over the last several months, I sold my haswell after 2 years for a reason, but now I sold my Xbox and been all over the place for jobs and had a lot on I have been making the most of what I can for the usage I am able to get from it.


I can’t justify a brand new system or spending over 300 for a good used one or just that figure in one go right now, not all my choices been bad, but not had much issues selling them on either.

After 20 plus years I’m slowly losing mood for gaming, I just don’t purchase games never to play them lol.
 
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