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What card would you recommend, please?

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Hi,

I have a fairly old PC, i7 4770K with 16GB of ram in a Z97 motherboard. I want to play games at a decent setting on my 2560 x 1440 monitor. What graphics card should I be looking at that will be compatible with my system?

Thanks,

Matt
 
1) What's your budget
2) What's your current card (If any) and do you have any brand allegiance?
3) Does your monitor support Gsync or Freesync?
4) What games do you play?
5) What level of detail are you wanting to use?
 
No particular budget, but I am looking at the sweet spot rather than extremes.
I have a radeon rx460
I don't think so, but will check
FPS shooters, like RUST.
High. Doesn't need to be ultra.
 
FNG said:
Hi,

I have a fairly old PC, i7 4770K with 16GB of ram in a Z97 motherboard. I want to play games at a decent setting on my 2560 x 1440 monitor. What graphics card should I be looking at that will be compatible with my system?

Thanks,

Matt
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Well we have ~ similar systems ... I was running a 970 which worked fine on things but I just wanted more eye candy ... and just got a 5700 (not installed yet) so will be seeing how this works. I had a chance to test one previously (but had to return due to a bad card). And it basically doubled my timespy score. Im running my 2700k at 4.4 btw.
And plan to run at 1440p with most things.

For me I first look at price - what do I want to spend, then decided amd or nvda then on model ... So figure out what you want to spend and I see you dont want overkill but hey you might want to play something in the future that you need some umph for right? ...
Maybe you want something cheap like the new 5600 xt or 5500xt or the 2060 basic or the 1660ti etc ... again depends on cost. If I were shooting for a 5600xt btw (just released) Id shoot for a 5700 only spend a bit more and youll get more much IMO for your money.

Or the 2060 basic could suit you.
 
FNG said:
Hi,

I have a fairly old PC, i7 4770K with 16GB of ram in a Z97 motherboard. I want to play games at a decent setting on my 2560 x 1440 monitor. What graphics card should I be looking at that will be compatible with my system?

Thanks,

Matt
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Depending on your budget I think either the 5700xt or a 2070 super are good cards for 1440p though you might not need that much if your monitor is only 60hz.
 
Just pick whatever fits your budget, and check if going up to the next card makes sense for you, I dont really see the point in buying anything slower than the 2060S at this point.

2060S is ~300
2070S is ~500
2080S is ~700

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FNG said:
Hi,

I have a fairly old PC, i7 4770K with 16GB of ram in a Z97 motherboard. I want to play games at a decent setting on my 2560 x 1440 monitor. What graphics card should I be looking at that will be compatible with my system?

Thanks,

Matt
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Either
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-35p-ms.html
or
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/powe...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-19d-pc.html

Or if you want to fiddle with your GPU by flashing XT bions on it

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-1bk-gi.html

But given the small price difference of £25 get the XT.

At that price £350 the 2060S is must slower than the XT and the 2070S at £450 is 30% more expensive and barely any faster (if at all with the 19.12.2/3 drivers).
 
Thanks for the replies. It looks like 5700xt is the best value for what I want given current prices so thanks for the pointers!
 
Keep in mind 5700 series of cards have had a few troubles with drivers so id advise to research it with drivers in mind, the 5xxx threads here you could look at and ask questions in.
 
FNG said:
Thanks for the replies. It looks like 5700xt is the best value for what I want given current prices so thanks for the pointers!
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Welcome. Just a rule of thumb. Stay away from the Evoke model. Is the one with the highest number of posts people reporting issues.
Don't use splitter power cables. Use latest DDU on windows safe mode to wipe out current drivers before install the new card and use 19.12.3 drivers.
 
I went for the powercolor xt reddragon. Once it arrives and is in the machine I will let you know how it goes!
 
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