Posts by crimsonstag84

Thinking about picking it up?

It’s a bit more powerful than the GTX 780, and maybe $333 even cheaper right now (though I'm not sure if they actually dropped the prices). The downside is probably that stock cooler and how loud it gets.

EVGA 500 W Bronze Power Supply I guess it’s worth mentioning the 80 Plus rating. Maybe it matters more than people think. Bronze I guess a 120mm fan might be okay for the power supply, maybe.

If it's the Bronze version, I guess that makes it a better option than the V2. 🙂

Hmm, but at $1700$600 you're looking at a reference GTX 760, whereas if you stay under $533 you can grab an R9 270 x OC with 2 or 3 fans. Personally, I'd probably lean toward the R9 270 x 🙂

You can't really bluff your way through this, though...

You could probably just grab a cheaper Corsair CX430W Bronze instead.

This is probably your best bang for your buck:

It’s significantly more powerful than an HD 3870... I guess.

EDIT:

1600kn...

If you're talking about Battlefield 3, Grand Theft Auto IV, or anything like that, this rig would probably struggle just to get them running. It’ll be fine for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, PES, FM, or rFactor, though. For less than $1000, you could probably put together a setup that runs games about 4 or 5 times faster.

Yeah... say you grab a Radeon R9 270X, $500, it's basically on par with an HD 7950. I guess you'd be pretty much set for a few years without any real worries.

Yeah, it’s pretty much on par with the HD 7950, though you can find some HD 7870s out there around $467.

It’s similar to how the Radeon R9 280X is slightly more powerful than the HD 7970, but maybe 300-$133 cheaper 😉

Justin Phillips15 said:So, I have a question... I've been getting somewhat into computer components since I picked up my new PC, so here is a bit of a beginner question...
How can you actually tell which graphics card is good for gaming? Or more generally, how do you distinguish between total junk and something actually worth buying...
For instance, I could have bought a Palit Nvidia GeForce GT 630, 1GB DDR3, PCIe/PCIe x16, DVI, HDMI, but people told me it was trash.
Like maybe this one would be better:
I ended up buying an AMD Radeon HD 7750 1GB DDR5.
What is the actual difference if they both have 1GB? What determines what works and what doesn't....

You just look at reviews (Google them up), read some articles—there isn't really a magic formula. Usually, you can judge by the price, though you can still get burned there.

If you aren't quite sure what you're looking at, this is probably the easiest way:

http://anandtech.com/bench/GPU13/583

Pick two cards and compare them... mostly it just shows the high-end stuff, but still.

backup said:There’s actually no monitor included; I just wiped the listing, and honestly, maybe Mount Everest could pull a deal like that.
So what’s the point of $67, if you're just looking at the local parts and ignoring everything else?

GPU $17... processor $20... some old case and power supply $20... hard drive $27... RAM $17... I guess $300 tops.

What are you... those are just overclocked HD 7790s (though I think they're overpriced), overclocked HD 7870s, and overclocked HD 7970s. The flagship cards (R9 290 x and R9 290) should be going toe-to-toe with the GTX Titan, and I guess they’re dropping sometime this week 🙂

Honestly, the HD6450 and Asus EAH4550 aren't any better than integrated graphics, so I’d probably just forget about them.

The 651K doesn't actually have a built-in GPU... so if you're going to buy anything, maybe just grab an HD7770 and the 651K at the same time.

http://www.newegg.com/p/product/11192-14-20G

Best bang for your buck... should I look for something cheaper?

EDIT:
http://www.newegg.com/p/product/hd6670-1gb-vga

Nope.

VRAM on a graphics card really just matters for your resolution—honestly, even 512MB would probably cut it if you're just running at 1280x1024 😛

Long story short... the HD 6670 is slightly weaker than the HD 7730, which means the HD 7770 is about 70% more powerful:

http://anandtech.com/bench/product/613?vs=536

The thing is, I guess it might not be worth picking that one up when you could just grab an HD7770 for $67 more. It’s honestly a much stronger card:

Scott Hayes96 said:1) Radeon HD 7450M
2) Nvidia GeForce GTX 780

1) maybe somewhere around 500-600
2) probably close to 7000

stormybadger8 said:So, this year the Fast Lap was only 1:51... I guess the real question is whether they can actually beat Kimi's Fast Lap.🤷

That 1:52 was on full tanks, so I doubt they'll go any faster than 1:51.😬

By the way, Lewis Hamilton set his time on the third attempt (Daniel Ricciardo, for instance, lost about a second just trying to get enough attempts in).