Solved Wanting to upgrade GPU, looking for suggestions

[JoeN]

Every year I try to upgrade a MB component, this year I am thinking about a new GPU, I do not do a lot of gaming and would like a card that is relatively quite.

Current specs:

Motherboard - Asus P6T
Power Supply - PC Power and Cooling @ 610 watts
GPU - EVGA GTX 260
OS - Win. 7 Home Prem. 64 bit
PCI - 2.0 x 16
Monitor - ViewSonic 2365 @ 1920 x 1080, DVI

I am aware that with Win. 7 the best Direct X I can get will be #11 and that the new GPU will be PCI 3 and have to run in the "backward" compatible mode to accommodate the PCI 2.0 slot.

The GTX 260 is 10.5 inches long and the cooling fans are getting very loud.

My price range would be $200.00 - $300.00

I would like to stay with a NVIDIA GPU.

I have been looking and there is much to choose from so I am asking for some suggestion from this forum -



Thanks


Joe

 

[AddRAM]

EVGA Stick with what works


EVGA - Products - Graphics

Even though you`re not into gaming this is also a beautiful card, Doug has one.

MSI USA

I also recommend upping your memory to 8 GB

 

[JoeN]

@ AddRam, I never updated my RAM Specs, I am now running 6 GB's of OC'ed Corsair RAM

Thanks for the suggestion - I am still thinking about what to get ?


Joe

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
I saw a evga gtx 750ti pretty cheap on newegg yesterday 130.us on evga.com it was 120. on newegg :/
EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 02G-P4-3751-KR G-SYNC Support 2GB Video Card - Newegg.com

 

[JoeN]

Thinking about something in the GTX 960 range - lots to choose from and they ALL offer more than I will most likely ever need -

What do you all think of this one - Asus GTX 960 STRIX

ASUS GeForce GTX 960 STRIX-GTX960-DC2OC-4GD5 4GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card - Newegg.com


Joe

 

[ThrashZone]

I'd stick with evga
If you want a 4gb card evga has plenty of them too
Plus it has better base & boost clock than the asus
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 04G-P4-3967-KR 4GB SSC GAMING w/ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling w/ Free Installed Backplate Graphics Card - Newegg.com

 

[AddRAM]

Piece of crap 128 bit memory interface.

We give you great suggestions and you come up with an Asus piece of junk

Asus and video cards do not even belong in the same sentence.

 

[ThrashZone]

Yep 100.us more and this one is yours
Amazon.com: MSI Computer NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 Graphics Card: Computers & Accessories

Newegg has it you can see the price in the cart.

 

[Layback Bear]

As some of you might remember I just installed one of these in my grandpa computer. The one that ThrashZone post #6.

EVGA GeForce GTX 960 04G-P4-3967-KR 4GB SSC GAMING w/ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling w/ Free Installed Backplate Graphics Card - Newegg.com

Works great and runs super cool. Well worth the price in my opinion and I'm not a gamer.

 

[oni8820]

i would suggest
GeForce GT 730 EXOC 1GB

Low Profile and low noise .. is 64Bits card runing GDDR5 1GB .. worth for money ...

 

[Mellon Head]

i would suggest
GeForce GT 730 EXOC 1GB

Low Profile and low noise .. is 64Bits card runing GDDR5 1GB .. worth for money ...

Not a very good suggestion, actually. The card only has a 64 bit bus. Even the sub-par ASUS card has a 128 bit bus and would perform better than this one, unfortunately.

 

[JoeN]

WOW, calm down, I just threw the Asus card into the mix to see what you guys thought -

I am going to stay with EVGA because I am familiar with the brand -

Will be ordering this one, comes with installed back plate and a $15.00 rebate card from the Egg -

EVGA GeForce GTX 960 04G-P4-3967-KR 4GB SSC GAMING w/ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling w/ Free Installed Backplate Graphics Card - Newegg.com

I will post back here after install -


Thanks for opinions -


Joe

 

[ThrashZone]

Yep 128-bit but I don't believe 256-bit started until the 970 series which as posted will be another 100.us
That evga has good clocks you'll have fun with it
I would suggest MSI afterburner instead of evga's precisionX software to oc the card if you want to do that sort of thing that is

 

[JoeN]

Finally have the new GTX 960 installed and running without problems, had to RMA the 1st card back to EVGA, one of the fans would not spin up at boot and just clunked trying to spin (yes these fans do spin at boot for about 20 seconds then stop until a specified temp is reached, I think that is around 60 degrees C ). EVGA was great to work with, had a new card in about a week then shipped the defective one back.

Thanks again to all for their suggestions


Joe

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Yep I would use msi afterburner to make a custom fan mode
The reason they make a temperature on deal is to be quiet but that builds the case temp up so you do need very good ventilation
I would set it to run a 40c that way the case temp will be lower over all.

 

[AddRAM]

Sorry about being a little snippy there JoeN, I apologies for that

I had to send one of my Ti`s back when I 1st got it, so much for quality control.

But glad to hear you`re up and running.

 

[JoeN]

NO problem "AddRAM" we all have our bad days -


Joe

 

[Layback Bear]

Please keep us informed how your new card works for you.