Best GPU compatible with old build?

[intisar.hasnain]

Posting on behalf of an young uncle.
He badly needs to get the most graphics out of his old rig. (For graphical softwares, 2D, 3D) aage naki nvidia ekta chalaise, doesn't know which one)
And he won't spend anything on the pc upgrade.
He's like get me the most compatible card to work it's ¤¤¤ of.. 2nd hand holeo nibe.. I couldn't explain to him that an estimated budget is also required to determine that.
Jai hok, BG ppl please do help :3 Suggest a card with mrp.
Here's his config : And a TT TR2 420W PSU

[mithun12ka4]

Considering that the PSU is the limiting factor here the best option is GTX 960.

P.S. For better result please give more details about the PC. This crappy cell pic doesn't let our much info. You should have atleast used CPU-Z

[furiousTaher]

get 950 or 960..

[Cynical]

A GTX 960 should run just fine with 420W PSU. MSI, Gigabyte, Asus got GTX 960 cards and its different variants ranged from around 21K to 25K.

I actually don't know various complicated and technical computer related terms so I may be wrong but judging by your uncle's PC configuration, I think there will be CPU bottleneck if a graphics card with relatively new technology is installed on this system. This term is used mostly for gaming as far as I know but CPU bottleneck might occur for graphics intensive works too. However C2Q CPU should do alright with GTX 960 for graphics rendering stuffs.

[furiousTaher]

ya even a 260x gets bottlenecked by c2q... and 270 faces great bottleneck problem i blv

[Cynical]

OP: furiousTaher is also saying that there will be CPU bottleneck with C2Q, so I guess instead spending on a brand new graphics card that costs around 20K-25K to work with C2Q CPU that will perform less than what the card would perform with a CPU with relatively new architecture for graphics intensive stuffs, I think your uncle can either go for a second hand card or if he could upgrade his whole rig that would yield the best result for working on 2D/3D rendering software.

[kaziishan]

How about a 7770/7750 or a 560Ti/550Ti? I don't know the exact power requirement for those cards though?

And here's some interesting 2nd hand deals. Get advice from others before getting any of those.

1. XFX HD 5850
2. Sapphire HD 7770
3. Asus GTX 550TI


I have used the Sapphire HD 7770 myself. Had a solid experience. Last game that I played was Dragon Age: Inquisition (settings were like med to high and res was 1366x768). It should not get bottlenecked by C2Q.

[mithun12ka4]

ya even a 260x gets bottlenecked by c2q... and 270 faces great bottleneck problem i blv

WHAT??? Really!!!! A meager 260X shouldn't gets bottle necked by C2Q. I am pretty sure something else has to be the limiting factor. Even 270 shouldn't be held back by C2Q Q8400.

GTX 680 was on par with C2Q Q8400, Since 260X or 270 or Gtx 960 is better than 680 it shouldn't get bottle neck

[redwan hasan]

Nvidia 750Ti!

[furiousTaher]

WHAT??? Really!!!! A meager 260X shouldn't gets bottle necked by C2Q. I am pretty sure something else has to be the limiting factor. Even 270 shouldn't be held back by C2Q Q8400.

GTX 680 was on par with C2Q Q8400, Since 260X or 270 or Gtx 960 is better than 680 it shouldn't get bottle neck

do u know even core i3 3rd gen makes 270 held back? welcome to amd driver optimization.

[mithun12ka4]

do u know even core i3 3rd gen makes 270 held back? welcome to amd driver optimization.

Never seen an 270 be held back by i3. Something else is at play here. AMD drivers arnt that bad.

[kaziishan]

do u know even core i3 3rd gen makes 270 held back? welcome to amd driver optimization.

I have found this kind of result not long ago. A core i3 2100 does not get bottlenecked by a R7 360, but it gets real close (like 100% gpu use with 90-95% cpu use). Specially, in GTA 5 and Far Cry 4, that cpu really gets very close to bottlenecking.

I am gonna test a i3 2120 with a r9 270x within 3-4 days. The result should be interesting then.

[intisar.hasnain]

Considering that the PSU is the limiting factor here the best option is GTX 960.

P.S. For better result please give more details about the PC. This crappy cell pic doesn't let our much info. You should have atleast used CPU-Z

Bro, ami tulinai .. He sent me this.. and dxdiag shikhaisi onek kosto kore..

ya even a 260x gets bottlenecked by c2q... and 270 faces great bottleneck problem i blv

yeah, mainly bottlenecking niye pera khabe dekhei ei post..

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Nvidia 750Ti!

you sure with that processor+psu+card compatibility?

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I think your uncle can either go for a second hand card or if he could upgrade his whole rig that would yield the best result for working on 2D/3D rendering software.

Exactly my point.. But eita take kemne bujhai .. If you know what i mean, made up his mind..

[Ehsas]

you could go with an r7 250X or spend a bit more and get 750Ti.

[intisar.hasnain]

you could go with an r7 250X or spend a bit more and get 750Ti.

sounds, convincing (y)


Thanks to all of you.. I'll convey the suggestions to him soon..

[mithun12ka4]

I have found this kind of result not long ago. A core i3 2100 does not get bottlenecked by a R7 360, but it gets real close (like 100% gpu use with 90-95% cpu use). Specially, in GTA 5 and Far Cry 4, that cpu really gets very close to bottlenecking.

I am gonna test a i3 2120 with a r9 270x within 3-4 days. The result should be interesting then.

100% GPU 90-95% CPU usage still doesn't mean that CPU is causing a bottleneck. Now some games tend to use more CPU than others. While playing GTA V even I noticed that at times CPU usage gets pretty high while the GPU demand is low. Now one may say that the CPU is bottlenecking the GPU but that statement wouldnt be true. Its is the CPU bottlenecking the game. We gamers tend to forget that Games needs to do so much more than render polygons. Such bottlenecks can be confirmed by simply raising the graphics quality and experiencing no drop in FPS.

And sometimes its just ur stupid anti virus hogging resources.

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Bro, ami tulinai .. He sent me this.. and dxdiag shikhaisi onek kosto kore..

Oh I am very sorry to hear that.... You are a good nephew.... God help you!!!!

[kaziishan]

100% GPU 90-95% CPU usage still doesn't mean that CPU is causing a bottleneck. Now some games tend to use more CPU than others. While playing GTA V even I noticed that at times CPU usage gets pretty high while the GPU demand is low. Now one may say that the CPU is bottlenecking the GPU but that statement wouldnt be true. Its is the CPU bottlenecking the game. We gamers tend to forget that Games needs to do so much more than render polygons. Such bottlenecks can be confirmed by simply raising the graphics quality and experiencing no drop in FPS.

And sometimes its just ur stupid anti virus hogging resources.

I didn't say cpu was bottlenecking. I said it was close to and I was surprised by it. I also said that this was specially happening with GTA V and Far Cry 4.

In another case (don't laugh please), it was a C2D with 3GB RAM and a HD 6570 (vram and gpu both OCed until reaching Afterburner's unofficial OC limit). I could run GTA V at 20-25 FPS but never dipping below 20. The resolution was 1366x768; funny thing is that even with 800x600 res, I could not gain 30FPS. Then, I discovered the CPU & RAM bottleneck for the first time. CPU was at 100%, RAM was at 2.5-2.8GB, but the gpu was at 70% highest. Seriously, before that, I thought CPU can only bottleneck if someone uses a 980Ti with a core i3. But, that meager 6570 achieved 25-35FPS in a i7 with 8GB ram (same graphical settings).

[Please, don't ask me how that machine ran GTA V, I can only say it is still running and the game has been finished twice till now...]

And, it was a clean install with defender turned off. So, I think my stupid OS was hogging all the resources; should've used Linux.

[mithun12ka4]

I didn't say cpu was bottlenecking. I said it was close to and I was surprised by it. I also said that this was specially happening with GTA V and Far Cry 4.

In another case (don't laugh please), it was a C2D with 3GB RAM and a HD 6570 (vram and gpu both OCed until reaching Afterburner's unofficial OC limit). I could run GTA V at 20-25 FPS but never dipping below 20. The resolution was 1366x768; funny thing is that even with 800x600 res, I could not gain 30FPS. Then, I discovered the CPU & RAM bottleneck for the first time. CPU was at 100%, RAM was at 2.5-2.8GB, but the gpu was at 70% highest. Seriously, before that, I thought CPU can only bottleneck if someone uses a 980Ti with a core i3. But, that meager 6570 achieved 25-35FPS in a i7 with 8GB ram (same graphical settings).

[Please, don't ask me how that machine ran GTA V, I can only say it is still running and the game has been finished twice till now...]

And, it was a clean install with defender turned off. So, I think my stupid OS was hogging all the resources; should've used Linux.

You finished GTA V while playing it at 25FPS..... oh dear lord. I dont know whether to praise you for that or curse you for carrying out such blasphemy.

[kaziishan]

You finished GTA V while playing it at 25FPS..... oh dear lord. I dont know whether to praise you for that or curse you for carrying out such blasphemy.

Not me actually, but my best buddy. Though, he thought I have done some kind of miracle.

[Ehsas]

25-35FPS

How dare you!! playing in console level fps while being a part of the master race? :O