Graphics card

[ArgaJones]

What is your budget looking like?

 

[Razputin_]

Instead of making a thread and everyone debating about what this does and that does. You should probably call a professional for him to give you some detailed information or suggestions to what can improve your daily computer

 

[ArgaJones]

Instead of making a thread and everyone debating about what this does and that does. You should probably call a professional for him to give you some detailed information or suggestions to what can improve your daily computer

Sorry if i completely misunderstood but i think he is looking for a new computer not tips to make his old one run better. I have personally never heard of gaming computer building professionals but i'm pretty sure MoLoToV is very close to that. Again sorry if that came off as a bit blunt, but if he wants to call someone else then he may disregard our advice and do so any time.

 

[jtmboy]

My graphics card is to expensive so I have nothing to tell you sir.:/

 

[Cookie_DotzZ]

ArgaJones i just need a new graphics card. I just need to know what can run shaders with 60+ fps with the amd fx 8320 which i already have in my computer.

 

[ArgaJones]

ArgaJones i just need a new graphics card. I just need to know what can run shaders with 60+ fps with the amd fx 8320 which i already have in my computer.

Oh i'm sorry, i completely misunderstood I thought you were wanting to build a new computer. In that case i would go with either a GTX 760 or a GTX 770.

 

[Col_StaR]

If your graphics card must be within the $200-300 budget range, I'll concur with everyone's suggestions with the GTX 760 and 770, as NVidia really picked up the mid-high range of cards with those two. If you don't want to spend that much, the 750Ti is also a great card with performance/dollar value.

However, if you can push $300, the new NVidia GTX 970 series surpass the 760 and 770 in basically every way, including performance, power consumption, and reliability thanks to its new Haswell architecture. If you can push that budget, I definitely suggest getting a 970, as it is an improvement on the 700 series in basically every way (minus cost, but one month ago the 770's and the 970's were priced the same). Only problem is the increase in price and finding a 970: they were released under a month ago, and demand has definitely beated out supply.

 

[ArgaJones]

If your graphics card must be within the $200-300 budget range, I'll concur with everyone's suggestions with the GTX 760 and 770, as NVidia really picked up the mid-high range of cards with those two. If you don't want to spend that much, the 750Ti is also a great card with performance/dollar value.

However, if you can push $300, the new NVidia GTX 970 series surpass the 760 and 770 in basically every way, including performance, power consumption, and reliability thanks to its new Haswell architecture. If you can push that budget, I definitely suggest getting a 970, as it is an improvement on the 700 series in basically every way (minus cost, but one month ago the 770's and the 970's were priced the same). Only problem is the increase in price and finding a 970: they were released under a month ago, and demand has definitely beated out supply.

I personally have a 750ti and can vouch for it as a very good card, however if i had 300 bucks to spend i would be getting a 770 or higher. I'm also going to agree with col and say if you can afford it the 970 will beat a 700 series card any day .

 

[smashmaster]

If your graphics card must be within the $200-300 budget range, I'll concur with everyone's suggestions with the GTX 760 and 770, as NVidia really picked up the mid-high range of cards with those two. If you don't want to spend that much, the 750Ti is also a great card with performance/dollar value.

However, if you can push $300, the new NVidia GTX 970 series surpass the 760 and 770 in basically every way, including performance, power consumption, and reliability thanks to its new Haswell architecture. If you can push that budget, I definitely suggest getting a 970, as it is an improvement on the 700 series in basically every way (minus cost, but one month ago the 770's and the 970's were priced the same). Only problem is the increase in price and finding a 970: they were released under a month ago, and demand has definitely beated out supply.

You can get a 970 for 300... well learn something new every day

 

[Cookie_DotzZ]

Col_StaR ArgaJones so do you think the amd fx 8320 is a good enough processor for the gtx 970, the processor is pretty good but the gtx 970 is a complete power house so do you think i can handle that?

 

[IronOre12]

I have an Intel processor and an AMD GPU so I'm not much help here. xD

 

[Col_StaR]

Col_StaR ArgaJones so do you think the amd fx 8320 is a good enough processor for the gtx 970, the processor is pretty good but the gtx 970 is a complete power house so do you think i can handle that?

When it comes to videogames, the main bottleneck in terms of performance comes from your Video Graphics Accelerator (in this case, your video card). Most of the computational operations of videogames occur in the VGA as the computer renders the 3D space the game is taking place in. It does not require super intensive CPU power nor multiple cores; video rendering, photo editing, 3D modelling, and mathematical operations require intense CPU power, but videogames haven't even been configured to accept multicore threading or even the x64 architecture.

So basically, your FX-8320 is fine for Minecraft purposes. I personally would have gone with an Intel, but that's personal preference.