How To Decide On Which Video Card To Buy

[alvarg]

i think he should of mentioned that although you might be able to play games perfectly now at 1920x1080 with a 6950 or 570 in a year you most likely wont so getting a 580 or 6970 or 7970 isn't a bad idea even if your getting frame rates way above 60 it doesn't matter because it gives you more head room for mods, newer games, or just increasing the smoothness and responsiveness of your current games

[cs16rlz]

i'm buying the HD 6790 cus' i'm planning on updating my monitor haha, i'm getting myself a 22" so i can play @ 1080p :D

[vBDKv]

My old ass 5770 is still kicking ass in 1080p /shrug

[lazertag720]

SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP MEEEE.DOES A PCI EXPRESS 2.0 GRAPHICS CARD WORK ON A PCI EXPRESS X16 SLOT PLEASE BE NICE AND ANSWER THAT QUERSTION.

[newHOLZJUNGE]

i got a 27" monitor (full hd res) i´m playing bf3.....and i got a low budget.....what the fuck should i do? xD a gtx 580 is still damn expensive....and my ati 5850 is running bf3 from low to near middle settings...

[LightfeatherxX]

@newHOLZJUNGE an nvidia gtx 550 ti with 1Gb or 2Gb ddr memory (eithor should work) would probally settle as a nice upgrade, unless you need something for less then $165 (that's the newegg price on the 550 with 2 gigs memory)

[ChyortSnipers]

I Have The Ati Radeon X1650, And The Intel Dual Core E2140, and i have $100 budget, what vga will fit to my processor (sry for my english)

[Ritmiken]

che viste si pongo en crossifire 6870x2" va a tener mas resolucion ?¿ aca 1 me salen $1300 de 6870 :(

[starwarsfan76]

I've got a 23" Acer monitor (1080p) and a 5770 at the moment. Once more of the 7000 series is released which one should I get? My budget is under $300.

[undeadkillers]

@starwarsfan76 You should look at getting a 7850 ( It will be released soon) which play the latest games smooooth.

[mrgiroi]

I have 19inch monitor with resolution 1366 by 768,I play game like Battlefield:Bad company 2,BF3,Assassin creed revolution,Crysis 2,GTA IV Dirt 3 my budget is 200$ so which card I canh buy

PS--->I'm an nVidia fan ^^

[J0n3eR4M]

@mrgiroi get a Benq 22" monitor, only £100 (££££ - idk dollars) and get gtx 560/560ti or a amd radeon 6870 is in the middle of them. i have a radeon 6870 and im playing battlefield ultra, x16 and x4 AA 1920x1080p with average of 45fps, theres no difference between 45 and 70fps, trust me its not a £200 difference imo

[1RainbowMuffin1]

@J0n3eR4M I don't think so, I have a His IceQ X 6950 2GB and I play BF3 on ultra with x8 x2AA and I get around 40.

[J0n3eR4M]

@1RainbowMuffin1 do you want me to send you the excel benchmarks?

[1RainbowMuffin1]

@J0n3eR4M If you want to

[buzz9961]

thums up if your monitor is 1280X1024 -_-

[jackdabomb100]

@SwissJustMe hd 5970 is better then both

[Mr786ham]

guyz in my graphic card their are two DVI ports and i want to connect TWO monitors with it so can i directly connect them or what

[wisico640]

@Mr786ham yes? what do you think is it for? ;;

[3361utube]

do all graphics cards fit all motherboards? please answer

[buzz9961]

i have 1280X1024 D:

[xitlokrox]

i want to buy a high performance GPU ... im thinking about Gtx 570-580...6950-6970 or new ati generation 7950 7970... but ive a question... ive one monitor "19" inches... so one guy told me that i just needed 1gb of ram... is this correct? cause i can pick one Gigabyte 6950 for 230$ with 1 gb and one xfx with 2 gb and the same warranty for 290$... can someone help me? plx?

[TheGenesisfreak]

@xitlokrox if you want good performance i would go for the xfx card

[lokofaith]

when you have money choosing is not that hard..

[Karolisavenue]

@lokofaith It's hard because u need to find suitable graphics card for your motherboard and so on.

[cs16rlz]

@lokofaith if you don't know that some "cheap" cards run better than the most expensive ones... it is XD

i was gonna get myself the gtx 460, until i saw elric's benchmarking.. so i made my mind on the HD6790 and i saved around 200AR$ :D i'm expending those 200AR$ + a couple more in a 700w sentey psu :D

[GamerFreakzCOM]

i have a monitor non-HD, 1440x900 i play CoD, GTA IV, MOH, L4D, Crysis.. i have a overclocked 570 and i get 40 FPS in crysis and max settings with a couple on high.. my card seems to get hot on minecraft which is strange..

[Mitche23]

@GamerFreakzCOM Something is creating a bottleneck, tell me what CPU do you have.

[GamerFreakzCOM]

@Mitche23 i don't see how its a bottleneck, considering my case is poorly ventilated. AMD FX 4100 @ 4Ghz. It's not bottlenecking, i have people who are alot more professional than people on Youtube. No offence.

[Mitche23]

@GamerFreakzCOM I didn't know you had AMD FX4100(witch kinda sucks) and if you have people more professional than people on YouTube what are you looking here. No offense.

[GamerFreakzCOM]

@Mitche23 I was talking about bottlenecking, im not here about bottlenecking you fool... no offence.

Well i aint a intel fanboy who rapes all their products so... don't judge something which you can't get close to making yourself.

[jubjub1114]

@GamerFreakzCOM You're gonna have to become an intel fanboy soon lol, AMD seems to be dropping out of desktop processing and focusing more on laptops and video cards. The fact of the matter is that Intel has been its own competition ever since Athlon XP era was done. AMD hasn't provided any desktop processors that beats Intel's, unlike AMD and Nvidia, in which AMD beats Nvidia with their 7000 series, which prompts Nvidia to do better, etc.

[SmilingDepression]

@jubjub1114 i hope not, if amd drops out the intel price will rise and rise and rise as they will have no competition at all

[xFATBATx]

But how do you know if it will fit you computer?

[DeathsUncleBob]

@xFATBATx Check your case size and the size of the GPU you are buying. They generally have the specs already in the features section so just grab a tape measure, and check if your case can accomodate the card.

Don't worry though only the extreme high end or extreme custom GPU's have bigger width and length so if your buying entry or mid level entry, you should be fine.

[SGlitches]

check you pc out, if it has a pci x16 slot, your halfway, now u need to see how much room you have length wise then get a gpu that will fit.

[GamePlayFPS]

@xFATBATx You use google.

[SwiftHDX]

@xFATBATx Unless you're retarded you should figure that out very easily.

[xFATBATx]

@SwiftHDX Not really, it isnt the easiest thing to find out when you dont know that much about compters in the first place.



[SwiftHDX]

@xFATBATx So you're telling me you have to have advanced computer knowledge to know if a card will fit into your PC? It's basic knowledge, if you lack that then I really pity you.

[xFATBATx]

@SwiftHDX No im not saying that im just saying some people have not opened a computer before and might not know where to fit it or what type is fine. Anyway I was asking so i didnt get it wrong, If your not going to answer the question there isnt any point in replying.

[SwiftHDX]

@xFATBATx Fine then, want an answer? Here: Look up the GPU length, width and height then open up your PC and measure the inside where the graphics card will be. You'd have to have no brain to not figure that out.

[xFATBATx]

@SwiftHDX :| Thanks for the help

[Andy26473]

@xFATBATx Measure and check the specs

[animerulezx]

@xFATBATx Awesome Question! please if you find out message me the answer!

[thanatos313games]

@xFATBATx buy a ruler.

[moviem6ker]

If i got a ATI graphic card (in this case Radeon Xpress 200) is it then easier if i upgrade it also to a (better) Ati Graphic card Like a Sapphire Radeon 5450,1GB

[razerPCgamer]

@moviem6ker the 5450 is awful.

[moviem6ker]

@razerPCgamer and why is that?

[razerPCgamer]

@moviem6ker because it's an extremely low end and outdated card

[moviem6ker]

@razerPCgamer 1gb isnt a low end videocard!

[razerPCgamer]

@moviem6ker Just because it has 1Gb of memory doesn't make it a good card. It all depends on clock speeds, shader units etc. and the 5450 is a very low end card indeed. I'd be surprised if it even ran BF3 on low.

[journey994]

@moviem6ker these days it is entry level to be honest

[BSUTechShow]

@moviem6ker 5450, is the 400 series, which is only 64bit and slow clocks. Get a 5800 or 6800 series as they are decently cheap for what they are. They have 256bit, 1000mhz clocks, and up to 2gb of DDR5, while the 5450 has 1gb ddr3(slow)

[moviem6ker]

@BSUTechShow Thanks for the information :D

[BSUTechShow]

@moviem6ker No problem, and if possible buy a GTX550ti, nvidia, as i perfer nvidia :P but its ok if u get ati remember,, atleast 800 series, 5000 or 6000

[XxNevaLuvAgainxX]

Im not a gamer but i do alot of video editing and graphics i have a 42in HD tv as my monitor would a 2 gig card be fine?

[cgDominion]

@XxNevaLuvAgainxX ehhh... i would spend more on a processor and ram than a video card. radeon 6770 or gtx 550 should be good.

[TABerselli]

@XxNevaLuvAgainxX If your running 1080p with one monitor, you won't need that much memory. Extra video card memory is really only needed for crazy monitor set ups. You could probably get by with a gtx550 or gtx560 depending on what your budget is. If you do go with a 2gig card, don't buy a cheap one. Companies will sell cheap cards and throw lots of VRAM on them that the card can't really utilize, knowing that they will sell more by doing so.

[takefekees]

What is better a 1 GB Radeon 5870 or 2 GB Nividia 540M and What does that 1 GB translate into? and are there 6990 Radeon graphic cards without Cross Fire or all of them come with Cross fire thanks

[iamgonnakilyou]

@takefekees 540m is only in notebooks

[KentuckyKid220]

Woot my pc budget from $1000 has been raised to $2000! Im gonna get my hands on a GTX 590, Im gonna build a bad boy in april.

[JWL1092]

@KentuckyKid220 very nice man, id kill for one of those bad boys, im upgrading from my 550ti soon though :P

[KentuckyKid220]

@JWL1092 how's the 550ti?I actually started out with a $900 budget but I decided to hold off (Good choice too!). My card on the $900 build was the 550ti, but now times have changed,

How is it? ATM Im on a crappy 512mb 9400GT on a HD LED 24" Monitor and gameplay is AWFUL!!!!!!!!!!! 20FPS in skyrim!!!

[JWL1092]

@KentuckyKid220 i really cant complain about it, i get around 50 - 60 fps in skyrim on high settings. its a solid card for the price but it definetly is worth going up to the more high end cards

[KentuckyKid220]

@JWL1092 Oh, Hope by apil the GTX 590 is at around $700 ish bucks, but then the 600 series will be out.

I'd kill to have 60fps atm on skyrim.

[3th4n69]

@KentuckyKid220 Could be worth holding out for kelper?

[TommyDaGreat]

MMOS? Not streinous? Yeah, right... Wonder what kind of games he plays online? :P

[thethingthatisthe]

hey guyzzz, iam having a lot of trouble here. can somone please halp me out ,the thing i s tht i have $600 n i want ot buy a gaming pc but i dont know anything about what to buy,i want ot play games like bf3 with ease, any suggestions?..

[steveywoner20]

@thethingthatisthe get a bigger budget and just buy a gaming laptop

[doughnutugy1]

What kind of card can play tf2?

[KillingTheNameOfRyan]

@doughnutugy1 I have a 4850 which is a old card and can play TF2 maxed and get about 80fps

[doughnutugy1]

@KillingTheNameOfRyan hate to sound like a noob, but nvidia? radeon? what?

[KillingTheNameOfRyan]

@doughnutugy1 It's a AMD card, but as you cant buy it anymore (It's outdated). I would recommend the 6770.

[buzz9961]

@doughnutugy1 i think any card...lol

[Candy2Lolipop]

i loled at the part where a v-8 engine or something and stick it in your bicycle lol

[traxit100]

i just buy Alienware with nVidia Skyrim Video Card ;)

[LAZrailkapinda]

@traxit100

Waste of money. You can get the same specs as Alienware (EVEN BETTER) for less money if you know how to build a computer yourself.

If you can afford it , and won't feel any regret later .. go on .. and have fun ! Alienware IS the best gaming desktop brand out there.

[BeyBladeHQ]

My monitor is like 1280 x 720, so i bought a Sapphire HD 5670 1gb ! i can play BF3 and all other new games with medium settings with atleast 30 FPS !

[TheAwwWtf]

I just bought the Gtx 550 ti And cant wait till it arrives

[MrVpsb]

I wanto to play FPS Games like COD, BF, MEDAL OF HONOR, CRYSIS... that tipe of games and my screen only andles 1280x1024 of max resolution. What card should i buy ?

i want to be a pc gamer

[SwissJustMe]

@MrVpsb

HD 6850 or HD 6870

[27Geraline]

@SwissJustMe HD 6870 is better

[SwissJustMe]

@27Geraline

Of course but also more expensive.

[TheRuddydoom]

@MrVpsb i would recommend a 550ti or a HD 6850 they are about $130

[SwissJustMe]

@TheRuddydoom

A GTX 550 Ti performs about the same like a HD 6770. A HD 6850 plays in a completely different league.

[marinmarinhola]

If you have a 1920x1080 do you need an extreme or high level card? (For playing games like BF3, BATMAN ARKAHAM City and other demanding games.

[mohamed7133]

I love u man :)

[H0LM1337]

I have a BenQ XL2410T, I play Battlefield 3 in 3D (I want to play in 3D). Witch should i get ?

I have money.

[alramd]

@H0LM1337 i have gtx 560ti that can do 3d and i play bf on high with avg of 50fps its good for its money though i suggest getting an ati card i like them more only got nvidia cause all local tech store sold. so i would probably suggest getting ati 6950 around same price and very nice card =)

[TheGenesisfreak]

@H0LM1337 get a Radeon 7970, it's expensive but will last long

[FirstDragonSlayer]

cyclone 2 or r6850?

[acemace3618]

well gtx 560ti's go for about $250 so I don't know if you want to spend that much I would advise to save up the extra for it and if you can't then you should stick with the 460 or the 560 (non ti)

[l3utterScotchxx]

UP TO 160$ for low end card. BAHAHA! a 6850 low end? its 150$ wtf and can run 1080p on max most games

[excalibar12]

@l3utterScotchxx This was made in April, prices change.

[alramd]

@l3utterScotchxx 6850 aint actually that good but yeah it is mid range won't play bf3 anything more than medium 1920-1200 res though or whatever highest res is

[lazarsmiljanic1996]

I think i should go for the geforce GTX 460 since i mostly play shooters and racing games on 1920x1080 resolution. I'm currently using a GT 240 which is poor for high resolutions

[acemace3618]

@lazarsmiljanic1996 for 1080p and as you said the games you play, I would recommend the gtx 560 ti you get alot of performance for your money

[lazarsmiljanic1996]

@acemace3618 Cool. Now all i need to do is find a GTX 560ti under 200$ and i'm good to go xD

[ladeninlogen]

Is a 6770 good on a 19 inch monitor to play games on mid - high?? Or will a 6670 be enough ? Thx

[Destructioniskey]

@ladeninlogen I made a big mistake by going with the 6670. The 6770 is almost twice as good as the 6670, and it is only about $10-20 cheaper than the 6670. So I would highly recommend the 6770.

[entertainment033]

My monitor is dell st2320l 23" 1080p full hd monitor

I want to play graphical intensive games like crysis

now tell me the best bang for the buck gpu for 1920x1080 resolution i want to play at maximum setting possible with no anti aliasing or maybe 2x anti aliasing no more then that

thankyou waiting for reply

[Destructioniskey]

@entertainment033 If you can wait until January 9th, I would go for the radeon hd 7970. It is priced lower than the gtx 580, and performs better. It is also using 28 nanometer technology. It is a PCIe 3.0 card, but you can use it on PCIe 2.0 with little to no difference.

[entertainment033]

@Destructioniskey i cannot afford 6970/7970 :(

i want budget 1080p gpu :( 7970 will max every game on 1080p i don't want that extreme

i just want to max every game but with no anti aliasing

and i don't know that it is true or not that turning of aa will give massive amount of fps

so maxing out game on 1080p with no aa i want that card :( will 6850-6870 do that ?

[Umbra360]

@entertainment033 Nope. atleast a 6970 is needed for that.

[entertainment033]

@Umbra360 :( that will max game with anti aliasing i dont want to spend extra money just for anti aliasing :( you are making 1080p games too expensive it is not like that :(

[Destructioniskey]

@entertainment033 The 6870 would also max out most games. The only game I can see it have trouble maxing out is metro 2033 on ultra settings with dx11 enabled.

[BBRRAAAAAAPP]

@entertainment033 I have a 19" monitor and I play BF3 on Ultra @ a solid 55 fps. I have an XFX 6870 1gb non reference card. Im thinking about moving up to a 23" monitor, so I might only be playing on high.

[entertainment033]

@BBRRAAAAAAPP good luck you are taking right decision without good monitor it is not that much fun

and 23" is good choice pc gaming is perfect on 22-24" monitors bigger than that looks very large as we sit like 2-2.5ft distance

my friend has 26" and it is very large in cs he always need to move his cursor allot

so go for 23" it is the perfect size really

[lufodao1990]

I got a Asus hd 6950. I got a question, whem im playing metro 2033 on drirectx 11, max resolution/setings 1080p. I got up to 30 and 40 fps, sometimes litle less, but the problem is sometiems the fps still around 30s, but the images are geting cuted, slowing down and stuff. any ideas?

[TheArnold46]

My small budget forced me to get an HD 6770 this year. Damn this economy! Thankfully, the 6770 does a great job on my 20" monitor.

[XxAssasin21xX]

Guys I got a 3k budget for a gaming pc I plan to build. I will be playing graphic intensive games like bf3, skyrim, crysis2 and stuff like that and on a monitor that is 1920x1080. So let me know what you guys think I should do. Thanks :)

[lendial]

@XxAssasin21xX what the hell, with 3k you could buy the most expensive component for every category.

[Destructioniskey]

@XxAssasin21xX Lol 3k budget. You can max out any of those games with a 1000$ budget. If I were you I would wait until ivy bridge is released (sometime in April) And get the highest end i7. I would also go with a ivy bridge compadible motherboard (most socket 1155 motherboards will be compadible with a BIOS update) and this motherboard should support PCIe 3.0 and crossfire. I would also go for hd 7990 (whenever it is released) in crossfire. And maybe 32gb of ddr3 RAM @1600MHZ.

[ivancool1997]

1 question..

Will a video card improve your pc and stop a lagg on games like bf3 or do you have to imrove your pc by a processor??

[TheKillerFabivs]

@ivancool1997 Both are important, but of course a video card is more involved, you should have at least a decent processor in order to buy a good video card

[kalebtaylor567]

@ivancool1997 Processor is important for removing lag

[TheGhostshadow95]

2:54 pizza delivery lol

[banderson2066]

haha i got a 32 in. tv for the week lol...what size is that? lol

[gagsterde]

@banderson2066 1920 x 1080

[stongpain]

i have eyefinity 3 x 21.5 inch 1920x1080 septup would 2 xfx 6870 in crossfire do ?

[asull822]

Is a GTX 550 ti a good choice for me? My other specs are 8 gb of ram and i7-2600k processor. I play games like Skyrim and Bad Company 2 but also less demanding games like Team Fortress 2...I don't need the highest fps as well as the games run well at pretty high settings.

[welshpocketrocket]

@asull822 i recommend a gtx 560 or 570

[Silentxninjax]

What type of graphics card should i get... my cpu has a max resolution of 1366 x 768??? budgets around $200-300$

[baloub60]

@Silentxninjax depends of what Mother board you have, if you can fit a maybe GTX560 in it it will be a good one

[0oDarkLordRevano0]

I've got a GTX 550 Ti :D

[lonerider92]

brb gonna go stick a v8 engine on a bicycle

[sarathchelsea]

@ motherboardsorg my specs are amd phenom x4 955 ati 5670 1gb ddr5 4gb ddr3 ram screen resolution - 1024 x 768 my budget 290$ please suggest me graphic card game i need to max out is battilfield 3 ,la noire in my list i have : gigabyte 6590 1gb , HIS 6590 2gb , asus direct cu II 560ti 1gb pls suggest me !

[bgioni]

@sarathchelsea the cards you listed there can play bf3 at 1920x1080 maxed lol. for 1024x768 maxxed a mid range card will do.

[basbas63]

still doing fine with my HD5770 :D

[MsNarutofan111]

what graphics card for Just cause 2

[eventfularse]

@MsNarutofan111 HD 5450 can do max settings at 60fps.

[MsNarutofan111]

@eventfularse If I buy a AMD Radeon HD 6570 will it work

[basbas63]

@MsNarutofan111 yes it wil work okay (= not high settings.. but it will look nice and play nice ^^ well if you have a decent cpu and ram :P

[MsNarutofan111]

@basbas63 Really because I watched a video and it works perfectly on high on just cause 2

[basbas63]

@MsNarutofan111 Not all vids tell the truth to be honest =/

[MsNarutofan111]

@basbas63 Well I got the AMD Radeon HD 6570 for christmas and it definitley runs just cause 2 on high settings idk what you saying lol but its like the best card ever I can play any of the really good games like mw3 bf3 and saints row the third

[basbas63]

@MsNarutofan111 that's true.. but to be honest.. someone can say 30fps is playable.. the other say's 40 is playable... and someone else say's nah 60fps is playable.. it is just how you look at it.. i even know people who are fine with 20fps

[u4eagun]

@basbas63 minecraft players?....... even the dead runescape players on their moms pc >.> lmfao

[basbas63]

@eventfularse LOL it doesn't! xD

[8packK]

Ok I am about to buy 3 screens and 1 gtx 590... Can I use the cards full potential on 3 screens? 22"or bigger. i7 processor. I can give someone specs if they can help me out because I only got basic knowledge.

[MrBoxfacetramp13]

What graphics card for £100?

Play Battlefield 3 and Skyrim an Red Orchestra 2

[Cocogazz324]

what kind video card if game is modern warfare 3..........

[KhanTutorials]

V8 ON A BICYCLE..... LMFAO

[misterwolk12]

I have that one aswell it runs super!!!

i get a constant 60 fps, with explosions and stuffaround 40 fps

I agree!!

I also use it to play skyrim 

[RyaanWey]

18.5inch Monitor 1360x768 Resolution, What Card Should I Get If I'm Playing Cod, Skyrim ect. ?

[jologo200]

thumbs up for QOSMIO

[TheDeigratia]

very informative for someone new to this, like me.

[Astrotechnics]

22 inch. HA. 27 INCH MOTHER FUCKER. 1920 x 1080. Also i play my xbox on it because it is a hdtv monitor.

[GeilePoepaH123]

@Astrotechnics

xbox = gay....

[LightLink1992]

@Astrotechnics 24'' also with 1920x1080 with HDMI input

I have smaller pixels

[Igorsov]

Crappy brand names and models you got out there man...

[rolram1973]

what card can manage 3D Modeling (autodek) and video editing ( adobe after effects)

i mean for rendering machine. I know firepro is to expensive how radeon HD model. 3 display of 1440 x 900 please help.