Didn't know what thread to ask so i'll keep this short.
What graphics card is the bare minimum to play games at max setting with 1080p 60fps?
Currently have 650ti Boost but it barely gets 50fps on medium settings playing Fallout 4.
380x
>>51571009
scratch that, even that isn't powerful enough.
Try 390
960 is meant for 1080p gaming. It's a great card. 970 if you want, but its a bit overkill
Basically 970 and up will max out 1080p
Not OP but what are some budget cards that can into 1080p 60fps?
>>51571137
GTX 960 got a price drop to $150, good deal.
>>51571137
Second hand HD79** are probably cheap as fuck now.
>>51570998
GTX 970 to max games out in 1080p with a great amount of FPS or the GTX 960 for average FPS, not good for maxing out every game though.
>>51571137
960 or 380 are the best value now.
>>51571158
Where?
>>51571137
R9 380, they are <200$ atm.
I'd usually recommend AMD, but best bang for your buck is the GTX 960, it won't run on 60 fps but it's good enough
>>51570998
You're asking a question that has no definitive answer.
All games run differently, please educate yourself on benchmarks for the games you are interested in.
AMD is like what Color Dreams was for Nintendo.
Stick with Nvidia only
Ive Got gtx 780 and its totally enough for fhd 60fps Ive never Got aby lag
what's the cheapest card right now for acceptable 1440p gaming? doesn't need to ultra-quality everything
>>51571355
Everywhere, senpai.
>>51571470
390x
>>51571470
390.
>>51571473
Except its not.
>>51571493
Wait a day.
>>51571493
price drops from both companies were announced yesterday, they won't appear yet
>>51570998
> the bare minimum
Look at this card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487155
Those are the specs you want right now for "bare minimum." That card was going for $179 w/ free delivery the last few days. For that price, that amount of graphics power is very impressive.
The r9 380 AMD cards would be just about equivalent, depending on your big picture use (such as, do you /will you game on linux? Or, would you exclusively be on Win10?).
The 960 cards do the DX12 and OpenGl 4.5, which gives you some room for future use.
If you want to bump up to the $300 range, then shop for GTX 970 and r9 390 cards. Since we're missing some of your other requirements, considerations, it's hard to advise.
AMD cards use a lot more wattage, so a GTX 960 might sip along at ~110-120 watts and bust along at 140-160 watts under load &/or OC. A r9 390 can suck 300 watts at peak and generally doesn't run under 200 watts.
You'll also get people telling you to get a r9 290 and overclock the shit out of it to get a "cheap" r9 390 ... but the r9 290s use even more electricity than the 390 ... so, if electricity and heat are issues for you, steer toward the 960 cards, and even the 970s if you jump to that price range.
However, Win10 looks like it's going to optimize use of all those cores on AMD cards, so if you are on Win10 exclusively, you're likely to get more gaymeme pure horsepower for your investment in tweaking your system & individual games.
>>51571029
>>51571158
>>51571558
OP here. thanks for the replies
I guess I'm going with 960 then.
I was going to wait for the next gen cards but I wouldn't mind spending ~200 and upgrade later on
speaking if which, when do the next gen cards come out?
>>51571709
No longer than 6 months. Expect them around Q2 next year.
>>51570998
>Fallout 4
There's your problem. Don't even try to go above 1080p unless you want it to look like a slideshow.
>Max settings
a 390 or 970.
However if you want to play 1080p comfortably with high settings get a 380X/960
>>51570998
Wait until next year.
sup guys, just stealing this thread so i can ask what cpu and motherboard to get with my gtx 970, I'll be playing in 1080p and only for gaming
