So with the RX 480 set to absolutely rape nvidia senseless along

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2016-06-02 03:25:27 Post No. 54866671
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Anonymous 2016-06-02 03:25:27 Post No. 54866671 [Report]

So with the RX 480 set to absolutely rape nvidia senseless along with all the yet to be released cards being available in the next few months, I think I'm going to wait until the dust settles and prices tank to make a final decision on what I want to buy as a long term card.

In the meantime, I'm on a shit-tier Acer piece of shit laptop with a 760m that gets as hot as a broiler and stutters in CSGO (which incidentally is pretty much the only game I play atm). I've been wanting to bite the bullet for months now and sell this turd and build a cheap desktop, with a used average card as a placeholder until the new ones comes out.

Basically I'm looking for something ridiculously cheap, maybe $50-100 (so probably AMD?) that can run CSGO and maybe Overwatch. Yes, I'm a casual. What's the best price/performance pick of the old generations?

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Anonymous 2016-06-02 03:28:10 Post No.54866703
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Anonymous 2016-06-02 03:28:10 Post No.54866703 [Report]

With CSGO the sky really is the limit. Do you want 60fps? 80? 100? 150? 200? 300? 400? 500fps? Don't mean to be rude but it's a pretty shit question.

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Anonymous 2016-06-02 03:30:52 Post No.54866725
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Anonymous 2016-06-02 03:30:52 Post No.54866725 [Report]

>>54866703
Just a solid 60. I wouldn't even be mad if it dipped a bit below that, since currently I'm doing slightly below that anyway

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Anonymous 2016-06-02 03:35:48 Post No.54866769
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Anonymous 2016-06-02 03:35:48 Post No.54866769 [Report]

>>54866725

GTX 480 with a Core2 Duo @ 3GHZ with 4GB ram will probably run you over budget a little but will be comfy as fuck in CSGO

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Anonymous 2016-06-02 03:40:55 Post No.54866846
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Anonymous 2016-06-02 03:40:55 Post No.54866846 [Report]

>>54866769
Not the OP, but thanks for the advice :)

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Anonymous 2016-06-02 03:46:37 Post No.54866909
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Anonymous 2016-06-02 03:46:37 Post No.54866909 [Report]

>>54866769
Cool, I actually was planning on going even higher with the CPU & RAM but I guess since this is for short-term I could skimp hardcore and resell the parts later for roughly the same price (since by now they're antiquated and their market value has stabilized) no?

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Anonymous 2016-06-02 03:54:04 Post No.54867008
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Anonymous 2016-06-02 03:54:04 Post No.54867008 [Report]

Make sure your power supply has enough PCIe power connectors for the 480, it's a beast.

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Anonymous 2016-06-02 04:00:03 Post No.54867068
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Anonymous 2016-06-02 04:00:03 Post No.54867068 [Report]

>>54866909
no