I bought a low budget PC two years ago but currently newer games don't run very well on it. The i3 2100 is okay for now I think but GT440 just don't cut it anymore even on low resolutions. Here's my PSU, if you need more info please tell me what else should I post here.

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gtx 650ti for this cpu above that you will start to bottleneck but i think 400w is kinda weak for this gpu but i will work..

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What about Radeon cards? I've heard they're cheaper.

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7770/7790

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I second this. Extremely low power consumption, cheap price, around $80. after rebate during this season, and great price:power ratio while being able to go full throttle ( for as much as that's worth ) with a budget CPU makes this card a definite looker for someone in your situation.

Either that, or buy a better CPU and then buy another GPU.

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any two cards that are in the same price range will perform almost the same

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How much are you wlling to spend?

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Up to 150$

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you need a CPU not a gpu my friend.. BELIEVE me.. if you get a powerful gpu it will simply bottleneck.. you might gain a bit but.. also the topic title is misleading.. "Best possible GPU for my PC?" and here you say "What about Radeon cards? I've heard they're cheaper." low price + best of dont go together when it comes to gpus

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Well, considering he has an underpowered CPU, I don't think he's looking in the 7970 range, or planning on buying a Titan, so I'd say it's probably a pretty appropriate title.

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please tell him that cause he called me a troll..

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"you need a CPU not a gpu my friend". Nice troll attempt dude. i3 equals performance of older quad core CPU's and most of the games still require a dual core, GT440 is low end and must be upgraded.

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You might need to Upgrade your Psu in order to buy a newer card,
Ive always used Nvidia, and i know you might need at least 650W to juice a more recent model, but ive heard ATI cards consume less, so if u dont wanna spend money in a new PSU aim to buy an ATI card, they usually say how much power they need, check first before buying ;)

Also dont make the mistake to buy a card without knowing if your motherboard supports it! always check the version of the MB slots!

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MB slots?

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pcie 2.0 or 3.0.. don't worry about those a pcie 3.0 gpu will work in a pcie 2.0 slot no problem but you might need to update your bios

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You know, the slots for the cards, or sockets, make sure DDR3 is available,, usually if your MB is recent u wont have a problem, but i expirienced this before, bought a PCI card but had an AGP motherboard :P

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I think AGP haven't been used in computers for years now, CPU-Z says it's PCI x16

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I believe that AMD cards consume more power than Nvidia cards, and no you can run a gtx 680 with a 550w PSU no problems(no OC is done)

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I recently Built my current PC, and when buying parts i read somewhere ATI card consume less, and dont even need to have direct PSU cable connected to them,, i dont know if its true, as i always used Nvidia :P

As for the PSU, i wouldnt run a card with its Minimum recommended power, i always tend to have a little more juice, just to make sure ;)

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The recommended power is already plenty. If his current PSU can hold out, there's no need to spend more money on a new PSU if all that extra wattage isn't going to be consumed.

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Lol no. You wont need a 650W PSU unless you're going two-way SLI/crossfire.

A good 480W PSU (from be quiet! for example) and you're good to go.

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Humm, if he aims for a Recent model, lets say, 770Gtx youll need 600W to have it on full power, just sayin

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that is true only if he is overclocking the cpu and gpu otherwise you are good with a 500/550 taking into consideration that last gen intel cpu are very good in saving power compared to older gen

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So wrong, so so wrong. You can run ALL GPUs with a good 480W PSU. (Like I said, single GPUs)

Wanna know why the manufacturers keep saying you need atleast 600W? Because most ppl are still buying cheap crappy ones.

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yes you can run a 680 with a 550w psu and a 450w for a 670:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWAeZYB9DGg

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Go to Linustechtips.com and post their you will get more help:)

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or Overclock3d.net

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Thanks for advices. I think I'll be getting GTX 650 Ti for now cuz I don't have money to upgrade both power supply and a high end GPU.

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When you have more money upgrade your PSU as well

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Yeah but then I'll have to upgrade CPU as well else it would bottleneck it.

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A higher wattage psu won't bottleneck anything

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The PSU just provides power to the various components. Having a 1000 Watt PSU won't bottleneck your other hardware at all....

However, if your PSU is some unknown brand and not 80+ certified, I would suggest an upgrade to a PSU from a known brand like Corsair or Cooler Master (and one that's at least 80+ bronze).

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Thats a fine choice, shame that for a few more €€ u could get GTX650 TI BOOST, but it would require a minimum of 450W,
Normal TI looks Good enough tho :)

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My monitor is only 19 inches, I play on low resolutions, I don't really need a high end GPU. What's most important is framerate for me.

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Well, then you are good to go :)
later on u can upgrade as you go, as for right now you will be served, just dont aim for AAA titles, next gen games are a bitch :P

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You can use this to get a rough idea of relative performance between cards.

And this to get a extimate on total power consumption of your system during games. (yours will actually be lower since the chart is based on a 4core cpu)

In your case I wouldn't go higher than 300W total peak power, since we have no idea how your PSU performs.
Also check the connectors available on your PSU to make sure you have to ones you need to power the card you picked.

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Very usefull post. +1 respect :D

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HD7850.

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Currently the best GPU around is the GTX 780 Ti. It's more powerful than the Titan for 200 USD less, but barely beats the Radeon HD R9 290X which is 150 USD cheaper than the GTX 780 Ti.

If you're looking at price-vs-performance, that would probably be the GTX 760, GTX 670, GTX 770, Radeon HD 7970, Radeon HD 7950, R9 280X, or the GTX 780 (not the Ti), in order from best to worst value. These can all give very high performance in today's highest end games, such as Battlefield 4 and Crysis 3.

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