Spec my son a graphics card 150 pound budget

[Colbaker]

Hi all,

Been out of computers and gaming for a long time now so not sure what would be best, my son only has a rig with a PCI-express 2.0 16x port.

We have 150 pound to spend and my son isn't so much a first person shooter player but big into Minecraft and driving games, also likes his simulators.

What would you suggest?

 

[mickyflinn]

Gtx 1050ti is the best performer around that budget.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050Ti D5 Mini 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £124.99

Total: £133.69
(includes shipping: £8.70)



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[Quartz]

Can his PC take a full height card? Can it take a double slot card?

 

[a66as]

You could pick up a 970 for around £110-120 in the members market

 

[peterhc]

Id say go for used 980, still faster than 1060.

 

[beefybarn]

You could pick up a 970 for around £110-120 in the members market

I have been on the lookout for one for weeks, second hand decent cards seem to have dried up

 

[ExoMale]

whats the rest of the system?

 

[icey_haj]

I would say the 1050ti as well.

 

[Disco_P]

I have been on the lookout for one for weeks, second hand decent cards seem to have dried up

People are holding off the upgrade cause new cards are so stupidly expensive.

Also Vega! Where the **** is vega?

 

[Brazo]

People are holding off the upgrade cause new cards are so stupidly expensive.

Also Vega! Where the **** is vega?

When vega does finally appear if it's priced reasonably miners will snap it up.

If it's not priced well then it's somewhat pointless anyway as nvidia products will be a similar price.

 

[iamthenugget]

Id say go for used 980, still faster than 1060.

is this true????

 

[Puppetmaster]

is this true????

They are about the same speed, though the 1060 will probably do better in the long term.

 

[iamthenugget]

They are about the same speed, though the 1060 will probably do better in the long term.

thnx for reply. i wasnt sure and still weighing up options atm

 

[peterhc]

yes but 1060 is 220+ ? and 980 is around 150(i suggest evga for thier warranty). If u game at 1080p 60Hz you do not need anything more

 

[Terrorfirmer]

whats the rest of the system?

This is a really important question. There is no point putting a €80-150 GPU into the PC if it's some old Core 2 Duo machine for example.

Driving games, simulators and minecraft aren't the most taxing things in the world and mostly would run OK on an old PC but it might make more sense to buy a €40 2nd hand graphics card if it is some old PC like Core 2 Duo/first generation i3.

If it's 2nd gen i5 or above then it's perfectly fine for a GTX1050/1050ti really.