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Re: Any good discrete GPU's under $150?

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Roseart2 is not online. Roseart2
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02 Nov 2013 02:34 PM
Curious. I don't really know what a "discrete" GPU is, and on another thread people said to get a discrete GPU with the PC I want.

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rampagekiller3 is not online. rampagekiller3
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02 Nov 2013 02:54 PM
A discrete GPU is an actual graphics card.

I would strongly suggest getting a 280X (7870), they are $200, and drop in price from time to time... It is really worth the money over a $150 card.

It's more of a cantsole than a console.
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Samastrike is not online. Samastrike
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02 Nov 2013 03:05 PM
@rampage

I thought the 280X was the 7970, and the 7870 is now called the 270X?
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rampagekiller3 is not online. rampagekiller3
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02 Nov 2013 03:06 PM
@sama

Whoops! You're right!

It's more of a cantsole than a console.
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Roseart2 is not online. Roseart2
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02 Nov 2013 03:07 PM
@Rampage
So it's alright to get a GDDR5 graphics card with DDR3 RAM?

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02 Nov 2013 03:18 PM
@rose

Yes, GDDR is essentially Graphics Memory, only for your GPU. GDDR5 is faster than GDDR3, but it doesn't matter what RAM you have for your PC (in this case, DDR3).



It's more of a cantsole than a console.
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Roseart2 is not online. Roseart2
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02 Nov 2013 03:21 PM
@Rampage
Another question since I'm looking at other GPU's:
Which is more powerful, 1GB GDDR5 or 2GB GDDR3?

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Samastrike is not online. Samastrike
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02 Nov 2013 03:27 PM
Amount of VRAM is a very bad measurement of how powerful a card is.
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rampagekiller3 is not online. rampagekiller3
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02 Nov 2013 03:27 PM
2GB of GDDR3 is more beneficial.

It's more of a cantsole than a console.
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catmanisthemanalt is not online. catmanisthemanalt
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02 Nov 2013 03:51 PM
it depends on the GPU not just the RAM
a 50$ GPU could have as much VRAM as a 150$ GPU
they wouldn't be alike in any way

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coolmanownz is not online. coolmanownz
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02 Nov 2013 06:48 PM
650 Ti Boost
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LiamShotson is not online. LiamShotson
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02 Nov 2013 07:17 PM
650 ti boost x2

First off, it is better than the 270x
Second it is commonly on sale for 110~ dollars so if you get two in SLI then you're pretty good.
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coolmanownz is not online. coolmanownz
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02 Nov 2013 07:18 PM
270X is actually better than the 650TIB but it costs more than the 7950.
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LiamShotson is not online. LiamShotson
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02 Nov 2013 07:20 PM
@Coolman
If you viewed LinusTechTips the benchmarks say otherwise (Slick runs all cards overclocked as far as possible for benchmarks, and when overclocked the 650ti runs better)
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ihasabingo is not online. ihasabingo
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02 Nov 2013 07:22 PM
The 270x is 200

Also I got the 7870 OC GHz edition for 140 bucks so
Maybe try and find that
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