need an upgrade

arcanise · Nov 13, 2015

hey guys long time no see, as some of you know i am a computer tech and everything but as of late i've been overwhelmed with work and husband to-do lists and have not kept up on everything

in short i have 2 GTX 465's and i want an upgrade to a single card running on pci express 2.0 (as its what my mobo can handle) i want single card to give my PSU a break and to increase performance

my big question is if there is a single GPU that goes in pci 2.0 that outperforms my dual 465's both on core count and VRAM

Lochekey · Nov 13, 2015

The gtx 900 series will still work on pcie 2.0. How much are you looking to spend though.

caddi daddi · Nov 13, 2015

I think i see a 970 getting ready to appear in his sig, big bang for the buck.

Lochekey · Nov 13, 2015

caddi daddi said:
I think i see a 970 getting ready to appear in his sig, big bang for the buck.

To bad you snagged all the good used ones already. EVGA has a good selection of b-stock stuff available right now though.

arcanise · Nov 13, 2015

well i make about $200 extra spending money every 2 weeks

Lochekey · Nov 13, 2015

arcanise said:
well i make about $200 extra spending money every 2 weeks

So does that mean you want to keep it under 200.

arcanise · Nov 13, 2015

i'd like to keep it around $200 and out perform my dual 465's

Lochekey · Nov 13, 2015

Assuming you want to stay with nvidia you are looking at a gtx 960 in that price range unless you can find a good deal on a gtx 970. Either would most likely outperform the 465s and use less power to do it.

arcanise · Nov 15, 2015

and the 960 will work just fine on my old pci express 2.0?

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nvm quick google search shows that it will

caddi daddi · Nov 15, 2015

do you still fold?
if you do the 970 is about king, under linux they turn about 300,000 ppd and a dual boot system is easy, peasy.
HayesK hand held me through it and the whole thread is copy and paste.

grumperfish · Nov 16, 2015

If you're OK with switching from Nvidia you could likely get a used 290 for a bit over $200 if you want more performance than a 960, but stay away from reference models.

caddi daddi · Nov 16, 2015

290's are very good cards also, but with a reference cooler they are loud as all get out, so loud that I traded one off for a watch.

kommanderkodiak · Nov 23, 2015

I say wait the 1000 series will be dropping soon if you can wait, do so youd get more bang for your buck at the 200 mark

Lochekey · Nov 24, 2015

kommanderkodiak said:
I say wait the 1000 series will be dropping soon if you can wait, do so youd get more bang for your buck at the 200 mark

I would not bet on a 1060 class card being released in the next few months. You might see a 1080 class card in Q1 2016 butt I would not bank on a 1060 class card until late Q3 or Q4 of 2016 at the earliest.

kommanderkodiak · Nov 24, 2015

the average would be about May for a 1060, but they broke that cycle with the 900 series we'll see if that was a one off or not

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