Solved Looking for a Graphics Card
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I have a friend who needs to get a gaming machine for her son who wants to play ARK: Survival Evolved.
This is her current machine:
I'm thinking that a reasonable GPU is all that she would need to have a pretty decent machine. Anyone have a good GPU to recommend? I'm thinking something in the $100 to $150 range tops is probably right for her. Her son is seven.
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What about this one? An NVidia 750Ti GTX with 2GB seems like a good card.
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Dual-Link-Graphics-02G-P4-3751-KR/dp/B00IDG3PRI
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Or a similar from ASUS: http://www.amazon.com/GeForce-750Ti-GDDR5-Graphics-GTX750TI-OC-2GD5/dp/B00IB9P1KG
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Tom's Harware has a list made for SAM.
I agree. Looks like a Radion R7 360 is currently the sweet spot.
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You could spend a little more and get a 960 for around $200. Maybe less if she shops around and waits for a deal. http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales is a good place to look for deals.
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@travisdh1 said:
Tom's Harware has a list made for SAM.
I agree. Looks like a Radion R7 360 is currently the sweet spot.
Want GTX to interface with Steam.
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Here's a 960 in her range: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127844
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@Nic said:
Here's a 960 in her range: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127844
Cool, $159 after rebate is not bad at all. She might go for that.
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Make sure to check the PSU and power requirements to see if that needs replacing.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@travisdh1 said:
Tom's Harware has a list made for SAM.
I agree. Looks like a Radion R7 360 is currently the sweet spot.
Want GTX to interface with Steam.
What does this mean? Are we talking about the driver integration that Steam does? Or is there something more?
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I'm running the 760 TI you can find them here, in everything I've run I get 50-70 FPS starting at $129.99
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@coliver said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@travisdh1 said:
Tom's Harware has a list made for SAM.
I agree. Looks like a Radion R7 360 is currently the sweet spot.
Want GTX to interface with Steam.
What does this mean? Are we talking about the driver integration that Steam does? Or is there something more?
Steam has several features that use the NVidia streaming technology that is only included in GTX model GPUs. You can use Steam without it, but not all Steam features like the Steam Link.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@travisdh1 said:
Tom's Harware has a list made for SAM.
I agree. Looks like a Radion R7 360 is currently the sweet spot.
Want GTX to interface with Steam.
I always forget about that. Wish they'd enable the same features through AMD. I'm all AMD at the moment.
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@travisdh1 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@travisdh1 said:
Tom's Harware has a list made for SAM.
I agree. Looks like a Radion R7 360 is currently the sweet spot.
Want GTX to interface with Steam.
I always forget about that. Wish they'd enable the same features through AMD. I'm all AMD at the moment.
I'm still a rabid fan of NVIDIA for Gaming, and AMD for Video Processing.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@travisdh1 said:
Tom's Harware has a list made for SAM.
I agree. Looks like a Radion R7 360 is currently the sweet spot.
Want GTX to interface with Steam.
What does this mean? Are we talking about the driver integration that Steam does? Or is there something more?
Steam has several features that use the NVidia streaming technology that is only included in GTX model GPUs. You can use Steam without it, but not all Steam features like the Steam Link.
AMD has a separate recording app now. It might do streaming, haven't looked for that. It works with all games tho, not just Steam ones.
