So I'm looking up parts to build a gaming PC. I won't be needing the best of best components. I am mostly trying to get a descent setup where I can play games on 1080. I wont be playing cutting edge games on ultra. More like Serious Sam 3, Skyrim, Need for Speed etc.
I'm kinda lost when it comes to graphics card. The one listed is suggested by a friend.
So if anyone could help me out here, i would be most appreciated. Tips as in is this setup good, what could be changed etc...
Thanks!
That looks good to me. I have a very similar setup, except that my i5 is a first generation "Lynnfield" model, but it's still going strong.
(08-23-2016, 09:05 PM)DragonRider Wrote: Those are tempting, however the price kind of puts me off. Another graphics cards I've been wondering about are the Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti and AMD Radeon R9 270X.
Any opinions on those?
Ah, video cards. Different people have different likes/dislikes. The old nVidia vs AMD battle is getting to the point where it's similar to the Apple vs PC thing.
The latest PC Powerplay basically says that nVidia has one end of the market locked up, while AMD has the other end, AMD's end being being the 'budget power' thing.
As for the Radeon you are talking about, I actually have the R9 380 series, it isn't top of the line, but it is up there meaning it's not too cheap, but totally worth the money.
In the relatively short time I've had it, it hasn't missed a beat or messed up FL's graphics at all and seems to quite happy to run the various games (older games) that I have with all of the bells and whistles going.
The DDR5 memory on the video card is the thing to look for, my old video card had that, only 1GB of it and it was awesome.
