• Graphics card comparison: which offers the best bang for your buck?
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I'm sort of tired of seeing these comparisons, buying a videocard because it's the best bang for the buck is stupid. Rather, you want to buy a videocard that can play games at a set quality setting and frametime you want, if two cards have the same(or better) performance, only then does 'bang for the buck' matter
[QUOTE]If you're looking for the best bargain on a new graphics card, Nvidia's GTX 1060 3GB card comes out on top in the US. While there are ways to penalize a card with 'only' 3GB VRAM, in practice it just doesn't seem to make a huge difference right now.[/QUOTE] uhhhh about 80% of current gen games require 6GB of vram for max visuals. Its the same reason why the 970 is terrible at higher end with the 3.5gb realistic usage.
[QUOTE=FalconKrunch;51117758]I'm sort of tired of seeing these comparisons, buying a videocard because it's the best bang for the buck is stupid. Rather, you want to buy a videocard that can play games at a set quality setting and frametime you want, if two cards have the same(or better) performance, only then does 'bang for the buck' matter[/QUOTE] I disagree, value for the dollar is an important factor for me. Whenever I buy things, I do indeed have a budget. But I will sometimes go above that budget if the value increase is superb. If I'm looking for a card for $200, but a much, much better card is like $50 more, I'll absolutely spend up. Considering how much value each dollar gives you when making a purchase is an important consideration to make when shopping for anything. It's also important for people shopping in the high end. Unless you absolutely need the best of everything, if you're looking at spending like $200 more for a 10% increase in performance it's almost never worth spending the money.
[QUOTE=codemaster85;51119382]uhhhh about 80% of current gen games require 6GB of vram for max visuals. Its the same reason why the 970 is terrible at higher end with the 3.5gb realistic usage.[/QUOTE] That's some absolute bullshit statistics. More like 0.1% of current gen games.
gtx 1050 is going to come out, might be around the $120 range.
[QUOTE=Lolkork;51120731]4gb is really as much as you need for single monitor 1080p gaming.[/QUOTE] and i know plenty of people who have a 970 who would disagree with you wholeheartedly.
[QUOTE=codemaster85;51121117]and i know plenty of people who have a 970 who would disagree with you wholeheartedly.[/QUOTE] i dunno man, im on a 960 "4"GB version and it's served me fine running a single monitor at 1080p do these plenty of people have extremely high standards?
I have a R9280x with only 3gb VRAM and can still run plenty of games at high settings. It's stupid to say "you should buy a gpu that can run games at a certain setting" since there's plenty of people that are on a budget and have to worry more about getting the most out of their budget first and foremost.
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;51119445]I disagree, value for the dollar is an important factor for me. Whenever I buy things, I do indeed have a budget. But I will sometimes go above that budget if the value increase is superb. If I'm looking for a card for $200, but a much, much better card is like $50 more, I'll absolutely spend up. Considering how much value each dollar gives you when making a purchase is an important consideration to make when shopping for anything. It's also important for people shopping in the high end. Unless you absolutely need the best of everything, if you're looking at spending like $200 more for a 10% increase in performance it's almost never worth spending the money.[/QUOTE] The thing is that video cards are almost always worth it since they perform different at the same workloads, bang for the buck only really matters when the end result is roughly the same. If your budget doesn't allow for an expensive videocard, will it really be worth it to buy the cheaper one, or is it really worth it to save some more so you can buy the more expensive one? Which one will keep you satisfied for longer? If you want that extra 10% in performance, you can't do anything about it but to buy the more expensive card, unless you want to crossfire or SLI, but that doesn't support all games, and even if it does, it might not support it very well. [editline]28th September 2016[/editline] What I'm saying is, is that bang for your buck shopping works well, when buying multiple of the same products scales well. This is not the case for videocards at all.
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