Looking for recommendations for GPU please?

ShadowFax

Hi Guys,

Looking for some recommendations from people in the know.

Recently I purchased an ultrawide 21:9, 34" monitor and I am looking for help with what sort of GPU I should buy to get it up and running. Im looking around and am lost when trying to find a GPU that could do the job properly., there is that many of them about.


My spec is as follows:
Intel Core i7 2600K @ 3.40GHz
ASUSTeK Computer INC. Maximus IV GENE-Z Z68 (LGA1155)
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 668MHz
Antec TP-750, True Power 750 Watts

I intend on upgrading RAM to the near the max 32GB.

Budget around: €100-€200


Any help greatly appreciated
Rgds

Samuel T. Cogley

Really need a 1070ti as a minimum for 3440x1440 for 60fps gaming.

ShadowFax

Thanks for the reply Samuel.

Just to say, I'm not into gaming much, be using the monitor for graphics, some video editing on coding etc .... not really gaming

I think the Motherboard will only support PCI-E 2.0 x 16

Samuel T. Cogley

ShadowFax wrote: »

Thanks for the reply Samuel.

Just to say, I'm not into gaming much, be using the monitor for graphics, some video editing on coding etc .... not really gaming

Ah should be grand a 970 at that budget. R9-290/390 also but they can be loud.

ShadowFax

Thanks samuel.

Would you have a link to a 970?

Thanks alot for your help.

Samuel T. Cogley

https://www.adverts.ie/graphics-cards/msi-gtx-970-gaming-4g-gddr5/15200808

ShadowFax

Just looking at that card, its PCIe 3.0 x 16

The motherboard only supports PCIe 2.0 x 16

Donr think its compatible

Samuel T. Cogley

That's fine, PCIe 2.0 x 16 is the same bandwidth as PCIe 3.0 x 8 which is more than enough for a GTX970

TerrorFirmer

If it's not for gaming a €80 GT1030 will be perfectly fine.

JoyPad

If it's not for gaming, have you tried connecting the monitor to the onboard graphics card?
I'm currently without a proper GPU, but my motherboard has an onboard GPU good enough for day to day stuff at 1440p.
Maybe give it a shot before you spend any money.

ShadowFax

Thanka for all the info guys. Much appreciated.

Im presuming the 1030 will work woth the PCIe 2.0 mobo?

Thanks again

TerrorFirmer

Yes, it will be fine.

I assume you need a new card because the onboard video won't support the full resolution properly?

I don't know what software you are using but some may take advantage of a better GPU like a GTX1050Ti or GTX1060 3GB....or not at all or very little, either. It wouldn't be my area of expertise.

ShadowFax

Yep, HDMI in connection for the monitor. Need a card with hdmi.

I dont want anything fancy, just something thats not going to give me any grief!

As i said wont be gaming, just coding, graphics and video editing.

Il probably purchase a new pc soon so dont wanna spend too much.

I mostly use Linux, windows on very rare occassions

K.O.Kiki

Many graphics / video editing applications can use GPUs for hardware acceleration / encoding tasks.
So a GTX 1050 or RX 560D might be the way to go.

ShadowFax

Cheers KO

Are you talking about something like this?

https://www.adverts.ie/graphics-cards/palit-pci-e-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-stormx-4-gb-128-bit/15404041

ShadowFax

Just wondering guys, would this card do the job without giving me any grief?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/NVIDIA-GeForce-PH-GTX1050TI-4G-Express-Graphics/dp/B01MFBKRI5/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1526316286&sr=8-2&keywords=GeForce+GTX+1050


Thanks in advance.

K.O.Kiki

ShadowFax wrote: »

Just wondering guys, would this card do the job without giving me any grief?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/NVIDIA-GeForce-PH-GTX1050TI-4G-Express-Graphics/dp/B01MFBKRI5/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1526316286&sr=8-2&keywords=GeForce+GTX+1050


Thanks in advance.

I'd save a few bob & get a cheaper 2Gb model tbh.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-PH-GTX1050-2G-NVIDIA-GeForce-Graphics/dp/B01N6A538E/ref=sr_1_3?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1526316745&sr=1-3&keywords=GeForce+GTX+1050
https://www.amazon.co.uk/EVGA-GeForce-Support-Graphics-02G-P4-6150-KR/dp/B01MCY4BZM/ref=sr_1_16?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1526316745&sr=1-16&keywords=GeForce+GTX+1050

ShadowFax

Is there much of a noticeable difference in the 2GB and 4GB?

Thanks

K.O.Kiki

ShadowFax wrote: »

Is there much of a noticeable difference in the 2GB and 4GB?

Thanks

Oops just noticed that you'd actually linked a 1050 Ti!
Go ahead and get that one (Asus £150).

ShadowFax

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Oops just noticed that you'd actually linked a 1050 Ti!
Go ahead and get that one (Asus £150).

Cool.

So that should work OK with my mobo PCI-e 2.0 x 16?

Samuel T. Cogley

ShadowFax wrote: »

Cool.

So that should work OK with my mobo PCI-e 2.0 x 16?

Yep

ShadowFax

Thanks for all the help guys.

Much appreciated