New to PC gaming, needs some help

[tonedeff]

Hey MyBroadband, first of all, im not a gamer. I have a xbox which i have probably played 6 times in the past 2 years, and so decided to let my live lapse.

I do enjoy a bf4 game every now and then, and so I am contemplating buying a gfx card for my PC rather. Currently i have no card, running onboard, and i have no idea where to start looking. Once again, this card will probably play 4 hours of bf in its life, so i dont want to spend a **** load of cash on it.

I was looking at the gigabyte R7 240, i see takealot has it for 970, will this suffice?

Here is the rest of my PC specs.

Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz
8 GB RAM
Windows 10
4x HDD (3x1TB,1x2TB)
Power Supply came with coolermaster case, its a 450w, which i probably also will have to upgrade?

Any help, suggestions and free cards will be appreciated

Thanks!

 

[Pitbull]

Hey MyBroadband, first of all, im not a gamer. I have a xbox which i have probably played 6 times in the past 2 years, and so decided to let my live lapse.

I do enjoy a bf4 game every now and then, and so I am contemplating buying a gfx card for my PC rather. Currently i have no card, running onboard, and i have no idea where to start looking. Once again, this card will probably play 4 hours of bf in its life, so i dont want to spend a **** load of cash on it.

I was looking at the gigabyte R7 240, i see takealot has it for 970, will this suffice?


Here is the rest of my PC specs.

Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz
8 GB RAM
Windows 10
4x HDD (3x1TB,1x2TB)
Power Supply came with coolermaster case, its a 450w, which i probably also will have to upgrade?

Any help, suggestions and free cards will be appreciated

Thanks!

Just get a decent GPU and you will not have to worry about gaming issues going forward. You have a solid CPU and enough RAM. Get a nice GFX card like maybe a R9 270 or R9 290 and you won't need to bother with a GPU again for at least 4 years or so.

Edit: O and yes, upgrade the PSU

 

[MaxH]

check out http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

then look at recommended cards for BF4 (or newer games), and then find a good price/value offering.

 

[ponder]

Does you PSU have a 6 or 8 pin pcie power connector for a gpu?

If it does you can get a gtx960 gpu which will be fine with that psu, anything more and you will have to upgrade the psu http://www.wootware.co.za/galax-96n...it-pci-express-3-0-desktop-graphics-card.html

The R7 240 you mentioned simply won't cut it.

 

[sybertiger]

the new 950 will be in stores soon,looked at a review,and its so close to a 960,

depending on the price, a 950 may be a better price to performance choice

edit: found this
http://www.evetech.co.za/PC-Hardware/msi-gtx-950-1305.aspx

 

[maxum]

What's your budget? Give us an idea of what you're willing to spend and it'll be easier to advise.

 

[Drifter]

the new 950 will be in stores soon,looked at a review,and its so close to a 960,

depending on the price, a 950 may be a better price to performance choice

edit: found this
http://www.evetech.co.za/PC-Hardware/msi-gtx-950-1305.aspx

In recent reviews they found the 960 to be a way better option, it's only about R200 more than the 950.

See here:

http://mygaming.co.za/news/hardware/80451-locally-the-gtx-950-just-isnt-worth-it.html