No idea where this can go as this isn't about other games...but its about games. Sorta. And I can't find any sub forum that this would fit. Unless I'm blind and missed it (though I scanned through twice, but my eyesight is bad
I look in the fridge for milk. And then go buy milk only to see it was right in front of me already in the fridge xD).
Doesn't matter if its Nvidia or AMD or whatever. I've always tended to go with Nvidia, but I'm not set on anything. I've had better experience with Nvidia, but I'll go AMD if its a good card and better for the money. It can go slightly past 200 or below, but that is kinda the soft limit. I can't afford a brand new expensive graphics card.
My "old" Geforce GTX260 896MB died the other day. It was only like 4 or so years old. I've been wanting to upgrade my graphics card anyway. I could play most of anything on my graphics cards...I couldn't play Witcher 2 on max (without mods) and Skyrim was rather slow for me on max as well. However, I love pimping out Skyrim (and Witcher 2) with tons of graphics mods. I'm in beta for a Witcher 2 mod (using the new mod kit) that requires a min of a 2gb graphics card. But the forest the mod creator made is intense. My graphics card just couldn't take it. I play a Skyrim mod that isn't playable on anything less than a 1.5 GB graphics card and really 2gb is needed and highly recommended by him. I have a GTAIV collection of mods someone gathered together (and all made to work), that again need a 2gb graphics card (though 1.5 GB if I lower the settings and resolution).
Now I've had a few recommendations. My dad found a couple, and I've been talking to another tech guy. But I would rather get a larger opinion of advice. The tech guy doesn't like nvidia, which isn't a problem really (like I say, I don't stick with just one company)...but I'd like to get a bigger thought process of a good card. Talking to one guys opinion doesn't give an idea of anything.
Dad found:
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GTX650Ti-SuperClocked-Dual-Link-Graphics/dp/B00BZB0I3W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369060851&sr=8-1&keywords=GTX+650+Ti+BOOST+2GB+192-bitTech guy I talk to said they misadvertised and it doesn't actually use the 2gb or something. The memory channels are mismatched. So it doesn't fully utilize them. So if I'm playing the witcher 2 mod I'm in beta for, and the Skyrim mod, both will use the peak 2gb of the video card. So I don't know if that would be a problem or not.
And the tech guy recommended:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202025No idea how that one is. But he said it was a lot better than the Nvidia one.
However, if there is one better for the price range (and has 2gb ram)...feel free to share it. Or your thoughts on the two above.
Thanks