Best Budget Graphics

[Mars]

want to run HLL in epic in 1080p but don't want to spend a ton of money any suggestions

[seanjo]

Used or refurbished model that's a few years old but was top of the range?

[Mars]

Originally posted by seanjo:

Used or refurbished model that's a few years old but was top of the range?

Not spending more than $500 but happier under $400

currently got an i7-5820k, x99s sli plus motherboard, 1660ti

[Hugh G Rection]

Originally posted by Mars:

Originally posted by seanjo:

Used or refurbished model that's a few years old but was top of the range?

Not spending more than $500 but happier under $400

currently got an i7-5820k, x99s sli plus motherboard, 1660ti

Try to find you a used 2080 (ti) if possible. if not get yourself one of those 12gb vram 3060's . Do NOT buy a 4060 unless it's heavily discounted.

[Mars]

Originally posted by Hugh G Rection:

Originally posted by Mars:

Not spending more than $500 but happier under $400

currently got an i7-5820k, x99s sli plus motherboard, 1660ti

Try to find you a used 2080 (ti) if possible. if not get yourself one of those 12gb vram 3060's . Do NOT buy a 4060 unless it's heavily discounted.

Any opinions on amd 6700xt. Saw you could get a brand called xfx and are selling the 6700xt for $329

[Hugh G Rection]

Originally posted by Mars:

Originally posted by Hugh G Rection:

Try to find you a used 2080 (ti) if possible. if not get yourself one of those 12gb vram 3060's . Do NOT buy a 4060 unless it's heavily discounted.

Any opinions on amd 6700xt. Saw you could get a brand called xfx and are selling the 6700xt for $329

Honestly that's excellent value for performance

[PatriX]

I have heard that people with a new generation pc get too trigger happy.. runnin games on 40-60 fps does the job, as for HLL, you will be blasting roars with a mash up of medium to high settings. With view distance on epic.. be mindfull of great Midday visibility maps. I5-4460 that have been taken care of with a 1060 GTX ssd... get your creativity up to date.

[Mars]

Originally posted by PatriX:

I have heard that people with a new generation pc get too trigger happy.. runnin games on 40-60 fps does the job, as for HLL, you will be blasting roars with a mash up of medium to high settings. With view distance on epic.. be mindfull of great Midday visibility maps. I5-4460 that have been taken care of with a 1060 GTX ssd... get your creativity up to date.

thx for the info

[ne_propheta]

But... having video settings at LOW wouldn't help to better spot people in the bushes or something like that?

[RoofKorea=BestKorea]

Originally posted by Mars:

Originally posted by Hugh G Rection:

Try to find you a used 2080 (ti) if possible. if not get yourself one of those 12gb vram 3060's . Do NOT buy a 4060 unless it's heavily discounted.

Any opinions on amd 6700xt. Saw you could get a brand called xfx and are selling the 6700xt for $329

6750xtx has replaced it, its a good card for a great price. lots of vram.

[Marmy The Cat]

Running HLL in epic puts you at a play disadvantage.

But it seems there are not as many gains running most settings at the lowest one would think if that is your goal.

For 1080p, a or 2080(S) minimum, 3060 ideal. Looking forward a 6800xt or 3070(ti) will give you ~100fps on most maps when you get to 2k and even somewhat decent at 4k.

Quite a few gpu comparisons on youtube to help you choose, 60-70+fps should be your goal otherwise you will get the eventual gameplay killing frame drops, often when zooming in.

CPU does not have as much impact so gpu should be your financial focus.

[Ratz | Zak]

Originally posted by Mars:

Originally posted by seanjo:

Used or refurbished model that's a few years old but was top of the range?

Not spending more than $500 but happier under $400

currently got an i7-5820k, x99s sli plus motherboard, 1660ti

Unless you are upgrading you cpu, a 2000 series will probably be the upper limit your cpu can handle without bottlenecking.

[aftermath]

Just throwing this out there just in case....enabling G-sync does a hell of a difference, you'll need G-sync capable monitor of course but what many might not be aware of is that you NEED a DisplayPort cable to enable it.

I was able to run this game on my older 1660ti laptop version fairly well just tinkering with settings, so an actual 1660ti should do much better.

Anyway, on newgg there are plenty of RTX4060 around 300 USD. I wouldn't vouch for anything less (or whatever the AMD equivalent is). Going from 1660ti to 4060 is HUGE, speaking from my own experience.

[[OTG] floss_uk]

plays fine on a gtx 1070 1440p you can find one cheap

[T1E6X1]

Originally posted by Mars:

Originally posted by Hugh G Rection:

Try to find you a used 2080 (ti) if possible. if not get yourself one of those 12gb vram 3060's . Do NOT buy a 4060 unless it's heavily discounted.

Any opinions on amd 6700xt. Saw you could get a brand called xfx and are selling the 6700xt for $329

6700XT is pretty darn good at that price. If you have more money to spend you can snag an RX 6800 for just under $400.

I will say though, your CPU will likely be holding you back with a GPU upgrade.

[Hugh G Rection]

Originally posted by T1E6X1:

Originally posted by Mars:

Any opinions on amd 6700xt. Saw you could get a brand called xfx and are selling the 6700xt for $329

6700XT is pretty darn good at that price. If you have more money to spend you can snag an RX 6800 for just under $400.

I will say though, your CPU will likely be holding you back with a GPU upgrade.

tbf I run an i5 9600k with a 3090 lol . I see no problem here .