Need advice on buying a video card

Hi,

It's xmas time! I can spare around 2,000 PHP (~55 US Dollars) to finally free myself from 10fps (20fps in town).

Need help on buying a vid card.

Current build:
psu: Seasonic (S12II) 520watts PSU 80Plus Bronze
cpu: Intel Core i3 3220
mb: ASRock H77M
atx: NZXT Source 210 Elite PHP 1950
ram: Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz Blue for desktop (2x4gb )
ssd: Intel 330 Series 60gb sata3

This is the closest pc store to my hideout:
http://www.easypc.com.ph/index.php/site/mainlist_prod/3a7ef2d6ec9d1ae40c6bfe7c45809d94

Some of the offerings i can afford listed there:
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Sapphire R5-230 Videocard 1gb-64bit Pcie DDR3
Price: 2,050.00

Asus GT630 Videocard 1gb-64bit Kepler Pcie Ddr3
Price: 2,300.00

Inno3d GT630 Kepler Videocard 1gb-64bit Pcie Ddr3
Price: 2,375.00

Asus GT630 Videocard 2gb-64bit Kepler Pcie Ddr3
Price: 2,500.00

Palit GeForce GT630 Kepler Videocard 2gb-64 Pcie Ddr3
Price: 2,550.00

Palit GeForce GT730 Videocard 1gb-128bit Pcie Ddr3
Price: 2,550.00


2,500 is pushing it, but I can push it if it's worth it.

I did do my homework, but that was like 6mos ago. Can anyone give me advice?

Yep, this is a very budget build, good for new leagues! :)
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Last edited by ManicCompression on Dec 18, 2014, 3:20:07 AM
Doing a quick read on Tom's hardware, seems that this is the best option for me:
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Palit GeForce GT730 Kepler Videocard 1gb-64bit Pcie Ddr5
Price: 2,700.00

is it? is there any cheaper option? or any cheaper will not get you cap resist?
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Palit GeForce GT730 Kepler Videocard 1gb-64bit Pcie Ddr5 it is., found a good local review for it. I hope Palit is a reliable brand.
http://www.tipidpc.com/viewreview.php?id=1107
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Don't even consider for a second buying a GPU that is not GDDR5.
Last edited by Xendran on Dec 18, 2014, 11:08:00 AM
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Xendran wrote:
Don't even consider for a second buying a GPU that is not GDDR5.


Quick searching about DDR5 vs GDDR5, apparently there is no such thing as DDR5. People just short hand GDDR5 to DDR5.

http://superuser.com/questions/213210/gddr5-vs-ddr5-which-is-better
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I bought a r9 280, it was 230 us dollars, with a 30 dollar instant rebate, 3 free games (which totaled 100 dollars)and sold my old card for 100 bucks. so in short I got a really really good card for free.

I like the amd cards now, but don't get anything lower than a r9 series, if you can afford a 270 do it.
Man, a lot say I should save up for a better one.
But - this Intel HD 2500 will get me rip on Bloodlines.

I'm really itchin' to buy this GT 730 GDDR5 64bit one hour from now (end of office hours here)!

Please advise!
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Got the GPU, posted results here:
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1135995

Ty for all the replies!
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