Hello everyone!

I need some help choosing a new GPU for my pc.
Due to the incompetence of my government in economics, sadly, with my salary I cant afford a good / new GPU, which led me to have to search among some already used that were on offer, and I found 2 good options that werent so expensive and at least give me the opportunity to play some games that I could not play with the previous one I have.
The 2 choices are a Nvidia GForce GT 630 of 1 Gb RAM, and a MSI Ati R7770 of 1 Gb RAM, both were only used for 3 months... so I would like to ask opinions about both GPUs.

I know that R7770 is more powerfull than the GT630 (according to benchmark and friends comments), but i also have heard comments about overheating problems with the R7 series which can potentially damage the pc.
So as a fellow gamer, i come to humbly ask for help... which GPU should I buy?

EDIT1: Btw, if someone have another GPU recommendation, please let me know D:
EDIT2: Contacted the seller of the ATI R7770 and told me he already sell the GPU but forgot to delete the post, he offered me others GPUs for almost the same price... Radeon HD6450 (1Gb) and a Nvidia GT 640 (1Gb), im more inclined to the GT 640 since is way more than the 630 and 6450, but according to the benchmark it says the recommended processor is a I3-4130, but i have a Quad Core Q9400... does that mean the GPU will not work well in my pc?

Normally there should be a GA for gratitude, but I live in SA and not everyone could join the GA if I created one, so I apologize.

PD: Sorry for my bad english.

7 years ago*

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Which GPU should I buy?

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Nvidia GForce GT630 - 1 Gb RAM
MSI ATI Radeon R7770 - 1 Gb RAM

The R7770 is waaaaay better than the GT630, no matter what overheating issues it has. You could even downclock it to lower the temps and still get better performance

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Interesting, didnt know i could downclock it. Thanks for the info! D:

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Thanks for the tips D:

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I have a question, in the benchmark it says that the recommended processor is a I3-4130, what does that mean? I have a Quad Core Q9400

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It's a pity the R7770 is already sold. Like you said, I would recommend the 640 instead of the 630 or the 6450 (sidenote: my first upgrade was a 6450!). You don't need to worry about what they said about the recommended processor, the 640 will work fine with the Q9400. If you do have bottlenecking (I don't think you will), it will only be very minor and it's better to have a bottlenecked card than a weaker card if you're paying about the same for them

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Thanks a lot for the info!

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La ATI, pero eso aún es caro para mi en mi país, como semana y media de salario mínimo (sin gastar nada). Agregale aumento del dólar y menor poder adquisitivo.

¡Aguante Venezuela!

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Jajajaja, que suerte tiene, yo para comprar una tarjeta nueva necesito año y medio de salario minimo, y una usada 6 meses de salario minimo, ambas sin gastar nada D:

7 years ago
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Si es profesionista en Australia quieren recibir gente con título.

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Tengo 2 titulos jajaja pero lamentablemente tengo a mi familia aca y sin ellos no pudo irme D:

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¿Y que peros les ponen en Colombia para residir?

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Actualmente el gobierno tiene una friccion estupida con Colombia, la frontera con Colombia esta cerrada desde el domingo y por tiempo indefinido la embajada de colombia no estara aceptando inmigrantes de Venezuela en el pais, todo gracias al idiota que tengo de Presidente D:

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Let's hope your government isn't into spying on it's own citizens. >_>

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They are trying, the most notable are the new "modems", but they are too expensive for ppl to buy D:

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Of your current choices, I would go for the GT 640. However, I have to say that the 7770 that is already sold is way faster than all the other options. You may want to hold out for a better deal. None of your current options are what I would call great for gaming.

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The problem with waiting is that next year the prices will rise again, there is a lot of caos right now with the economy in my country and if i dont buy a GPU now i will have to save for another year and purchase another used GPU, and that time it will be more lower because the price will surelly increase 2 or 4 times. Right now, a year of wages is the only way to purchase a used GPU, for a new GPU you need to save 2 years of wages, and during that time the prices will increase again. The price of the GTX 1050 in my country is 9 years of wages D:

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That's horrific

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Yeah i know, last year i was going to purchase a I5 processor, but the price increase almost 10 times, and my savings didnt reach even for a I3, so i have to purchase this Quad Core, i dont complain, the pc is much more faster than before. At least that is something D:
Next year im going to try to purchase the I5 processor or a better GPU if i can find some good offers for used components D:

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Oh, right. Venezuela. Supposedly a failure of socialism but in reality a failure of economic diversification.

Just get the most powerful GPU you can afford. Compatibility is not an issue your and GPU will still likely be the bottleneck for most games.

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Actually, the country is a failure in both things D:

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I just meant that the failure was economic diversity and socialism itself can work if balanced and checked well with other systems; no single system is good enough all its own.

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