So, i'm looking to upgrade my PC. It's an old one and i desperately need a new video card (for now). My motherboard is GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD5 (you can see the description below). My current video card is AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series (1 GB) and now I'm looking these 2 cards https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MFBKRI5/ref=psdc_430524031_t2_B00JR9KXZM https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MFBKRI5/ref=psdc_430524031_t2_B00JR9KXZM Which one to choose or if someone have any other suggestions, please share them.
P.S. I know i need to buy a new PC, but for now i can't.

• CPU
AM3+ Socket:
Support for AMD AM3+ FX processors
Support for AMD AM3 Phenom™ II processors / AMD Athlon™ II processors

• Hyper Transport Bus
5200 MT/s

• Chipset
North Bridge: AMD 990FX
South Bridge: AMD SB950

• Memory
4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory
Dual channel memory architecture
Support for DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules

• VGA

• Expansion Slots
2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2)
1 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x8 (PCIEX8)
2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x4 (PCIEX4_1, PCIEX4_2)
1 x PCI Express x1 slot
(All PCI Express slots conform to the PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
1 x PCI slot

Support for 2-Way/3-Way AMD CrossFireX™ and NVIDIA SLI™ technology

• Connectors
1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
1 x CPU fan header
2 x system fan headers
1 x power fan header
1 x front panel header
1 x front panel audio header
1 x S/PDIF Out header
3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
1 x USB 3.0/2.0 header
1 x IEEE 1394a header
1 x serial port header
1 x clearing CMOS jumper
1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header

• Storage Interface
South Bridge:
6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3_0~SATA3_5) supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices
Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID5, RAID 10 and JBOD

2 x Marvell 88SE9172 chips:
2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (GSATA3_6, GSATA3_7) supporting up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices
2 x eSATA 6Gb/s connectors on the back panel supporting up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices
Support for RAID 0 and RAID 1

• Audio
Realtek ALC889 codec
High Definition Audio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Support for Dolby Home Theater
Support for S/PDIF Out

• LAN
1 x Realtek RTL8111E chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

• Rear Panel I/O Ports
1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
1 x IEEE 1394 port
8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
2 x eSATA 6Gb/s connector
1 x RJ-45 port
6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)

• BIOS
2 x 32 Mbit flash
Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
Support for DualBIOS™
PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b

• Form Factor
ATX

6 years ago

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both same cards.

6 years ago
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You posted the same card twice.

6 years ago
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The 1050 is a much better card than the R7 240. The 240 was a low budget card and is nowadays even more outdated.
Go for the 1050 or if your budget allows it a 1060.

6 years ago
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Thank you. If there was enough budget, I'll probably buy brand new PC, but sadly It doesn't :D

6 years ago
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No problem!

6 years ago
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You posted the technical specs for your motherboard. But what CPU do you have? How much RAM?

6 years ago
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CPU: AMD FX-8320/3.5G/X8/BOX/AM3
RAM: CORSAIR 2x4GB Vengeance Blue LP DDR3 1600Mhz 1.5V

6 years ago
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Dont overdo it 1050 max 1050 ti , with better gpu you wil lpropably have bottlenieck from cpu...

6 years ago
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What's your budget? What you need the gpu for (what games you play, do you need it for video editing / CAD)?
What power supply do you have?

The 1050 Ti is a solid card and the price isn't too bad either. The 1060 3gb from same seller is a noticible upgrade over the 1050 Ti and it sells for a very reasonable price. However it does require pcie connector from your power supply (as well as powerful enough psu to run the system).

If you just want a plug and play solution, get the 1050 Ti.

Assuming you're from the UK and you're willing to give second hand GPUs a try, check out CEX. https://uk.webuy.com/search?categoryIds=892&categoryName=pci-express-graphics-cards

If you're not too fuzzed over graphics, a 750 Ti 2gb might be good enough for you. Those sell for 60 quid second hand. If you're wondering on the performance difference between cards, here are some good sites to look at: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html
https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/

Ultimately, the easiest way to check GPU performance is to just search youtube with your specs (ie. AMD FX-8320 GTX 1050 Ti)

Oh, and for gaming, the r7 240 is rubbish.

-J

6 years ago
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Well, i need better GPU for gaming and video editing. In fact i need a new PC and for around £1000 I can get much better PC, but I have other priorities :) In fact for just a day, last week, I "burned' £400 for nothing last week...

6 years ago
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Picking up a used 960 might be good for you, while you wait to get an entirely new computer.

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