Looking for videocard for older desktop

[SHRED]

I'm running Win10 and my ATI Radeon HD 4870 is not supported very well.

Are PCI-E card versions backward compatible?

Any suggestions for a comparable or faster card that does support Win 10 drivers?

Also...my current card only supports up to Direct X 10 I believe.

[eppur_se_muova]

1. Not a Windows person, but I can recommend gpureview.com ...

start here, for example: http://www.gpureview.com/superlatives.php

If you're interested in a particular card, you can search for it:
http://www.gpureview.com/radeon-hd-4870-card-564.html

I don't see where to get any info about drivers, except for the review themselves (bottom of the table), and I can't see how to find the most recent reviews.

Maybe you should go to Radeon's web site to look for drivers. That's what I did for Nvidia cards/drivers.

[SHRED]

2. thanks

My card isn't supported under Win10.

I sent an email to AMD requesting a comparable card that does.

[Egnever]

3. There are tons of them what are you using it for?

[SHRED]

4. Gaming once in a blue moon...

...but mostly light video processing, picture viewing, and general computing.
My system is a bit old.

2.4ghz Q6600 quad Intel CPU
Gigabyte GA P35 DS3l mobo
8g RAM
Win10

[Egnever]

5. Do you have a price range you are looking to hit?

[SHRED]

6. about $100

[Egnever]

7. Duh I am an idiot

Should have just pointed you here in the first place.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-gpus,4380.html#p1

Those guys test cards every day. They have break downs for just about every price point as well


Should have just thrown out that link in the first place

[SHRED]

8. Thanks!!!

[SHRED]

10. I think I found a smoking deal @ $89

http://www.frys.com/product/8797561

Review
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_950/

[Egnever]

11. Yup looks like a solid card for the money.

Should cover your needs no problem.

Keep in mind that is the version with no power connector and it is throttled to achieve that. The reviews I am reading on it seem to indicate that is not much of an issue as long as you aren't trying to get ultra settings at 1080 in grafics heavy games.

People report being able to get good results at 1080 in high settings in almost everything though so with your occasional gaming I would guess it will chew up anything you throw at it.

[SHRED]

12. I got it rocking

Turned up HL2 full highest settings.
Didn't even blink.



I may get the game Fallout. Looks interesting. I mainly like the graphics. Walking around in other worlds. The shooting part distracts me at times but it can be fun too...LOL.

[Egnever]

15. Nice!

I think you made a good choice.

[SHRED]

16. I did two things that really helped this older PC

A new Samsung 500gb SSD hard drive and this video card.

It's like a new computer. Faster than it every was.

[Egnever]

17. SSD's are great upgrades

More bang for your buck performance wise than almost anything else.

Well done you should be good now for a few years.

[steve2470]

9. try here

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709%204025%204026%204027%204093&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=RATING&PageSize=36

If you cannot find the info you need, just ask a question at the appropriate link or use the link Egnever gave you. Good luck!

[BlueStateLib]

13. I use Radeon R9 270x ~$100

[SHRED]

14. That looks like a good card

I got a GTX 950 today.

http://www.frys.com/product/8797561