Best video card at ~ $150 for 4K

[Tommyudo]

Hi All,

I just bought a Dell P2715Q monitor and it came with a $150 Dell Gift Card, that I want to put towards a graphics card to drive it. PC is a Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF, 4790, 16GB RAM, SSD in a Fractal Designs tower running Windows 8.1. I mostly do Lightroom and Photoshop but would be interested in some racing games. The Dell Monitor has Displayport 1.2 and can do 60HZ over it. What's the sweet spot for someone like me?

Thanks,

Tom

 

[96Firebird]

Unfortunately, a $150 video card is not going to play games at 4K well, even racing games. A $650 video card can barely play 4K games well, and can barely get 60FPS in racing semi-sims like Project CARS at 4K. If you want to play older racing games (like GRID 2) at 4K, you'll be averaging 35FPS with cards that go for $150.

$150 just isn't enough to push that many pixels.

 

[LTC8K6]

Ooops, NV thread.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Unfortunately, 96Firebird is correct; you're not going to get 4K gaming performance out of a $150 graphics card, period. But you can always play at a lower resolution (1080P) and have it blown up across the screen. Will it look as good as something at 4K? Not in a million years. But the technology to push that many pixels in 3D gaming is, at this point, prohibitively expensive for your budget.

Does the Dell gift card have to be used at the Dell store? That's really going to limit your options.

 

[Tommyudo]

I understand that a $150 card will not play games effectively at 4k. My primary goal here is to be able to work in Lightroom and Photoshop at 4K, 60hz over DisplayPort. Right now I'm connected over HDMI using the 4600 Intel graphics built into my 4790 and that will only do 30hz.

Thanks,

Tom

 

[burninatortech4]

A r7 260x or 750ti should work fine for 4k 60hz with DP 1.2

 

[Flapdrol1337]

Does the Dell gift card have to be used at the Dell store? That's really going to limit your options.

Yeah, it's hard to even find graphics cards, as they want you to select your system first etc etc.

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...s&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=A8185723&mfgpid=204118

not sure if the link will work, it's a $200 960

 

[RandallFlagg]

Yeah, it's hard to even find graphics cards, as they want you to select your system first etc etc.

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...s&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=A8185723&mfgpid=204118

not sure if the link will work, it's a $200 960

If you can do the extra $50, the 960 is your best bet. While it won't do serious 4k gaming, it does have hdmi 2.0 for 60 fps 4k and is the only card with 4k decode in hardware. It also has low power consumption and will thus work in most OEM PCs without having to buy a new power supply.

 

[crashtech]

I have a nice 750ti for sale!

 

[iSkylaker]

I have a nice 750ti for sale!

Do you accept Dell Gift cards?

 

[crashtech]

For a premium, maybe... PM me.

 

[iSkylaker]

For a premium, maybe... PM me.

Not me haha, but OP is going to pay for the GPU with one DELL GC.

 

[crashtech]

Oops, missed that... :$

 

[Tommyudo]

Thanks everyone, I'll stretch to the 960 and see how it works.

Tom