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[SGRU]

I can't find the PC gaming thread, but close or move this thread if needed...

I have a Intel Core i7-2600 with a ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB. I don't game on PC at all, except for a very few strategy games. I recently bought Age Of Empires: Definitive Edition (also AOE II DE) and it runs like shit lol. I have a 4K monitor and I want to play on it's native resolution, BTW.

I assume the problem is on the graphics card so the question is which card should I buy? I want to spend the absolute minimum (could be second hand?) and I want it to be as quiet as possible.

Thanks!

 

[ACESHIGH]

An RX 570 should be overkill for most 7th gen games at 4k.

 

[kiphalfton]

GTX 1070. Should be around $200 used, and is better than pretty much anything else around that price range. Go with either EVGA or MSI (don't go with PNY, Zotac, or Gigabyte).

 

[SGRU]

don't go with PNY, Zotac, or Gigabyte

Why not Gigabyte? I always had Gigabyte cards and I didn't noticed anything strange...

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

Why not Gigabyte? I always had Gigabyte cards and I didn't noticed anything strange...

Nothing wrong with Gigabyte. they are one of the high end premium brands up there with MSI/EVGA/Asus

PNY/Zotac are low end but aren't necessarily bad and great budget choices! OP did say they wanted to spend the absolute minimum so they would be ideal.

 

[Elektro Demon]

I suggest rx 580 but the 8 gb version. It's a fairly cheap card nowadays but for older games in 4k it's more then enough.

 

[PhillMeCream]

2070super

 

[Bonfires Down]

Checked out a few benchmarks and it seems like the optimization of that game is just shockingly bad. If they had put any effort into it then even your card should be able to run it at 4k. Not sure what card you'd need for AoE 4k but probably a more expensive one than you are hoping for.

 

[SGRU]

Checked out a few benchmarks and it seems like the optimization of that game is just shockingly bad. If they had put any effort into it then even your card should be able to run it at 4k. Not sure what card you'd need for AoE 4k but probably a more expensive one than you are hoping for.

Interesting. Can you share those benchmarks?

 

[Bonfires Down]

Interesting. Can you share those benchmarks?

 

[kiphalfton]

Why not Gigabyte? I always had Gigabyte cards and I didn't noticed anything strange...

I read lots of complaints about Gigabyte graphics card having either coil whine or high temps. That and dealing with their crappy RMA/customer service process, BUT that wouldn't really go into play here since OP is buying used and the graphics card is probably already be out of warranty (not that that should be a deciding factor either, since warranties don't transfer anyways). So it mainly comes down to the first two reasons.

But if the price is right for PNY, Zotac, or Gigabyte, say >25% less than MSI, EVGA, or Asus, I would probably get it.