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#245016 14-Jan-2019 13:24

HI all,

Not sure if this is the correct place to ask this,

I am looking to upgrade my graphics card, currently have a GTX 760 (2GB) and would like something like a GTX 1060 or so.

Got a young family and don't have a lot to spend on it, so was wondering if anyone is selling theirs or where to look to get one online?

Thanks in advance.

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#2160937 14-Jan-2019 13:44

TradeMe and/or Pricespy are usually a good start.

What is your actual budget, what sort of games do you play and what monitor/outputs do you have?

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#2160945 14-Jan-2019 13:58

i can help depending on where are you located.

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#2160972 14-Jan-2019 14:32

Before spending money on a new gfx card, might be idea to check what PC specs you currently have - throwing a new video card into an older spec PC does not fix all problems when it comes to gaming. A GTX760 is still a good card for a gaming system, I was on one until recently, unless youre intending on playing heavy graphics based games such as GTA5 etc. My daughter now uses my old card (and PC) to play Overwatch quite happily.

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#2160992 14-Jan-2019 14:58

I mainly play Rainbow 6 Siege on low/med graphic setting.

My setup is

ASRock Motherboard Z87 Extreme6

CPU - Intel i5 4670k (Haswell)

DDR3 24GB RAM

Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB

Based in Wellington.

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#2160999 14-Jan-2019 15:03

I have a EVGA 1060 3GB SC, want to upgrade to a 2060 soon so looking to get rid of my old card. How much were you looking to spend?

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#2161007 14-Jan-2019 15:20

Moved to the Offers and Wanted forum.

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#2161274 15-Jan-2019 08:09

gehenna:

Moved to the Offers and Wanted forum.

Looking at cards with 6gb ram at the moment, budget is about 450 give or take depending if I can find a good deal.

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#2161275 15-Jan-2019 08:15

You can pick them up for pretty cheap on Trademe.

For example, this one for $350: https://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/components/video-cards/pciexpress/listing-1910756412.htm

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#2161279 15-Jan-2019 08:38

you can get a GTX 1060 6gb for about $450 new

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#2161324 15-Jan-2019 09:11

Jase2985:

you can get a GTX 1060 6gb for about $450 new

Been looking on TradeMe this morning, i like to buy from shops as they come with warrenty. Has anyone bought a GPX from TradeMe before?

Issue I see at the moment, my CPU might underclock it a little as I only have a i5 4750k

Should be ok for a while though until I upgrade the CPU, saying that I will need to upgrade motherboard first before CPU.

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#2161328 15-Jan-2019 09:18

I have some RX580's I'm selling here if you aren't bothered by their history (all working fine) https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=77&topicid=245030

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#2161331 15-Jan-2019 09:27

uluxus:

I have some RX580's I'm selling here if you aren't bothered by their history (all working fine) https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=77&topicid=245030

I will take a look later, cheers. Will need to see what PSU I have as well, looks like hte RX580 requires more power.

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#2161336 15-Jan-2019 09:30

No worries, quick google came up with:

RX 580 - 500W min https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/asus-radeon-rx-580-strix-review,5.html

GTX 760 - 550W min https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/geforce-gtx-760-review,5.html

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#2161469 15-Jan-2019 12:22

Didnt nVidia launch a new range of graphics cards at CES just recently. I seem to remember somthing about a budget RTX card.

And as already suggested, one has to make sure ones current system has the necessary requirements to run the card.

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#2161560 15-Jan-2019 14:28

uluxus:

No worries, quick google came up with:

RX 580 - 500W min https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/asus-radeon-rx-580-strix-review,5.html

GTX 760 - 550W min https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/geforce-gtx-760-review,5.html

I was running a GTX 760 on less than 550W, and pretty sure the PSU powering it in my daughters PC is only 400W.

Those recommendations are more for covering their own butt I think to avoid anyone going "its not working".

XPD / Gavin

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