Price range is anything up to around £100 really but ideally it'd be closer to £50 bc I need to save atm

Second hand preferred as I don't want to spend much. I don't really care about playing graphics intensive games at high settings for now, just need something that will (hopefully) last the GPU shortage.

Preferably AMD as my monitor is freesync, and something that can handle two monitors (or should I just plug the other into mobo? Idk)

I mostly play League with my gf so it needs to handle that and preferably at 60fps (low settings is fine), other than that the most graphics intensive games I'll probably play would be No Man's Sky, Dark Souls 3 but I don't mind much if it can't handle them.

The most important thing is that it can play games smoothly and will last at least a year or so. I don't know much about different GPUs as I only dip my head into that world when I want to upgrade.

All help is greatly appreciated, pls save me from the embarrassment of barely being able to play Terraria while my gf has a setup that slaps games around on ultra 1440p 144fps :(

  • medium_adult_son [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I got a used RX 570 that got me through hard times while my GPU broke, was damaged in shipping, and I had to file a shipping insurance claim and wait for all of that to settle 😤

    I spent way too much on it, fuck coin miners, but I had it planned out with a friend to sell it to them as part of a decent gaming PC I built them.

    The 570 allowed me to play Valheim with most settings turned down all the way at 60 fps. Idk about No Man's Sky or DS3, but there is probably a website that will tell you how many fps a game will get on specific GPUs.

    Edit: I see you mentioned league. It still smashed 120 fps with a few settings turned down slightly.

    Also, I just checked and GPUs are even more expensive now, wtf. An rx 560 would be a better price, and should still play league and well-optimized games on low at 60 fps. If getting a lower-end card, at least get a newer model so more features are supported.

    • cresspacito [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Might be getting an RX550 from a guy. It's not ideal but it's cheap, not that used and he has proof it works. Sucks compared to my dead one but it should manage looking at benchmarks for it