looking to upgrade video card and need help

[skrump]

Currently using an Evga Gtx 550 Ti attached to an Asus p8z68-v pro/gen3 with 16gb of ram and a 2nd gen i5-2500k "never been overclocked (top of the line when I built it many years ago)

It actually runs the new Mass effect Andromeda quite nicely other than an occasional screen freeze that only lasts 2-3 seconds
(during several hours of gaming)

I want to upgrade the video card but I've not kept up with computer hardware at all in many years so not sure exactly what options I have and I would like to spend no more than $150 (preferably for something that supports 4k resolutions as my monitor is actually a 55" 4k Visio television but 4k resolutions not mandatory for the upgrade.

Any recommendations would be much appreciated.

[Fascinate]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MG0733A/?tag=pcpapi-20

[Denpepe]

yeah, you are not going to get playable 4k frame rate with a 150$ GPU , above card is decent for the money.

[Fascinate]

Dont think they planned on 4k gaming, just a card that supports the resolution.

[Blackmist]

1050 Ti is probably the best you're going to get for $150, although I'd recommend you save more and get the 1060. Forget 4K gaming. It's not happening sub-$500.

[Vash The Stampede]

The RX 470 has 4GB of VRAM and will out do a 1050 Ti.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/xfx-hard...?skuId=5549800

[skrump]

The RX 470 has 4GB of VRAM and will out do a 1050 Ti.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/xfx-hard...?skuId=5549800

Notice that is pci express 3.0, My motherboard is 2.0. I know when it came to 2.0 and it's predecessor the newer cards were backward compatible "with a potential performance loss is that the case with 3.0 cards on 2.0 systems

[Lathais]

Notice that is pci express 3.0, My motherboard is 2.0. I know when it came to 2.0 and it's predecessor the newer cards were backward compatible "with a potential performance loss is that the case with 3.0 cards on 2.0 systems

They are still backward compatible and I do not think a 1050ti or a 470 will use near enough bandwidth to even fill the lanes on a 1.0 board, so 2.0 will be fine. Sure if you are running SLI 1080's/1080ti's or a Titan XP you might be bottlenecked by the bandwidth on 2.0, but I'm not even 100%% sure on that.

[Vash The Stampede]

Notice that is pci express 3.0, My motherboard is 2.0. I know when it came to 2.0 and it's predecessor the newer cards were backward compatible "with a potential performance loss is that the case with 3.0 cards on 2.0 systems

It won't do anything, trust me. The RX 470 will function just fine.

[Akainakali]

Notice that is pci express 3.0, My motherboard is 2.0. I know when it came to 2.0 and it's predecessor the newer cards were backward compatible "with a potential performance loss is that the case with 3.0 cards on 2.0 systems

There is a shockingly minimal effect on the performance of video cards until you get to a really bandwidth starved set up. Something like an x4 PCIe 1.0 or a 1x lane PCIe 3.0.

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/...caling/10.html

[Kagthul]

There is a shockingly minimal effect on the performance of video cards until you get to a really bandwidth starved set up. Something like an x4 PCIe 1.0 or a 1x lane PCIe 3.0.

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/...caling/10.html

It takes a 4x PCIe 3.0 lane to starve a GTX 1080, 1080Ti, or Titan X/Xp.

even a GTX 1070 doesn't get starved by a 4x lane.

a 16x 2.0 lane will be more than enough for any modern card.