Hardware & Technical Best Graphics Card for ED?

I just got my Geforce GTX 970 and it's supposed to be great bang for bucks, but I still only get ~50 fps in stations. Might have to upgrade my CPU and motherboard / ram...

For the Oculus Rift I might upgrade to dual 970 SLI.

That's more or less what I get on my GTX 780.

It's possible the game still needs more optimizations. Especially in stations.
 
Why there is a slowing down FPS in space station ? Too many things to be managed in the space station ?

Yeah lots of little separate things to render and animation and also more dust / atmospheric effects. Space is easy to render. So they optimize frame rate / quality for combat in space and naturally space stations are going to suffer then.
 
dont forget you can oc the balls of most of the 970s.

apparently many - the MSI aftermarket cooler ones especially - are hitting upto 1500mhz on boost!.

sweet, just bought one of those.. :)
new rig for ED consists of..

I7 4970K
Asus Maximus Vii Hero
16G Corsair vengance 2400
Corsair H90 water
Roccat Mk Pro K/B
Nvidia GTX 970

not tried it yet, still on installs..
:)
1500mhz oc wow :)
 
Yeah lots of little separate things to render and animation and also more dust / atmospheric effects. Space is easy to render. So they optimize frame rate / quality for combat in space and naturally space stations are going to suffer then.

Thank you for the informations

:)
 
wait FlannelBeard!
the NVIDIA 960 is out next month, it'll b cheaper than 970, so could be worth looking into.
I'm also shopping for a new graphics card (building a new rig especially for the elite dangerous full release!)
 
also, have U read about g-sync, adaptive/free-sync?
these monitors have a variable (all other monitors are fixed) refresh rate that matches the variable output of your graphics card!
I'm considering the gtx 960 + g-sync monitor with 1440p 144hz :D
 
I just got my Geforce GTX 970 and it's supposed to be great bang for bucks, but I still only get ~50 fps in stations. Might have to upgrade my CPU and motherboard / ram...

For the Oculus Rift I might upgrade to dual 970 SLI.

Wow! Only ~50 fps in stations on a brand spanking new GTX 970!?! :eek: That means Frontier devs have a lot to optimize. Which is great news, actually. It means my GTX 750 Ti will probably go up from the current ~30fps in stations.
 
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Yup agreed the 700 series from nVidea have been discontinued and the 970 cards out perfrom the 770 and some of the overclocked ones beat the 780 so that I why I suggested the new 970.

But waiting a couple of months is your best bet as I expect there to be a 980 Ti out which may shuffle prices about.

Also the newer cards are also a lot more power effecient running at 150W rather than 250W which means less heat in your case as well as power consumption and you can run it off a 500W power supply.
Your post was very conservative - The stock 970 outperforms the 780 by a margin, and the OC models out perform the 780ti and match the stock 980...

Its a beast and a steal for the price (comparatively).
 
AMD are supposed to be announcing new cards today as well. At the start of the month Toms hardware will have a new chart up and a new "best gfx cards for the money" article. which will also shake up their current gfx hierarchy table at the top end. I'm personally upgrading from a 6804gb to a 970 this weekend but I also have a 660 which maxed elite out (except in stations) " 60fps 1920x1080 albeit with reduced draw distance and debris limit.

I'd personally add another $100 and grab a 970 as it should give you better bang for the buck in the long run. I'm planning on one 970 now and another in a couple of months so I can use the sli optimizations with the rift when the drivers support it.
 
Wow! Only ~50 fps in stations on a brand spanking new GTX 970!?! :eek: That means Frontier devs have a lot to optimize. Which is great news, actually. It means my GTX 750 Ti will probably go up from the current ~30fps in stations.

And Frontier delivers! Now I get 45 fps in stations in Beta 2. If this trend continues, I will not need to upgrade my GPU at all :)

But, on the other hand, this might change once they implement proper anti-aliasing. I don't think the GTX 750 Ti will be able to pull off decent AA in 1080p. But we'll see...
 
Well, I can't really give you an advice, because this is the first GPU I bought to play games on in about 12 years :) Having said that, the GTX 750 Ti has served me well. It draws only 60W at full blast, it's quiet and the price was good, too. And it runs ED on high settings in 1080p with 45fps in station.
 
The 750 Ti has a very good reputation. This is a powerful card

QFT for a cheap and cheerful card yes and it around the £100 mark give or take a tenner, but I would wait a little longer and spend £50-£60 to get a 760 or even stretch £70-£80 for a R9 285, but that me

So whats the best 'Budget' GPU for ED?

(When I say budget I mean £100-£150)

£100-£150 GTX 750 TI or certain GXT 760 brands, if you can push a little more an AMD R9 285 is very good card for it price, if you push to £180 to £200 GTX 770

Thank you, and all, for taking the time to write and help me out. TheDoctor seems to have hit the nail on the head.

I've decided to make the jump and sacrifice another $100, which would have gone into savings this month, to pick up a ~$330 card.

I did find this ... video card benchmarks ... might not be 100% accurate but it gives me a great place to start. Right now I'm looking at the cards GTX 770, and R9 290.

I won't make a decision for at least 20-25 days, so I have some time to see if anything price drops.

If you are going to wait a month you might as well wait for the Christmas/new Sales, with that set aside the 770 is cheaper the R9 290 is more powerful, but looking at newegg and overclockers it seems that the GTX 970 is cheaper and a superior card over the AMD R9 290.
 
I got a GTX 970 today.

With my old 650 SC sitting in the hanger underground 1080p no AA everything else maxed my 650 SC got 22 - 25fps.

Tried my 970 and it gets 90 - 95 fps depending on which of the four AA settings you choose. So close to 400% difference.
 
I'm currently using a GXT 760 after my GTX 670 conked out, the 760 is a good card, but the R9 285 is a simlar price and is a better card as shown is this article

Getting a dead page from the link.

I did research on various video cards, but along with being up to the job, I was also specifically looking for something from Asus.

Partly because I have an Asus MB and also because Asus are very reliable,

Sadly, I had three non-functioning cards, the last two from Sapphire which was, as I recall an R9.

But please check things out for yourself, You don't spend or even have that much to spend, very often.
 
Getting a dead page from the link.

I did research on various video cards, but along with being up to the job, I was also specifically looking for something from Asus.

Partly because I have an Asus MB and also because Asus are very reliable,

Sadly, I had three non-functioning cards, the last two from Sapphire which was, as I recall an R9.

But please check things out for yourself, You don't spend or even have that much to spend, very often.

Here the link I'm also fix the dead one :)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonev...ers-new-amd-radeon-285-versus-nvidia-gtx-760/

It quite funny because my 670 was a Asus & I find MSI very reliable :)
 
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