Basic used graphics card 1080p, 3-4Gb min really for an 8yr old CPU and 8yr old Kid!

[Duckboy79]

I'm giving my 7yr old son (for his birthday) my trusty old Asus P8Z77-M pro, 3770k @4.3 (delided), 16gb ddr3 1866. 250gb M.2 NVMe(bios boot mod), 500Gb SSD. 550w 46amp XFX Psu

It's still a little sick system and I put it in a nice little Cheap M Aero cool RGB case, glass panel etc, some Aero cool Blue led fans, I'll add a RGB cpu Cooler Later..... its stock

Now the hard part! A Graphics card!, what hell should I buy?!?!, it needs to be cheap!, mine craft, etc etc.

I would really like something with 3Gb+ but not a powerfull card, just so the textures are good 30fps+ on a 1080p 60hz monitor

Something around the HD 7850 2gb maybe but with more vram?, I'm really not sure on what to get this system on the cheap.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

GPUs with less than 4GB of VRAM are apparently not as much in demand from miners. Perhaps look at a secondhand RX470 4GB or GTX1060 3GB??

[ik9000]

Prices have gone chuffing mental though even on those lowly cards as people start to realise there is a void to fill.

[spacein_vader]

Prices have gone chuffing mental though even on those lowly cards as people start to realise there is a void to fill.

You're not wrong. Last week I ebayed a 4gb RX480 for £157, approximately £7 more than I bought it for new 6 years ago.

[jimbouk]

Maybe keep an eye out on eBay for refurbished or Amazon warehouse deals? Picked up a returned RX 580 from Amazon cheaper than a refurb, condition was good. CEX? Or try a wanted post here?

[wazzickle]

Having looked around for a friend recently I came to the conclusion that the only reasonable options are to buy all-in-one systems right now. Lots of very good value second-hand options on ebay for instance. I would save your system for another use, personally, or buy an all-in-one and swap out the graphics card if you can find a suitable arrangement.

[DanceswithUnix]

A 2GB card should be fine for Minecraft. My kids used to play it on an R7 360 and R9 285 which were both 2GB cards.

But I think the answer is "whatever the heck you can get hold of". Last card I got was an RX 550 at work, and that was horribly expensive for what it is.

[Duckboy79]

Yeah, by the looks of it I think I'm going to have to hit lucky on gumtree, crapbook market etc etc, dire times indeed......

[Duckboy79]

Hmmm, if anyone finds anything worth a cheap punt.

[Percy1983]

My 5 year olds pc has an 9 290 in which I got for £40 over a year ago, seems these have even gone up on ebay etc.

Funnily his is a clocked 8320 with 16gb 1866mhz ram, he likes the lego games etc and has a 1440p freesync monitor which works great, frame rates seem smooth enough with no tearing etc.

[tazzrats]

I've seen some 4GB GTX 760's going for £50-£80 on eBay if that helps?

970's are going for 130+, it's madness!