Is the 4770 a good budget upgrade to my 3850?

[z0mbi3]

I'm just looking for something to give me a little boost over my 3850, I'm wary of budget and power usage.

What do you reckon?:

 

[raaamcomputerma]

Why don't you spend the money on a better processor! Your PSU is fine for that card though. And 4770 from 3850 is a nice increase.

 

[cmndr_andi]

To the above poster, a 3Ghz Core 2 Duo is perfectly fine in modern games.

As the Op likely already knows, a new GPU is going to yield the biggest improvement in gaming perfromance.

The 4770 is a good card, but at this price point I would suggest look towards the 4850. It is £6 more expensive and performs a good chunk better.

If you can reach a bit further, the 4870 is a great price these days and performs very well.

 

[reflux]

Yeah, 4850 if you can. Twice as fast as a 3850.

 

[queamin]

If you going to keep the card a while it maybe be worth getting the dx11 card if you can strech to it,if dx11 don't bother you then a 4850 will be a good boost

 

[z0mbi3]

It depends if I can pick up a 4850 cheap or not really. I'll keep my eye out anyway.

Thanks.

 

[HeX]

It depends if I can pick up a 4850 cheap or not really. I'll keep my eye out anyway.

Thanks.

There has been a fair few 4850's going in the BST forum for around £60 with 3rd party coolers.

 

[MrMoses]

No! get it brand new, better on warranty ....................

 

[bifday2k]

As some one said get the 4850 as its 2 x the 3850 i thought id be abit silly and link to this lol.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-194-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=708