Which card do I upgrade to?

arc@css · 13 Jan 2014 at 19:26

No chance of a bottleneck.

LtMatt · 13 Jan 2014 at 19:28

Tom_D said:
I need to be 100% sure that will run with my PSU though. Seems to be a few split opinions here?

Also, that won't bottleneck my CPU will it like the 7850 did with my i3 3220?

LtMatt said:
No an i5 4650k Haswell will not bottleneck either gpu. The 780 and 290 have similar power requirements, so if one will work fine, so will the other. Anyone suggesting otherwise is talking out their rear end.

Go for the 290. Its cheaper, faster and you want to experience BF4 at the highest settings with the best performance and to do that you'll need a AMD GPU and Mantle.

I pulled this quote from Shocky who has the Nvidia version of the card i recommended to you Tom.

Shocky-FM said:
I have the MSI GTX780 Gaming Edition and the cooler is fantastic, I haven't heard to peep out of it and it keeps things nice and cool.

290/290X with same cooler will be a great combination.

Drake5 · 13 Jan 2014 at 19:28

Cheers guys, it's not something I will pick up straight away but it'll be in the next few weeks. Hope the price stays the same, if it doesn't I'll still get it anyway.

PC's are expensive... But fun.

LtMatt · 13 Jan 2014 at 19:29

Tom_D said:
Cheers guys, it's not something I will pick up straight away but it'll be in the next few weeks. Hope the price stays the same, if it doesn't I'll still get it anyway.

PC's are expensive... But fun.

You're in for some performance upgrade.

Drake5 · 13 Jan 2014 at 19:32

LtMatt said:
You're in for some performance upgrade.

After this I need to stop spending! I will be bankrupt soon!

I hope that card will fit in my Antec one case!

Thanks again for all your help.

LtMatt · 13 Jan 2014 at 19:33

Tom_D said:
After this I need to stop spending! I will be bankrupt soon! I hope that card will fit in my Antec one case!

Thanks again for all your help.

Let us know how you get on.

AMD cards come with lifetime technical support from me.

Drake5 · 17 Jan 2014 at 16:25

You are 10000000000% sure I won't need a new PSU LtMatt? I won't be 'pushing it' will? Especially since I'm now overclocked to 4.2Ghz...

Gregster · 17 Jan 2014 at 16:34

LtMatt said:
No an i5 4650k Haswell will not bottleneck either gpu. The 780 and 290 have similar power requirements, so if one will work fine, so will the other. Anyone suggesting otherwise is talking out their rear end.

Go for the 290. Its cheaper, faster and you want to experience BF4 at the highest settings with the best performance and to do that you'll need a AMD GPU and Mantle.

If You have ordered Tom, better order a new PSU as well or hope yours holds out.

Stanners · 17 Jan 2014 at 16:36

Is the black screen issue sorted now, I have not read the thread for a while. If not it is something to be aware of.

Gregster · 17 Jan 2014 at 16:41

Stanners said:
Is the black screen issue sorted now, I have not read the thread for a while. If not it is something to be aware of.

No, new reports every day of the same black screen issues.

Drake5 · 17 Jan 2014 at 16:41

No, I haven't ordered yet Gregster. I won't be ordering until a couple of weeks.

What wattage PSU should I be going for then? I'm still not 100% comfortable on spending nearly £400 on a graphics card especially as I need to buy a new PSU...

What options do I have?

Gregster · 17 Jan 2014 at 16:46

Tom_D said:
No, I haven't ordered yet Gregster. I won't be ordering until a couple of weeks.

What wattage PSU should I be going for then? I'm still not 100% comfortable on spending nearly £400 on a graphics card especially as I need to buy a new PSU...

What options do I have?

I know you want to upgrade and I understand that but I implore you to grab a PSU if you are getting that 290.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-SF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2057

And why not source a cheaper card from the MM? I am sure in the coming weeks, you can get something proper worthy of switching out your 7850 for much less. EVGA for instance allows the warranty to carry over to the new owner. That would give you peace of mind.

Nickolp1974 · 17 Jan 2014 at 16:48

cheaper 780 here and its a lightning!!! may do it without the block!!

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18573376

Drake5 · 17 Jan 2014 at 16:49

Gregster said:
I know you want to upgrade and I understand that but I implore you to grab a PSU if you are getting that 290.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-SF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2057

And why not source a cheaper card from the MM? I am sure in the coming weeks, you can get something proper worthy of switching out your 7850 for much less. EVGA for instance allows the warranty to carry over to the new owner. That would give you peace of mind.

Yeah, if I get a PSU at least I know it'll be more than capable. Think it would be worth getting a 290 from the MM in order to save a few pennies? And I can't say I've heard of that PSU brand before, are they reliable?

arc@css · 17 Jan 2014 at 16:50

Tom_D said:
And I can't say I've heard of that PSU brand before, are they reliable?

Meant to be one of the best brands.

Drake5 · 17 Jan 2014 at 16:54

Would 650w definitely be enough then? 100%? I don't want to have to buy a new PSU again in 2 months...

Gregster · 17 Jan 2014 at 16:56

Tom_D said:
Yeah, if I get a PSU at least I know it'll be more than capable. Think it would be worth getting a 290 from the MM in order to save a few pennies? And I can't say I've heard of that PSU brand before, are they reliable?

Yer, keep an eye on the MM or even put a request for a 290 and see if anyone gets back to ya. I imagine that mining isn't so profitable now, so a few might be selling up. If you are in no rush, I would definitely keep an eye on the MM.

As for the PSU, they are top dogs in that department

Tom_D said:
Would 650w definitely be enough then? 100%? I don't want to have to buy a new PSU again in 2 months...

And that depends on itching again. If you have no intention of going CF, that will be enough but that itch sometimes.....

Drake5 · 17 Jan 2014 at 17:02

Gregster said:
Yer, keep an eye on the MM or even put a request for a 290 and see if anyone gets back to ya. I imagine that mining isn't so profitable now, so a few might be selling up. If you are in no rush, I would definitely keep an eye on the MM.

As for the PSU, they are top dogs in that department

And that depends on itching again. If you have no intention of going CF, that will be enough but that itch sometimes.....

I will certainly not be going crossfire, I have no interest in performance that extreme.

I won't be 'on the edge' with that 650w PSU and a 290 though will I?

Gregster · 17 Jan 2014 at 17:08

Tom_D said:
I will certainly not be going crossfire, I have no interest in performance that extreme.

I won't be 'on the edge' with that 650w PSU and a 290 though will I?

No Tom, you will have plenty in reserve to buy lots of case fans to try and keep that 290 cool

Drake5 · 17 Jan 2014 at 17:19

Gregster said:
No Tom, you will have plenty in reserve to buy lots of case fans to try and keep that 290 cool

That's what was concerning me a little bit because I've got 5 case fans running at the moment, a long with a 4.2GHz OC, an SSD and a HDD... As long as the 650w will be more than enough I'm happy.