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Advice For New Graphics Card

Tskales

Tskales

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Advice For New Graphics Card *Updated* I got a 390 :(

Hello,

My current specs are,

Processor - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4820K CPU @ 3.70GHz
Motherboard - MSI X79A-GD45
Video Card - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
RAM - 15 GB
PSU - 700w
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

My graphics card doesn't seem to be handling the newer games very well, so i'm looking to upgrade.

The most demanding game i have at the moment is Dying Light(which struggles even on the lowest settings) and i'll be getting Fallout 4 when that arrives soon.

I would appreciate some suggestions for a better graphics card that would work well with my current rig.

Thanks
 
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Tskales said:
1900x1080 and would like the price to stay below £200 but can stretch to £250 if something is appealing enough.
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Lucky that as the best value for money price point is ~£250. This card would serve you very well, there is an XFX card which is slightly cheaper but i believe the powercolor one to be better as it has proper VRM cooling and a larger cooler.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 390 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (AXR9 390 8GBD5-PPDHE) £249.95
Total : £259.55 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

 
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thebennyboy said:
Lucky that as the best value for money price point is ~£250. This card would serve you very well, there is an XFX card which is slightly cheaper but i believe the powercolor one to be better as it has proper VRM cooling and a larger cooler.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 390 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (AXR9 390 8GBD5-PPDHE) £249.95
Total : £259.55 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

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Can you see any issues with compatibility at all? Would switching from a Nvidia card to an AMD one create any problems?
 
Tskales said:
Can you see any issues with compatibility at all? Would switching from a Nvidia card to an AMD one create any problems?
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As long as you remove the Nvidia drivers before installing the AMD card then you shouldn't have any problems.

When your new GPU arrives, do these steps:

1. Download and run this utility: http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/download/DDU v15.5.1.0.exe
3. When it asks you to restart into safe mode, click yes and allow it to restart into safe mode. The utility should open itself again when you reach the desktop in safe mode.
2. Once in the utility, click "Clean and Shutdown".
2. Once the system has shut down, install your new GPU.
 
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The 390 is a blinding card for the money and should pose no compatibility problems if you uninstall the NVIDIA drivers properly before installing the 390. Single cards really run excellent on AMD software is what I noticed when I had the 290 for a while.
 
I got the powercolor 390 in the end. I really feel like i've downgraded.

The improvement in FPS is minimal, unnoticeable or somehow worse with some games. It can't seem to render certain types of shadows in many games. A lot flickering graphics in general. It makes some really irritating noises. The temps are always higher than i like, with even watching a video on youtube pushing it past 60. It being less compatible with afterburner than my GTX 770 means less options such as temp limit. I had to spend £30 on a new monitor lead as well. Catalyst and that Gaming Evolved thing really doesn't compare to what i had with Nvidia.

I'm so disappointed.
 
Sounds like something is wrong if you have not seen a massive increase in performance tbh.

For the temperatures the 390 will run hotter than your old 770, that's just how they are, but I wouldn't be worried about it as they are designed the take it.
 
For a 390 to be slower than is GTX 770 means something is not right. You won't get double but at least 50% increase.

Flickering and shadow problems may be due to drivers but usually that kind of thing only happens in crossfire setups. Which drivers are you using? The latest 15.10 beta are recommended.
The temps at 60C is because it stops the fans during low load or idle so nothing to worry about. You load temp is what matters and that should be around 75C. If you want lower temps run a custom fan profile in MSI Afterburner forcing the fans to run at idle.

Here's a review of the card so you can compare your results with that. The gtx 780 in this review is slower than the 390 and we know the 770 is slower than the 780:

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Powercolor/R9_390_PCS_Plus/17.html
 
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You should have no trouble with single card. I have a few 290x's and can still control temps via MSI AB fan profiles. Sound like driver issues.

Also, i dont think you can blame AMD for not checking if your monitor cable works in the card. BTW what cable for a 1080p monitor costs £30?

A few weeks ago you had other GPU issues:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18697233&highlight=username_Tskales

What was the result of that?
 
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The beta driver seems to have improved things.

Frame rates are better, but there's still some issues with shadows rendering strangely.

Avenged7Fold said:
You should have no trouble with single card. I have a few 290x's and can still control temps via MSI AB fan profiles. Sound like driver issues.

Also, i dont think you can blame AMD for not checking if your monitor cable works in the card. BTW what cable for a 1080p monitor costs £30?

A few weeks ago you had other GPU issues:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18697233&highlight=username_Tskales

What was the result of that?
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I sent it back.
 
Well you seem to be struggling with your two newest cards on the same PC. Either you have been very unlucky with two faulty cards, the PC has some sort of software issue such as driver conflicts or you are doing something wrong
 
You initially said that you could barely run Dying Light at low settings on the GTX770 - that alone should have set alarm bells ringing, the 770 can run the game at high settings easily.

None of the cards were faulty, there's something else at play. What that is is anyone's guess....

Is your CPU running at full speed and all cores active? Also, what brand is your PSU?
 
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