Upgrade time..

[borich_planner]

I currently have HD 7800 Graphics card with the following:
gigabyte ga ex58 ud5 Mobo
I7 CPU 920 @ 2.67
6GB Ram
Windows 7
SSD Hard Drive
Leadex Gold 850W PSU
1 X 23" Monitor

I have recently got back into gaming now and again and noticing on games like Fallout 4, Total War series the Computer is struggling.

I have decided to treat myself to an upgrade and looking at
2 X 27 inch Monitors (mainly for work purposes); and
A new card. Would the MSI RX 480 GAMING X 8G PCI Express give my PC a new lease of life without breaking the bank?

Borich

 

[southernorth]

It certainly would. The MSI 480 is probably the quietest 480, and also one of the coolest.

However, XFX make some cards which are really similar. Such as:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/xfx-...s-graphics-card-with-backplate-gx-23i-xf.html

£269.99 (MSI) v £249.95 (XFX)


In either case you're getting some of the best 480's, but you save a bit of money with XFX

Also, you CPU is now quite out-dated. At the start of next year (well it's H1 but many think that means Jan/Feb), AMD are scheduled to released their new CPU's, which are aimed to compete with Intel quad cores (and higher) but for much lower prices. I would recommend having a look at them for an upgrade aswell, however that would require a new motherboard & RAM.

 

[borich_planner]

thanks or the reply, I will just go for the upgrade then

 

[borich_planner]

Just came across http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3113266/480-compatible-motherboard.html

Are there any known issues of my mobo gigabyte ga ex58 ud5 working with the 480 card?

 

[fs123]

Most gpu's will work with any motherbaord that has pci-e x16 slot but not sure about yours since the link you posted there is an issue. A new bios is not available so only way to find out is try it.

Note also that if your motherboard has UEFI then that could be a reason it won't work but most motherboards allow you to disable it and boot in legacy bios mode.