ATI 6800 Upgrade

[Steve M]

I have a 3.2ghz i7 with 12GB of DDR3. My GFX card is an ageing ATI 6800.

I fancy an uprade as recently got Project Cars and it runs like a dog...

I play at 1920x1200 on my 28" monitor on Win 7 64 bit.

Is there anything at the £150 mark worth upgrading to So I can run that game (and others) at fairly high setting with AA/AF?

 

[djtoltec]

GTX 960 is a good shout at that price level.

 

[Steve M]

Any idea how that will run on my system? will i be able to run project cars at 60 FPS with AA/AF and high settings?

 

[Digital X]

http://www.techspot.com/review/1000-project-cars-benchmarks/page2.html Here matey.

It does alright

And a video

 

[Steve M]

Cheers. Looks to be a very demanding game.

Not bought a card for a few years now. Looks like £150 still puts you in the midfield for performance.

 

[djtoltec]

Cheers. Looks to be a very demanding game.

Not bought a card for a few years now. Looks like £150 still puts you in the midfield for performance.

Indeed, it's the so-called sweet spot between price/performance levels manufactures try to aim for

Think I paid about that for my 6600GT back in the day..

 

[pastymuncher]

In the members market £150 or less will get you a R9 290 or GTX 780. That's where I would be looking with your budget. What make and model psu do you have?

 

[Steve M]

At work at the min. Not sure. It was a pre-built system from Overclockers.

 

[varkanoid]

Some Alternatives for you slightly faster than a 960

GTX 770
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-209-OK&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1750
£169

AMD 380
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-291-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=3059
£158

 

[djtoltec]

Some Alternatives for you slightly faster than a 960

GTX 770
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-209-OK&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1750
£169

AMD 380
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-291-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=3059
£158

OP did specify wanting to play Project Cars with the new card, both of those are slower in that game.

Edit: removing graphics as it breaks the forum, link: http://www.techspot.com/articles-info/1000/bench/1080p_Clear.png

 

[Steve M]

Project cars and a few others. Will probably get the new Dirt Rally game too.

 

[TheMorningStar]

Pretty sure that's one of the games that was purposely made to run bad on AMD hardware? Probably limited to a Nvidia card then.

 

[Steve M]

What make and model psu do you have?

Its a OCZ ZS 650w Bronze 80+ Rated Power Supply.

Leaning towards a GTX 960. Looks spot on for the the resolution I run at.

 

[ukxenon]

I would go for the 380 it has more horse power than the 960

 

[Steve M]

Anyone have a link to benchmarks that prove this?

 

[Steve M]

http://www.techspot.com/review/1000-project-cars-benchmarks/page2.html Here matey.

It does alright

And a video

That vid looks likes great performance, he has a faster cpu than me though..