Graphics card recommendation

[robert_raw]

Hello,

I recently bought the following computer from an enthusiast who had to sell it due to a baby etc. The computer is great but I want to run BF4 as good as I can. The graphics card is about 3-4 years old and cost around £500 at the time so I was wondering how much I should spend to see a noticable difference in performance that would work well with my system and also any other recommendations to help me get the most out of it.

Many thanks

Intel Core i7 3820 3.6GHz Socket 2011 10MB L3 Cache Retail
Asus SABERTOOTH X79 Socket 2011 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
Corsair 16GB (4x4GB) Ddr3 1866mhz Vengeance Memory Kit
Corsair 240GB Force 3 SSD - SATA-III 2.5" - Read 550MB/s Write 520MB/s 85K IOPS Fast Performance 3YR
Coolermaster 850W Silent Pro M2 Modular PSU
2 x Acer S271HLBbid 27" LED LCD HDMI Monitor
1 x Antec TriCool Case Fan 92mm
2 x Antec 120mm TrueQuiet Fan
Asus HD 5870 Matrix 2gb edition with water cooling
Coolermaster cosmos s case.

 

[4737Joker]

It would be easier for you to give us your budget really. Then we can argue over amd/nvidia for a while

 

[Doomedspeed]

Welcome

Yeah an upgrade is needed.

When you say watercooled, you mean it's custom watercooled, so you'll need a waterblock with you new card?

What is your budget..

The 290X, 780 or 7990 spring to mind.

 

[Marine-RX179]

It would be easier for you to give us your budget really. Then we can argue over amd/nvidia for a while

Actually for BF4, it he is gonna water-cooling the card like his current graphic card, then it's really no-brainer going AMD...it just the matter of going 280x/290/290x/7990 depending on the budget.

But if OP's CPU is only sitting on stock clock, then the highest priority would have to be overclock it.

 

[robert_raw]

budget is fairly open at the moment although I may have trouble justifying anything above £300.

The currently watercooling is a custom setup for that particular card that I believe cools the processor also, mainly done for noise reduction.

Thanks for recommendations, I assume i would see a fairly dramatic improvement in graphics with any of these cards.

 

[Mean Mr Mustard]

280X + water block is going to get you pretty close to £300, probably a bit over. Another option in and around that price range (with water block) would be a 770, but personally I'd take the 280X every time.

Anything over and above that spec (290, 290X or 780) is going to set you back significantly more than £300 when you factor in the cost of a water block as well.

You may also wish to consider a 7950, price + water block would be closer to £250.

Any of those options would pretty much blow your current 5870 away.

 

[robert_raw]

brill, thanks assume a water block is relatively easy to fit, any recommendations on which one to buy with the 280x?

thanks