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Hey guys.
I'm running a two-year-old system (actually an OC'd bundle bought from OCUK), consisting of a Pentium Dual Core e3500 2.4GHz clocked to 2.6, 4GB of RAM, and a RADEON HD 3850 X2 1024 MB dual chip card (512MB for each processor).
Now, I'm realistic - I don't have a SSD installed, so I know that's already a bit of a performance inhibitor, but I plan to build an entirely new system towards the end of the year when money is less tight with SSD, a couple of high-end cards, i7, etc.
In the meantime, I want to know if there's a decent card that can replace my 3850 X2 (budget of £100-£200) that will give me a reasonably significant performance boost until I build an entirely new system. I realise simply going out and buying the best card around isn't going to do me any favours because the rest of my system is creaking a little. So, is there anything that fits the bill? Should I just wait it out?
I mainly play StarCraft 2 and I get a fair bit of slowdown during intense firefights. I run it on Ultra at 1080p. It's perfectly playable, but like I say, it can slow down. Will a better card than my 3850 X2 rectify this to some degree? To be honest, I've kinda taken my finger off the pulse with regards to graphics cards, so any advice would be very welcome! I mean, just how outdated is the 3850 X2 at this point? I think it came out in 2007?
Thanks a lot!
I'm running a two-year-old system (actually an OC'd bundle bought from OCUK), consisting of a Pentium Dual Core e3500 2.4GHz clocked to 2.6, 4GB of RAM, and a RADEON HD 3850 X2 1024 MB dual chip card (512MB for each processor).
Now, I'm realistic - I don't have a SSD installed, so I know that's already a bit of a performance inhibitor, but I plan to build an entirely new system towards the end of the year when money is less tight with SSD, a couple of high-end cards, i7, etc.
In the meantime, I want to know if there's a decent card that can replace my 3850 X2 (budget of £100-£200) that will give me a reasonably significant performance boost until I build an entirely new system. I realise simply going out and buying the best card around isn't going to do me any favours because the rest of my system is creaking a little. So, is there anything that fits the bill? Should I just wait it out?
I mainly play StarCraft 2 and I get a fair bit of slowdown during intense firefights. I run it on Ultra at 1080p. It's perfectly playable, but like I say, it can slow down. Will a better card than my 3850 X2 rectify this to some degree? To be honest, I've kinda taken my finger off the pulse with regards to graphics cards, so any advice would be very welcome! I mean, just how outdated is the 3850 X2 at this point? I think it came out in 2007?
Thanks a lot!
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