is a graphics card warranted

[timbo2410]

Ok my card is not all that old (XFX 5850) .. would I achieve much by getting a high end card. I intend to play BF3 ...

 

[Sasahara]

It's reasonable, but you need to say what res you play at and the rest of your system specs?

You won't be able to play at high or ultra settings at a decent res.

 

[timbo2410]

core i7 920 DO
Gigabyte ex58-UD5
XFX 5850
Win7 pro 64bit
Loads of ram
1000w PSU
oops forgot to say 1920x1200

 

[Devrij]

Nah you're fine. I play it at 1440p with that card and a 2500k. On high with no AA of course, and the card is clocked to 950/1200. Juice that sucker and start saving for a 2gb 7xxx card

 

[bells]

I play the game fine on high with my 5850 at 1680 x 1050 with an i7 860 and 8gb of ram

 

[ThePengu1n]

Have a look and see if you can find another 5850 cheap(ish) for XFire

 

[kola]

It's reasonable, but you need to say what res you play at and the rest of your system specs?

You won't be able to play at high or ultra settings at a decent res.

yeah he will as long its not a stupid res

 

[fowler002]

what make/model is the psu? if its a cheap/no brand 1kw then change it, if its corsair etc then wtf did you go for 1kw(could have got a 650/750 and spent the money saved on a 5870)?

 

[JeffyB]

If your happy to disable some bells and whistels and perhaps drop your res you'll have nice playable framerates. Newer cards will offer more performance but if it's worth it or not going from a 58xx is debatable, a lot of threads ask this. What's your experience so far?

 

[timbo2410]

well I've got a i7 920 with the 5850 and a sli capable mobo but i've also got an i7 930 also with a 5850 but the mobo will only run one card ... so far I haven't had any problems running anything although I'm playing fear 3 at the moment and it's a little jittery ...
My thoughts way back were if the 5850 was getting slow I could sli and get a single card upgrade for the other system.