Is an upgrade worth it?

andythelandy · 13 Oct 2013 at 11:10

My current spec is in my sig, I'm aware that it is getting on a bit now and I've been putting off playing a few games like Metro Last Light and Crysis 3 because I just won't get the best from them with my 5850 anymore, I've been very tempted by the price of the 7950's which should be a decent upgrade but is it worth it with the rest of my rig or should I just wait until I'm in a position to do a full rebuild?

I play at 1080 and have a Ocz 700w PSU.

snips86x · 13 Oct 2013 at 11:14

Getting the 7950 will still be worth while upgrade, despite your rig being dated. It's a stunning price at the moment so you'd be better to get it while stocks last.

Do you have any budget to upgrade?

andythelandy · 13 Oct 2013 at 11:16

I could afford to I suppose but I really don't want to unless the rest is going to be a massive bottleneck on a 7950 if it was I think I'd wait for now.

snips86x · 13 Oct 2013 at 14:55

andythelandy said:
I could afford to I suppose but I really don't want to unless the rest is going to be a massive bottleneck on a 7950 if it was I think I'd wait for now.

I think you could gauge that yourself. Get the 7950 and see how it goes. Monitor your FPS, CPU/GPU load ratio and then you can work out what you want to do!

kefan77 · 13 Oct 2013 at 15:06

with 7970 matrix going for £220, I know where my money would go.

andythelandy · 13 Oct 2013 at 15:28

Any idea how much the 5850 is worth now used? I'd sell it on if I got a 7950.

kefan77 · 13 Oct 2013 at 15:30

I've sold my Asus HD5830 recently for around £75.

andythelandy · 13 Oct 2013 at 15:34

kefan77 said:
I've sold my Asus HD5830 recently for around £75.

Thats more than I thought, very tempting although have just noticed the GTX 760 is in a very similar price range as the 7950 which is generally considered the better card?

kefan77 · 13 Oct 2013 at 15:38

well, it goes from around £50, I'm just a good seller.

7950 over GTX760 if they're priced the same.

fowler002 · 13 Oct 2013 at 15:38

andythelandy said:
Thats more than I thought, very tempting although have just noticed the GTX 760 is in a very similar price range as the 7950 which is generally considered the better card?

Get the Asus 7970 matrix@£222, that's a better card than either the 7950 or 760.

andythelandy · 13 Oct 2013 at 15:46

fowler002 said:
Get the Asus 7970 matrix@£222, that's a better card than either the 7950 or 760.

Its also £50 more and a hell of a squeeze to get into my case, not sure its worth it.

kefan77 · 13 Oct 2013 at 15:58

what's your case? it sure is more, but that today's price is silly. going price is £260 and some funny places still try to charge £350.

andythelandy · 13 Oct 2013 at 16:30

Its a cooler master 330 elite or something, but it has a pcie tv card and a pci sound card in there too so the 3 slot 7970 would mean I would have to lose the decent tv card.

andythelandy · 13 Oct 2013 at 18:04

Went for the HIS 7950 price was too good not to! Also I get 3 free Games so can't go wrong with that

fowler002 · 13 Oct 2013 at 18:07

Which his? The £174 one? There's meant to be offer on the icq boost version(the £200 one) tomorrow(most likely £185 again).

andythelandy · 13 Oct 2013 at 19:23

Yeh the £174 one.

nitram100 · 13 Oct 2013 at 19:25

I had the same CPU and GPU as you then bought a 7950. The CPU bottlenecked the GPU quite a bit, so don't be worried if the GPU isn't as fast as you think because as soon as you pair it with a 3570k or something, it will spring into action.

andythelandy · 13 Oct 2013 at 19:43

nitram100 said:
I had the same CPU and GPU as you then bought a 7950. The CPU bottlenecked the GPU quite a bit, so don't be worried if the GPU isn't as fast as you think because as soon as you pair it with a 3570k or something, it will spring into action.

Fair enough was your cpu overclocked atall?

fowler002 · 14 Oct 2013 at 09:42

Better get on 'the blower' and get your order changed as the his 7950 icq boost is today only for £6 more than the one you ordered, it comes with a better cooler and higher clocks.

andythelandy · 14 Oct 2013 at 13:37

fowler002 said:
Better get on 'the blower' and get your order changed as the his 7950 icq boost is today only for £6 more than the one you ordered, it comes with a better cooler and higher clocks.

Many thanks for the heads up just got it changed, and it'll still get despatched today