new Graphic card

no_name_needed · 25 Aug 2019 at 14:38

Hi all I have a problem playing games on my PC and it would just close the game or freeze the PC,
I have a GTX970 and wondering what card I can fit in the ASRock H81 Pro BTC motherboard,
would the 10's 16's and 20's work?

Thanks in advance

Panos · 25 Aug 2019 at 14:44

Whats your budget?

no_name_needed · 25 Aug 2019 at 14:46

£400

StarShock · 25 Aug 2019 at 14:48

Hello, motherboard compatibility shouldn't be an issue, pcie is backwards and forwards compatible. So long as it fits your case, budget and power supply it should work. A bigger question is which cpu you have. Even older i5s will struggle to keep up with the highest end stuff.

no_name_needed · 25 Aug 2019 at 14:49

I have a i7 4790k

LeMson · 25 Aug 2019 at 14:59

What monitor resolution, hz and freesync/gsync?

StarShock · 25 Aug 2019 at 15:01

That works. Around the £400 mark the rx 5700 is probably the best card. Though a 2060 super is also an option.

no_name_needed · 25 Aug 2019 at 15:04

My main one is 23" 1080 @144hz my 2nd one is 27" 75hz 1080

no_name_needed · 25 Aug 2019 at 15:10

StarShock said:
That works. Around the £400 mark the rx 5700 is probably the best card. Though a 2060 super is also an option.

2060 super looks good and probably be the one I would go for,

would this be the best option for my budget?
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-1b1-gi.html

Panos · 25 Aug 2019 at 15:34

no_name_needed said:
2060 super looks good and probably be the one I would go for,

would this be the best option for my budget?
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-1b1-gi.html

You mad? Spend 410 on a 2060S when 5700XT exists?

no_name_needed said:
£400

This one
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/powe...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-19f-pc.html

Or if you cannot wait search for this one XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB THICC. It goes for £410 in UK also.

Quartz · 25 Aug 2019 at 15:34

no_name_needed · 25 Aug 2019 at 16:58

Never really been a fan of the red but if its better then the others and VR is good with it then I'm interested, Any idea when it's released?

Panos · 25 Aug 2019 at 18:19

no_name_needed said:
Never really been a fan of the red but if its better then the others and VR is good with it then I'm interested, Any idea when it's released?

Which one?

Stephanie Peterson · 25 Aug 2019 at 18:25

The 5700xt is far better than the 2060

no_name_needed · 25 Aug 2019 at 18:29

The red team = AMD... Always been a Nvidia fan, but if Radeon RX 5700 XT is better then the 2060 supers for games and VR then I'll probably consider it, seems to be a trade up deal with Asus at the moment so might be worth doing that to get some money back for my grade B £250 970

LeMson · 25 Aug 2019 at 18:36

The 5700xt craps all over the 2060super, it's a 2070 super competitor

Zernath · 25 Aug 2019 at 19:05

LeMson said:
The 5700xt craps all over the 2060super, it's a 2070 super competitor

This.

If you can get a non price gouged XT, then it's a no brainer.

SkeeterUK · 25 Aug 2019 at 20:25

For a start id diagnose why games freeze etc as thats not a gpu upgrade needed first of. As those issues wont be fixed witgh a gpu upgrade.

Whats ur psu first of all.

no_name_needed · 26 Aug 2019 at 05:51

PSU is a CX750m... I had this problem with my previous build, My motherboard died ( https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...1150-ddr3-mini-itx-motherboard-mb-496-gi.html ) So I had to downgrade to a ASRock H81 Pro BTC, also changed PSU to CX750m as I couldn't find my leads, One thing I could try is on board graphic card or a different GPU, I'll be taking the PC to my local shop as they checked everything for health and bench marked it..But since getting it back I havn't been able to play games. so hopefully they will investigate it for free...If its not GPU it can only be CPU,
I don't get no BSOD it just freezes and I have to reboot system or game will close,