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Please help a noob, 5850 question :)

chid76

chid76

chid76

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Hello, I'm not really into overclocking and am a bit of a noob when it comes to hardware, so some help would really be appreciated.
I would like to upgrade my current graphics card which is a 1gb 9600gt but I only have a Athlon 64 x2 5000+ processor. I was looking at maybe getting a ATi 5770 card but was wondering if there would be any point in trying to scrape some extra cash together (which is not easy as i'm currently unemployed) to get the ATi 5850 or will I just be bottle necked by my processor?
What would be the best card to match my processor speed?
In an ideal world I would upgrade my processor, but with my current financial situation it's not really feasible.

Thanks in advance for any help :)
 
go for a 5770 :)

Best card for the money atm.

I have 2 in CF and all i can say it wow :)

They are cheap, quiet, use hardly any power and are extremely fast.
 
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