Recommend a Graphics Card Please

[temp291]

As title said, could anyone please recommend me a card that will be able to play all the latest games smoothly on 1920 x 1080 and high settings. My current setup is a phenom X4 965, 8 Gigs ram, 6850 & 600w PSU. My price range is £200 - 230.

 

[Gregster]

I will recommend a 7850 but feel you may notice a bottleneck with some games with your current CPU.

 

[Tonester0011]

I'd second the 7850, under budget - Windforce 7850
Playing at that resolution your CPU wont be the bottleneck.

If you wanted however, for £220 you could get the Windforce 7870.

Edit: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/549?vs=548
Not much in it, but a quick comparison. The 7850 overclocks a lot better however.

 

[temp291]

Thanks for the help guys ill go for the 7850.

 

[CyberCrow]

Get one with twin fan if your planing on Oc it, it will save you a bit of cash if moneys tight when buying a 3rd party cooler.
I went for the Sapphire got it nicely Oc'd an sits cool

 

[greenpanda]

Wait one week for GTX 660

 

[temp291]

Wait one week for GTX 660

How will they compare with the 7850s?

 

[Something Else]

How will they compare with the 7850s?

from what ive read not well. they will be better at about 7950 levels but the pricing on them is stupid as far as i can tell.

7850 is a good card i have one and id buy one again in a heart beat

 

[arknor]

660 will apparently be around £250

 

[temp291]

Thanks for all the help! On an off topic do you think i should forget upgrading my GPU for now and surrender to getting a i5 2500k?

 

[Roalith]

Can recommend the MSI Twin Frozr 4 7850.

 

[CyberCrow]

Id go for the GPU first as you could still use it in your current rig while getting the cash ready for the next item like your CPU (i5)
As your current rig is not shown you may need a new mobo an ram also.

 

[CyberCrow]

from what ive read not well. they will be better at about 7950 levels but the pricing on them is stupid as far as i can tell.

7850 is a good card i have one and id buy one again in a heart beat

Yeah same here great card for the price, theres a thread on here some with a tut showing how to get the 7850 to 7970 spec obviously the ram is different thou



PS sorry for the double post.

 

[Tonester0011]

Id go for the GPU first as you could still use it in your current rig while getting the cash ready for the next item like your CPU (i5)
As your current rig is not shown you may need a new mobo an ram also.

If you read his post....

My current setup is a phenom X4 965, 8 Gigs ram, 6850 & 600w PSU.

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Thanks for all the help! On an off topic do you think i should forget upgrading my GPU for now and surrender to getting a i5 2500k?

In reply to OP, doesn't make sense upgrading what's still a perfectly capable CPU.

 

[Roalith]

In reply to OP, doesn't make sense upgrading what's still a perfectly capable CPU.

What he said - especially as that CPU is still outperforming the likes of my (newer) FX4100.

 

[Marine-RX179]

Stick with what you got. Your CPU and graphic would bottleneck each other depending on the game.

Best you use moniter software such as MSI Afterburner to see if your GPU usage is even at 99% during the frame rate dips, before opening up your wallet and get a new graphic card.

 

[kharma45]

If you haven't already done so OP, I'd recommend overclocking your CPU for a performance boost.

I'd also wait off to see about the 660 Ti when it launches.

 

[iBSOD]

The 660 is coming out next week so you might want to hold out and see how it performs and how much it will cost.