Thinking about upgrading from my 4850

[anderson2005]

Hi, I bought this 'build-it-yourself' rig and this graphics card seperately way back when GTA IV just came out and now it's pretty much the bottom of the pile in terms of whats out there now so I'm wondering what I should upgrade to?

I'm not rich or anything so can't really afford £300 lol I'm looking for something around £100 maybe a bit more.

Also, what is the whole 'Bus Type: 2.1' about? my motherboard supports 2.0 so does that mean I can't use a 2.1 graphics card ? because pretty much all the cards I've seen nowadays have 2.1 :S

 

[stulid]

ignore the bus thing, its all backward compatible.

buy a ATI 5770.

 

[Razor Time]

If your mobo and psu can take it, grab another 4850 and crossfire it.

 

[David09]

Don't go for 5770 the difference isnt much, push for a 5850 instead

 

[rolypolyman]

Don't go for 5770 the difference isnt much, push for a 5850 instead

Excuse me but the 5850 is twice the price of the 5770!

 

[Marine-RX179]

Excuse me but the 5850 is twice the price of the 5770!

Yes. But moving from 4850 to 5770 wouldn't be much of an upgrade. If you can sell your 4850 for a decent price, then may be it isworth considering...but if you are just gonna let you 4850 sitting around after switching to 5770, then don't bother.

 

[linaaslt]

i was also considering upgrading my GPU to 5850 or 5870, but decided to get another 4850 and CF them. I think this setup will last me this year, and then i can upgrade to 6series or something from NV. I think 4850CF will handle any game that will come out this year, and you can get 4850 for ~60quid. But again, is your mobo and PSU compatible for that....

 

[anderson2005]

how do you exactly 'crossfire' I've heard a lot about having two graphics cards in 1 PC but I'm guessing you'd need a real good motherboard with at least 2 PCI-E slots right?

 

[Marine-RX179]

how do you exactly 'crossfire' I've heard a lot about having two graphics cards in 1 PC but I'm guessing you'd need a real good motherboard with at least 2 PCI-E slots right?

Yea. You need a motherboard that support crossfire with at least 2 PCI-E x16 slots. If you motherboard only got one PCI-E x16 slot, then it obviously doesn't support Crossfire. And even for those that do have 2 PCI-E x16 slots, there is chance that it support SLI but not Crossfire.