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Upgrade advice

citizenx13

citizenx13

citizenx13

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Greetings and salutations.

I was wondering if I could get some input form the Hardware gurus on here regarding a GPU upgrade.

on the 8th June 2010 I purchased the below machine and the beast has been keeping me happy for over two years, but I have over some time noticed that the old girl has been struggling and not able to max out as she used to.
I am leaning towards the GFX card being the weak link as it is 2 generations behind.

I am not a fan boy so I am mostly interested in bang for buck, my case has good air management and noise is not a big factor.
will my MB and chip handle todays cards and not be a bottle neck?

Krypton Intel Core i7 960 3.20GHz @ 4.00GHz
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express
6Gig Ram

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
 
Space Monkey said:
Also meant to ask what screen size and resolution are you using?

Your budget is certainly enough for the pick of the crop, personally upto 1200p I'd go for a lovely GTX 680 2GB (MSI Lightning on offer this weekend), if a higher resolution then maybe look to the 4GB GTX 680, or an AMD 7970 :)
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Crappy res :P
LG L226WTQ-SF - LCD display - TFT - 22" - widescreen - 1680 x 1050
 
Thanks to everyone for all your input, I came looking for a card now it seems my weakest link/most embarrassing component is my screen lol

if I go for the 670, do we see long life in the card? also will have to learn overclocking again :P
 
awesome thank you

if I wanted to "step up" on the card say a 680 range what would be recommended

also I am not a fan boy so a ATI is also a viable option :)

thank you again for your time :D
 
Space Monkey said:
It's certainly a good price for the 7970 but mixed feelings on the make, the 3GB becomes more useful when you go above 1200P or multiple monitors but as you'll be using a single screen at 1080P 2GB will be plenty for a while yet :)

The Gigabyte has a 3yr warranty vs the 2yr on the VTX 7970, also Gigabyte is in the UK for RMAs, personally I'd get the Gigabyte Windforce 670 (IMO) :)
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SOLD!!!

thank you for all your input guys I will be going for the Gigabyte as it was the first recommended and has had many a good review.
Don’t mind investing the extra £50 for joy in the incoming years :D

Great work guys you were all very helpful :D

Best wishes
CitizenX
 
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