Upgrading GPU

[Bobybobp]

Hi i have had my PC for roughly 3 years now and was looking at upgrading my GPU, wanted some recommendations on what people though i should get, looking to spend £230-£300, im currently able to play most games on low/medium while only getting a few frame drops but want to try and be able to play some new stuff on higher settings.

Any help is appreciated


My PC specs are:

MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail

Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050)

Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply

Sandisk Ultra SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA II Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDH-120G-G25)

Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.D 500GB SATA 6GB/s 16MB Cache - OEM (0F13178)

Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU)

Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black

Akasa AK-CC4007EP01 Nero 3 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AMD AM2/AM2+/AM3/FM1)

OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

(I had posted this question in the GPU section but moved it to here as i felt it was more relevant.)

Many thanks, Sam.

 

[stulid]

GTX980 are now a smidge over £300

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pc-components/graphics-cards/nvidia/geforce-gtx-980

Your board may need a BIOS update for this modern release GFX card.

Check any card you want to buy against the internal dimension of your case.

Or wait for the AMD R9 480

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18733488

 

[StarShock]

Gtx 980 is currently on sale around that price as of is trying to clear out their old stock. Though you might be better off waiting till the end of the month and picking up the RX 480. Though we don't have the full stats on the 480 yet. It's expected to be about the same performance as the gtx 980 at around the £200 mark.

 

[karik666]

Wait until the 29th june and get the Amd rx480 card,theres will be a 4gb version for about £165 ,and the 8gb version for £230,either will be a massive upgrade to your 7850.
Proberly more than double the fps of your 7850.

 

[Bobybobp]

Nice looks like i'll be waiting for the RX 480 then, does anybody know the dimensions of the card as i don't have much room to play around with in the case

 

[AlamoX]

RX 480