Upgrading my graphics card.

[scotred]

Currently have a Radeon 5800 of some kind, forgot exactly which version but im leaning towards a 5850. I bought that second hand for £90 and was only to be a stop gap until i bought something new... this was 2yrs ago now.

Looking to spend up to £350

Play on a single DELL U2410 monitor so max res is 1920x1200 and would like to future proof myself for 2yrs at least.

Nvidia or AMD doesn't really matter if im honest, im not brand specific.

I would like a fairly quiet card tho as the PC will be running in my bedroom.

Games i would like to play well are GTA 5 (if it comes to PC), Watchdogs, FIFA/PES and FPS games in general.

 

[arc@css]

AMD are about to launch their next series of cards, so I'd probably hold off until then.

 

[Glanza]

Wait a month if your not in a rush and see how these new amd cards do in reviews and what happens to the rest of the market when they finally come out, might be some savings to be made with price drops.

 

[scotred]

AMD are about to launch their next series of cards, so I'd probably hold off until then.

i keep reading that they are just re branded cards of the current 79xx series with only slight clock increases. In real life performance you're only talking a small fps increase. Is that pure speculation or genuine inside info?

I don't mind waiting however, i have held off for 2yrs

 

[Fulax]

i keep reading that they are just re branded cards of the current 79xx series with only slight clock increases. In real life performance you're only talking a small fps increase. Is that pure speculation or genuine inside info?

Gibbo has confirmed it. But for £350 you may (fingers crossed) just about get a 290, which is a completely new card.

 

[scotred]

I guess ill wait then.

Was looking at the ASUS 7970 TOP and ASUS 7970 Matrix platinum and both are on deal right now as they seem to be getting the recommendations.

 

[scotred]

thanks for the heads up guys.

 

[DJ_Bucho]

Best to wait mate, worst comes to the wrist you'll still be Acker to pick up a ASUS TOP or an ASUS Platinum for fairly cheap after the new cards go on sale

 

[DoneADougalOnSofa]

Yeah, hang on a bit.
My 5870 has taken everything I've thrown at it so far in 1920x1200 - I don't play the likes of BF3 or Metro, all those GPU-heavy titles so the 5870 does me fine.
I did pretty much grind it to a halt with FSX maxed out the other day though, so I think I may be due an upgrade myself very soon...

The 5800 was a great series- you still have to go pretty much top-end to significantly better them now.

 

[scotred]

*******UPDATE***********

So guys ive still not purchased a GFX card but my situation has changed too..


Ive been reading up on those Korean monitors and now im going to get one of those.

Which means gaming at 2560x1440/2560x1600 depending on which monitor i get. leaning towards the 30inch screen because im not sure going from 24ich to 27inch screen would be that much of a difference.

So what what GFX card do you guys think i should go for now?

 

[Fulax]

Good job you waited - a 780 may be on the cards now. Is your budget still around £350?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Phantom 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £389.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x OC Rev2.0 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N780OC-3GD) £383.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £309.95
Total : £1,095.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).



All come with 3 free games - check the product page for more details. You can sell a couple of the ones that come with the 780 to bring the price down to budget.

290 v 780 performance is pretty similar. The 290 is cheaper, but runs hotter and louder.

Here's a review of the 290 at 1600p (also includes 780 benchmarks): http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/amd-r9-290-review-1600p-4k-and-cf/

 

[kaku]

If you can wait (hah!) a little longer... 290s with custom coolers would be a better buy, since things get pretty noisy with the reference one.

Either that, or go for a 780.

 

[scotred]

hah i guess it back to waiting

for what its worth i have about £400 to spend now depending how much i can pick a 30inch screen for.

780 or non reference 290 i guess.

any ETA of the 290 non reference?

Also i have an i5 2500k with 8gigs of RAM. will this in someway bottleneck my performance?