Upgrading the old rig

kinger-1873 · 26 Mar 2015 at 15:38

Hi, I have been looking further into 4k monitors as prices and quality seemed to have leveled off well. However I am currently sitting with a hd 7950 and am dubious this will manage anything.

I have a Asus Crosshair V Formula Z AMD 990FX with a AMD Piledriver FX-8 8350 cpu and 750W 80 plus bronze power supply.

Just wondering what GPU people would recommend?

Been looking at the GTX 980 but dont know if that would require a motherboard upgrade to run any better? Or a psu upgrade?

Thanks for any advice!

kinger-1873 · 26 Mar 2015 at 16:23

Was looking through benchmarks of the 980 they do struggle at 4K but I thought it'd still be playable with it. But 2 980's along with a monitor is probably pushing my budget.

Its a corsair power supply, think that would manage 2 7950's?

Also is it okay running different brands of cards? Got a HIS 7950 which was stupidly loud with the reference card so I wouldn't want to have to buy one of them again.

kinger-1873 · 26 Mar 2015 at 16:44

Its a lot easier to find 280x's the the 7 series cards. So would it definitely be okay using a 280x along with a 7950?

kinger-1873 · 26 Mar 2015 at 16:49

Thanks for the advice! Just wondering though why the 280x wouldn't perform any better?

kinger-1873 · 26 Mar 2015 at 17:00

Ah I see, yeah i get that now actually. Think a 280 will be my next upgrade then till 4k becomes a bit more viable. Thanks for the help!

kinger-1873 · 26 Mar 2015 at 17:16

Yeah my aftermarket cooler is pretty huge on the 7950, what slot do you put what card in? Or will this make much difference? It's just I doubt I will fit my 7950 on top and the 280 in the following slot