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Wanting to buy new GPU

MrJohnSherry

MrJohnSherry

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So here is my dilemma. I did have £200-250 for a new GPU, before my PS3 crapped out on me, so now I need to replace that. I currently have a 550ti, and the games I play the most are FPS's like CS:GO, Borderlands 2 - Action RPGs, like diablo 3 and MMO's (mostly rift and SWTOR)

Anyway; on my 550ti it gets really hot and really noisy which is a bit annoying to say the least. I was wondering if it is possible to replace my 550ti with a GPU that would get good FPS in them sort of games, without being too noisy?
 
It's pretty easy. Just note, you have to pull quite hard to get the original cooler off though. Also, unless it's an EVGA card, your warranty will technically be void.

First thing though, if you're happy to keep your 550Ti, try cleaning the fans of dust first, it shouldn't be a particularly noisy card! :)

Screw the PS3; buy a 7950 WF instead and joine the elite PC master race! :p
 
Haha, but I loves my PS3 :P I was thinking of picking up the 7850, as there is 2 models on offer at the moment at 149.99 and 155.99 and from what I hear they are very good cards? The 149.99 one comes with a Far Cry 3 key which I could pass on and get a few pounds back as I already have it on PS3 lol! So confused :S lol
 
MrJohnSherry said:
Random question, if i change from Nvidia to AMD, do I need to uninstall Nvidia drivers?
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Even though it would be fine, most on here including myself would suggest removing the Nvidia drivers using Windows un-install via control panel. Don't use any of these aftermarket cleaner as they cause more problems than they fix. You could run Ccleaner to remove any redundant child registry entries, but I wouldn't use anything else.
 
dave_beast said:
Even though it would be fine, most on here including myself would suggest removing the Nvidia drivers using Windows un-install via control panel. Don't use any of these aftermarket cleaner as they cause more problems than they fix. You could run Ccleaner to remove any redundant child registry entries, but I wouldn't use anything else.
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