Will i able to run a 7970

nitroxc · 9 Oct 2013 at 17:17

Hi, basically i want to upgrade my current HD6850 to a HD7970 so i can run multiple screens. But I have no idea if my CPU or my setup in general will be able to handle it.
1 Person has said it will be fine, where another person said it would muck up my system
So i need help.
Pc specs:
AMD FX8120 3.1GHz
Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (I'm thinking of getting a ASUS M5A97)
8GB DDR3 Kingston RAM (Not sure on speed)
750W PSU (Can't remember model or brand but i know its a good one)

Thanks.

kefan77 · 9 Oct 2013 at 17:20

not sure if you can tell a good PSU, but if it is a trusted brand, then yes.

CPU will be ok, just overclock it.

kaku · 9 Oct 2013 at 17:41

Do you mean gaming across multiple screens, or just for Windows/browsing etc.?
If it's the latter, you should be able to do that on your existing card.

nitroxc · 9 Oct 2013 at 18:09

I want it for multi screen gaming and browsing.(I am going to get some Track IR and i really want 3 screens for gaming

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OracIe · 9 Oct 2013 at 20:21

Its obviously a far better card than what you have so may introduce a bottleneck. However your machine will only run as fast as the slowest component.

So yes it will work, yes it will do 3 monitors but may cause a bottleneck meaning you probably wont get its full potential.

nitroxc · 10 Oct 2013 at 15:44

What would you recommend me getting to reduce/stop the bottlenecking ?

Rilot · 10 Oct 2013 at 16:02

At Eyefinity resolutions the graphics card will be the bottleneck rather than the CPU. Takes a lot of grunt to push that many pixels around.