Graphics card help

[Paul C]

Hi all

Was hoping for some advice on a new graphics card. I'm looking to spend around R3000, but have no idea what is good in that price rantge. The last card I bought was the Nvidia 8800 gt, so am totally out of the loop regarding current cards. Any advice?

Thanks.

Paul

 

[Chevron]

Radeon 6950

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[killadoob]

Amd 6950 or 570 nvidia you may need to put in a bit extra.

What PSU do you have?

 

[Brawler]

When are the new cards coming out? Next month?

If you have to buy today AMD 6950 or Nv GTX 570. They will handle most games on Max.

 

[Paul C]

I have an AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.70 Ghz. I know. Not great.

 

[Chevron]

I have an AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.70 Ghz. I know. Not great.

Hahaha. You're gonna experience sever CPU bottleneck.

What power supply do you have?

You may have to rather get a 6870 and use the cash saved to get a power supply depending on what you have.

 

[Paul C]

Aopen 240 w input, 450 w output power supply.

So, do you think I shouldn't even bother? Will the bottleneck be so severe that I won't get full specs from the graphics card?

Hahaha. You're gonna experience sever CPU bottleneck.

What power supply do you have?

You may have to rather get a 6870 and use the cash saved to get a power supply depending on what you have.

 

[Chevron]

Aopen 240 w input, 450 w output power supply.

So, do you think I shouldn't even bother? Will the bottleneck be so severe that I won't get full specs from the graphics card?

Dude. You probably have a slight cpu bottleneck as it is. I say take that 3grand and get:

http://www.prophecy.co.za/coolermas....html?osCsid=12ba26f75869f681a162c8fc06c8f4fb

and

http://www.prophecy.co.za/club3d-cg....html?osCsid=12ba26f75869f681a162c8fc06c8f4fb

Then upgrade your cpu whenever.

What motherboard do you have?

What resolution do you game at?

 

[Paul C]

I usually use native resolution on my syncmaster P2770 (1920X1080)

Motherboard is ASUS 690G-SB600-M2A-VM H-00

Paul

Dude. You probably have a slight cpu bottleneck as it is. I say take that 3grand and get:

http://www.prophecy.co.za/coolermas....html?osCsid=12ba26f75869f681a162c8fc06c8f4fb

and

http://www.prophecy.co.za/club3d-cg....html?osCsid=12ba26f75869f681a162c8fc06c8f4fb

Then upgrade your cpu whenever.

What motherboard do you have?

What resolution do you game at?

 

[Chevron]

I usually use native resolution on my syncmaster P2770 (1920X1080)

Motherboard is ASUS 690G-SB600-M2A-VM H-00

Paul

My recommendation stands. Get the PSU and GPU then upgrade your CPU when you get the chance.

 

[Paul C]

Thanks! Will do. (Will that graphics card be able to run Skyrim? And Arkham City?)

My recommendation stands. Get the PSU and GPU then upgrade your CPU when you get the chance.

 

[Chevron]

Thanks! Will do. (Will that graphics card be able to run Skyrim? And Arkham City?)

Definitely. Battlefield 3 as well.

 

[Paul C]

Brilliant! Thanks for the help, everyone. Much appreciated.

Paul

Definitely. Battlefield 3 as well.

 

[nakedpeanut]

Just to throw something else on the table..
How about:
PSU:
Antec High Current Gamer 520w R 741.00
OR
Antec High Current Gamer 620w R837.50

The 520w version would be fine for you


GPU:
Asus EAH6870 DirectCU /2DI2S/1GD5 R1,938.50
OR
Inno3D GeForce GTX560Ti 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E Overclocked Game Pack Edition Graphics Card R 2,349.00


Then come next year upgrade your chip and mobo