been off the scene for a while and some help would be awesome

[johnshop]

I. Processor/CPU: and am Phenom quad core black edition I think is the 955

Os: win 7 ultimate 64 bit

Memory: ddr3 8 gigs

II. Current Graphics Card: xfx 5850 black edition


III. Display Resolution: 1920x1080


IV. Power Supply Unit : corsair 750tx


V. Case Specifications: cooler master haf full tower.


Purchase Details:

I. Budget? 250 tops I will either get it from my local frys or new egg


II. Any particular preferences : none. I am not a fan boy nor incline for a certain brand


III. Do you plan to have any Multi-GPU solutions such as Crossfire or SLI?: nope!



V. What are your needs for this GPU? : gaming in general. My 5850 its showing its age
And I want to get the best for the money that will let me play at the highest settings possible and will last me some good time like my beloved 5850

VI. Do you plan on overclocking the card you intend to purchase?: yuup!

Like I said sadly my 5850 black edition its showing its age and I want to get the best upgrade I can for 250 hopefully less

Thank you guys

 

[toyota]

995? you mean 9950 or 955 maybe? please check and see what the exact cpu is that you actually have. also list your other specs such as ram and operating system.

 

[johnshop]

Phenom 2 955 black edition.

8 gigs DDR3

Win:7 ultimate 64 bit

Anything else you guys need ? I can't remember my mobo at this point.

 

[balane]

I'm no expert but this seems like a great card in your price range to me.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127663

$210 shipped after MIR

 

[toyota]

that looks good as i worried you had the old 9950 Phenom 1.

sadly for 250 bucks there is not much out there that will offer a massive gain. you could get a 7850 for a bit under 250 as that is about 60% faster than a stock 5850 and offers lots of overclocking headroom.

EDIT: actually a 7850 is about 30% faster than a 5850.

 

[johnshop]

60% is a good increase from my 5850 I would think isn't?, would this card be able to run gta iv tor example not maxed out maybe but close to it at eithrr 1920x1080 or 1680x1050? Or skyrim elder scrolls

Or is it a good idea to maybe save a little more ?

 

[toyota]

60% is a good increase from my 5850 I would think isn't?, would this card be able to run gta iv tor example not maxed out maybe but close to it at eithrr 1920x1080 or 1680x1050?

Or is it a good idea to maybe save a little more ?

yes its decent increase but it would be a shame not to oc it with all the potential that it has. your cpu is going to limit you in GTA 4 so no video card out there will let you maintain a very good framerate on max settings. just play with the settings until the game feels good enough for you though.

 

[johnshop]

yes its decent increase but it would be a shame not to oc it with all the potential that it has. your cpu is going to limit you in GTA 4 so no video card out there will let you maintain a very good framerate on max settings. just play with the settings until the game feels good enough for you though.

I mean oc will happen for sure if this baby seems to love it why not give it to it ? Aha a

And yes my processor ah I love it Sadly I don't have the money to upgrade it yet :/ but I can always oc it a little bit I know the difference wouldn't be much but its something.


I hate steam all this because the damn games are 5 bucks ahaha

 

[toyota]

your cpu is not bad its just that GTA 4 is poorly optimized especially on max settings. even my 2500k at 4.4 runs into many many places in the game that are 100% cpu limited and drop into the 40s and 30s no matter what resolution is used.

 

[johnshop]

Oh gotcha so other games should run at Max settings relatively well ?

 

[toyota]

Oh gotcha so other games should run at Max settings relatively well ?

yes. a few games like Skyrim and SC 2 would certainly perform better with a newer intel cpu but most games will be fine.

 

[antihelten]

that looks good as i worried you had the old 9950 Phenom 1.

sadly for 250 bucks there is not much out there that will offer a massive gain. you could get a 7850 for a bit under 250 as that is about 60% faster than a stock 5850 and offers lots of overclocking headroom.

Actually a 7850 isn't really 60% faster than a stock 5850, only about 30%.

At least judging from this review:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/HD_7870_Twin_Frozr/26.html

However as you mention 7850's do generally overclock very well, and on average on can probably expect an overclock of about 35% (http://hwbot.org/hardware/videocard/radeon_hd_7850/) which would make the 7850 about 75% faster than a stock 5850 (assuming linear scaling)

 

[toyota]

Actually a 7850 isn't really 60% faster than a stock 5850, only about 30%.

At least judging from this review:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/HD_7870_Twin_Frozr/26.html

However as you mention 7850's do generally overclock very well, and on average on can probably expect an overclock of about 35% (http://hwbot.org/hardware/videocard/radeon_hd_7850/) which would make the 7850 about 75% faster than a stock 5850 (assuming linear scaling)

you are not reading the chart correctly. a 7850 is just over 50% faster at 1920 in that chart you just linked to.

 

[antihelten]

you are not reading the chart correctly. a 7850 is just over 50% faster at 1920 in that chart you just linked to.

Actually you're not reading it correctly. The review is of a 7870 which is the highlighted card in the chart. A bit misleading perhaps, but it was the most recent review I could find which still had the 5850 in the chart.

The 7850 is sitting at 85% which would make it 29% faster than the 5850 sitting at 66%

 

[toyota]

oops I was going to 100% instead of 85%.

 

[Rifter]

I also got 51.5% from reading that chart, toyota is right.

66% reletive too 100% vs 85% reletive to 100% is a approx 50% advantage.

edit: forgot about the OP lol

OP i would also get a 7850, there really is nothing better in the price range right now.

 

[toyota]

I also got 51.5% from reading that chart, toyota is right.

66% reletive too 100% vs 85% reletive to 100% is a approx 50% advantage.

edit: forgot about the OP lol

OP i would also get a 7850, there really is nothing better in the price range right now.

actually I was wrong as going from 66 to 85 is only a 29% increase.

 

[johnshop]

really appreciate it guys, i will do what you guys say and go fot the 7850 oc'ed seems like it competes with cards costing way more

now to sell my 5850 be