Decent upgrade from a 4890?

[apathy_next2]

I have a Phenon 2 550 and a 4890 with a 1080 monitor.
I've been thinking of upgrading the video card in anticipation for Rome 2 and possible other near future games. I usually try to play on 1080 and just go med on settings or somethign like that, but I doubt I can do that very much so in the future.

Would a 7850 be a good upgrade for me or the Nvidia equiv? I am thinking about spending around $150 and would like to buy new and not used.

 

[Jaydip]

I have a Phenon 2 550 and a 4890 with a 1080 monitor.
I've been thinking of upgrading the video card in anticipation for Rome 2 and possible other near future games. I usually try to play on 1080 and just go med on settings or somethign like that, but I doubt I can do that very much so in the future.

Would a 7850 be a good upgrade for me or the Nvidia equiv? I am thinking about spending around $150 and would like to buy new and not used.

Yeah 7850/650 ti boost would definitely be a major upgrade.But IIRC Total war series is dependent on CPU too, so I would get a used/new 2500K/Z68 combo as well.
http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Rome_II_Recommended_Specs

 

[GaiaHunter]

I have a Phenon 2 550 and a 4890 with a 1080 monitor.
I've been thinking of upgrading the video card in anticipation for Rome 2 and possible other near future games. I usually try to play on 1080 and just go med on settings or somethign like that, but I doubt I can do that very much so in the future.

Would a 7850 be a good upgrade for me or the Nvidia equiv? I am thinking about spending around $150 and would like to buy new and not used.

Is your Phenom X2 unlockable?
If you could unlock the extra 2 cores and add a 7850 you should have a nice bump.

 

[raghu78]

OP can you unlock the phenom ii x2 to x4. your cpu could be a bottleneck otherwise. the HD 7850 is a good upgrade.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131473

 

[spat55]

Get the HD 7850 2GB then overclock like mad. Hitting 1200mhz on the core should be quite doable.