replacing my 7950 this year

[DrPizza]

This thread seems to have gotten back on track on its own. Please cease any and all personal attacks in the thread. Thanks. -Admin DrPizza

 

[Davidh373]

Sorry, but I have to remove my finishing post's glee for you. What may I ask are you doing to solve your graphical problems? You were complaining about getting 20 fps in some games. Your casual upgrades for this year are fine, but I think you should at least get an idea in your head on how you will solve the problems from before. They, and we, deserve a resolution in my opinion.

 

[Blue Shift]

If you were flaming me, I missed it. That's a shame; it could have been fun.

Sorry, but I have to remove my finishing post's glee for you. What may I ask are you doing to solve your graphical problems? You were complaining about getting 20 fps in some games. Your casual upgrades for this year are fine, but I think you should at least get an idea in your head on how you will solve the problems from before.

I was getting low framerates in Prototype, GTA IV, and RF:G, none of which I am playing currently.

In fact, I'm not playing anything at the moment.


If a game comes along that I can see playing for a long period of time, then I'll adapt my rig to suit the game... To play the game as well as possible, with as much eye candy as possible.

That's what I actually did this time around-- This rig wasn't about showing off, or trying out the Next Big Thing; it was about Oblivion. Everything in this system was purchased to maximize Oblivion's performance with QTP3, Natural Environments, AEVWT, etc.

Until I find a game that's worth upgrading for, I won't upgrade. If the system gives out before then... I'll either replace whatever dies so that people can keep playing party games on it, or (if the console game thing doesn't pan out) just let it be. I know one thing for sure: I won't be purchasing any shovelware console ports this year.

This rig probably can't emulate a wii, either, according to the talk on the Dolphin forums. Maybe I'll get a GDR drive for playing gamecube games. Maybe not.

If that means not gaming, then that's perfectly fine.

They, and we, deserve a resolution in my opinion.

You want a resolution, you've got a resolution:


I have nothing to upgrade for. In fact, there's no reason for me to be playing video games at all, in this environment.

I'll let the 7950 rest, perhaps playing older games every now and then...
And when it's churned though its last cycle, I'll kiss it goodnight.

Where we go from there, only time will tell.

 

[tweakboy]

He can do one at a time. For video card 5850 best bang for the buck. For CPU later on Phenom II series since you wanna stick with AMD ,,, tl

 

[toyota]

He can do one at a time. For video card 5850 best bang for the buck. For CPU later on Phenom II series since you wanna stick with AMD ,,, tl

a 5850 will only give him a $300 slideshow at times in those 3 games he just mentioned. no video card will allow him to average more than 30fps in GTA 4, Prototype, or RF Guerrilla while using his current cpu. those games will be very sluggish and almost completely unplayable at times with settings cranked. of course he could turn down some of those settings since the cpu is also affected by some of them but then again what would be the point of a $300 video card if you cant crank the settings?

 

[max347]

Hey philip, you need to just get a psu first man....and your post was way too long

Nah but seriously, if you are considering a $600 card I would go with this instead-

Phenom 940 $150 (You are running an M2NE right?)
Corsair 650hx $120
XFX HD5850 $325

I know you are leaning toward the fermi, but if you are artifacting now it might be time. Also, you could go with like a 4870 1gb and spend the extra on a nice ssd, improving your overall experience 10 fold.

Oh and good luck finishing that program man, just got mine working.

peace

 

[Blue Shift]

So, in case anyone is wondering how this turned out:

A week ago, I updated my rig with a nice 790X board with crossfire support from Gigabyte, a Phenom II X4 965 (C3 Stepping version), and a Radeon HD 5770. This was in order to run a particular game that I'm under a strict NDA for, as well as to improve rendering, image editing, and emulation performance.

In other words, I followed your suggestions.

Every game that I own runs at maximum settings. Next on the upgrade list is a Solid State boot drive or a 1920x1080 screen, depending on various factors. If I go 1080i, then doubling up on the 5770s will probably be warranted. That might require a new PSU... So, I'd rather invest in a modest SSD.

Thanks again!

 

[evolucion8]

Great buy. Even though Toyota stated that HD 5770 isn't 2008 performance, it is which is nice since the GTX 260+ and the HD 4870 debuted in 2008 and both cards are very powerful even at this time. HD 5770 with improved architecture will bring you more futureproof features like DX11, plus very low power consumption and excellent image quality. Enjoy your buy!!

 

[Davidh373]

Don't go 1080i. I'm pretty sure you'd have to buy that used from like 3 years ago anyway... I just uped mine from 2 1440 x 900 screens to 2 1920 x 1080 screens and the difference is well worth the $$$. I got 2 Hanns G 23.6" monitors. They were $160 on sale on newegg and are normally $180, not a bad price for some pretty great monitors.
I don't see you needing crossfire for a single 1080p monitor. I have 2 and I can max out Battlefield BC2 at full res (not on both monitors, but it runs on one and runs a 1080p movie on the other at the same time). SSD is all about the boot time and program start time. If you are happy with performance now, don't upgrade that. They are way to expensive per GB.