Upgrading

[Alamat]

OK, so my card won't cut it. I can play BF4 on medium but I think I'm shortchanging myself. So I got $200 to burn on a new one or used. I see a couple of guys selling their used 7950 and a 7970. Of course the former is cheaper at $175. Shall I cheapen up and save $25? Someone also suggested a GTX 670 but that seems way over budget for me.
My system is in my sig. Do I also have to OC the CPU? Also playing on a Panasonic 1080p 32 inch.

 

[MrK6]

No real reason to buy used when new cards are going for ~$215 AR with 3 free games: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131499 . The 7950 will be a lot faster, especially if you overclock it as well, and if you sell all the games you can easily bring the price down to <$200. BF4 likes vRAM and CPU power, the 3GB on the 7950 will help you with the former, overclocking the crap out of your 3570K will help you with the latter.

 

[Alamat]

Thanks for the reply kind sir! I'll be getting a brand new card this weekend then!

 

[spat55]

HD 7970 is very decent, I'm waiting till the 20nm cards arrive for my next upgrade, can Ultra BF4 at 60fps with some drops, but I don't know if it is a VRAM limit or the game, I personally think the game but will see what my VRAM usage is.