Hello,
I'm looking to buy a new graphics card for my desktop that I built 4 years ago. I'm currently running an AMD Phenom II x4 965 processor (3.4Ghz stock.) I got a new heatsink and am going to overclock it to 3.8Ghz-4Ghz. My graphics card is going to bottleneck my system considering it's a Gtx 260. I was looking at a Radeon 7850 or 7870. My budget is $225 at an absolute maximum, but I'd rather spend less than $200. Here are the two cards I found (I'd rather shop on Amazon due to the sales tax in NJ on Newegg):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A2J4ROE/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008MJHSFG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
I run a 1680x1050 monitor and play only MMOs, (Tera, GW2, LoL.) My question is, is it worth stretching the extra $40 for my needs? Or should the 7850 be enough for my purposes? Are they both future proof for at least the next few years in the MMORPG realm? Thanks in advance for any help.
I'm looking to buy a new graphics card for my desktop that I built 4 years ago. I'm currently running an AMD Phenom II x4 965 processor (3.4Ghz stock.) I got a new heatsink and am going to overclock it to 3.8Ghz-4Ghz. My graphics card is going to bottleneck my system considering it's a Gtx 260. I was looking at a Radeon 7850 or 7870. My budget is $225 at an absolute maximum, but I'd rather spend less than $200. Here are the two cards I found (I'd rather shop on Amazon due to the sales tax in NJ on Newegg):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A2J4ROE/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008MJHSFG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
I run a 1680x1050 monitor and play only MMOs, (Tera, GW2, LoL.) My question is, is it worth stretching the extra $40 for my needs? Or should the 7850 be enough for my purposes? Are they both future proof for at least the next few years in the MMORPG realm? Thanks in advance for any help.