Hi all,
One of my cheap computers I bought recently came with an AMD A8-6600k APU and 10 GB DDR3. For the time being I've installed a GTX 460 that I had on hand as the A8's integrated graphics are really only useful for playing back HD video and that's it.
I am looking for a long term replacement for the 460 as it's clearly bottle necking the CPU. Power supply requirements aren't an issue as I have a decent 600w Cooler Master PSU to power it with dual 8-pin connectors. Was going to install my beastly HD 7990, but it sadly decided to die on me a couple days ago. Realistically have a budget of about £50-60 and was thinking an R9 290X 4gb, but am now wondering if it's too fast for the CPU.
Any thoughts/ suggestions? Thanks.
One of my cheap computers I bought recently came with an AMD A8-6600k APU and 10 GB DDR3. For the time being I've installed a GTX 460 that I had on hand as the A8's integrated graphics are really only useful for playing back HD video and that's it.
I am looking for a long term replacement for the 460 as it's clearly bottle necking the CPU. Power supply requirements aren't an issue as I have a decent 600w Cooler Master PSU to power it with dual 8-pin connectors. Was going to install my beastly HD 7990, but it sadly decided to die on me a couple days ago. Realistically have a budget of about £50-60 and was thinking an R9 290X 4gb, but am now wondering if it's too fast for the CPU.
Any thoughts/ suggestions? Thanks.