Gpu upgrade need help

[calrag]

AMD Phenom II X4 955 OC @ 3.6Ghz

Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-870A-UD3 (Socket M2)

16.0 GB DDR3 @ 2678MHz (9-9-9-24)

AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series

932GB Hitachi Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 ATA Device (SATA)

Fractal Design 500 W

Will a SAPPHIRE RADEON HD7950 WITH BOOST 3GB work good with my system?

 

[Francisco Costa]

AMD Phenom II X4 955 OC @ 3.8Ghz

Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-870A-UD3 (Socket M2)

16.0 GB DDR3 @ 2678MHz (9-9-9-24)

AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series

932GB Hitachi Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 ATA Device (SATA)

500 W PSU

Will a SAPPHIRE RADEON HD7950 WITH BOOST 3GB work good with my system?

How much would that graphics card cost?

 

[swifty_morgan]

what card do you have now?

what is your monitor resolution?

 

[refillable]

Wait.. Is the 500W PSU from some crappy brand or what?

 

[calrag]

I'm currently using the Radeon hd 6870, and my resoultion is 1920x1080p. And the psu is a fractal design one

 

[calrag]

AMD Phenom II X4 955 OC @ 3.8Ghz

Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-870A-UD3 (Socket M2)

16.0 GB DDR3 @ 2678MHz (9-9-9-24)

AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series

932GB Hitachi Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 ATA Device (SATA)

500 W PSU

Will a SAPPHIRE RADEON HD7950 WITH BOOST 3GB work good with my system?

How much would that graphics card cost?

Around $360

 

[swifty_morgan]

to be honest, yes, the card will be fine. unfortunately with your cpu I don't see it being much of an upgrade.

 

[calrag]

to be honest, yes, the card will be fine. unfortunately with your cpu I don't see it being much of an upgrade.

I see, know any other cards I should consider that would suit my system better?

 

[Francisco Costa]

to be honest, yes, the card will be fine. unfortunately with your cpu I don't see it being much of an upgrade.

I see, know any other cards I should consider that would suit my system better?

this one is almost as good as the 7950 for just $200: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvr927xoc2gd

 

[swifty_morgan]

what's wrong with the one you have?

 

[calrag]

what's wrong with the one you have?

Nothing, really. I want to upgrade to get better performance in gaming and such.

 

[swifty_morgan]

you're not going to achieve much by going to the new card. if you were to upgrade the cpu......... then you would have something that could take advantage of the 7950.

 

[calrag]

you're not going to achieve much by going to the new card. if you were to upgrade the cpu......... then you would have something that could take advantage of the 7950.

Would a card like Gigabyte GV-R927XOC-2GD be more suiting to my cpu then?

 

[Francisco Costa]

you're not going to achieve much by going to the new card. if you were to upgrade the cpu......... then you would have something that could take advantage of the 7950.

Would a card like Gigabyte GV-R927XOC-2GD be more suiting to my cpu then?

Yes, that's the one I suggested, has really good bang for the buck. I strongly advice you to buy that one

 

[calrag]

you're not going to achieve much by going to the new card. if you were to upgrade the cpu......... then you would have something that could take advantage of the 7950.

Would a card like Gigabyte GV-R927XOC-2GD be more suiting to my cpu then?

Yes, that's the one I suggested, has really good bang for the buck. I strongly advice you to buy that one

I'll consider that one for sure, thanks!

 

[swifty_morgan]

no, you don't understand. the card you have now is almost optimal for your cpu. you could put a titan on your board, it wouldn't help. don't spend money just to spend money.

 

[swifty_morgan]

no, you don't understand. the card you have now is almost optimal for your cpu. you could put a titan on your board, it wouldn't help. don't spend money just to spend money.

 

[Francisco Costa]

no, you don't understand. the card you have now is almost optimal for your cpu. you could put a titan on your board, it wouldn't help. don't spend money just to spend money.

No, he can buy a new GPU now and then when he has more money he can buy a new CPU

 

[calrag]

I'm a little confused here...

 

[swifty_morgan]

you want to spend money on a new gpu but it will do you no good. your cpu (955) can't push the bigger card to make the difference worth the price you have top pay............... if you had a bigger cpu ( 8350 or an i5 ) either one would help get more performance out of that bigger card.

the system you have now is more or less well balanced.

the other guy (costa) wants you to buy the 7950 and then suggests after doing that.......... to also upgrade your cpu.

 

[calrag]

you want to spend money on a new gpu but it will do you no good. your cpu (955) can't push the bigger card to make the difference worth the price you have top pay............... if you had a bigger cpu ( 8350 or an i5 ) either one would help get more performance out of that bigger card.

the system you have now is more or less well balanced.

the other guy (costa) wants you to buy the 7950 and then suggests after doing that.......... to also upgrade your cpu.

Okay so let's say I would buy a new cpu, which one should I get that will work with my motherboard or will I have to get a new motherboard aswell?

 

[swifty_morgan]

it says you can put the old 6cores ( 1090T, etc. ) but I had one of those and they aren't any better than the 955 unless you run programs that run well on the extra cores.

the options are an i5 quad core or an 8350 and new board.......... those would give you a real upgrade over your old cpu. the Intel more than the amd.

what ram are you running now. it says 2600 and something. doesn't sound right. I think you should just run what you have into the ground until it doesn't "play" well anymore. in the mean time save your money.............. or you could buy your new card (7950) and carry it over. but just buying the card is a waste.

 

[Raheel Hasan]

If u cant buy gpu, mobo and cpu now then dont invest on anything now.

Lets say u buy a 7950 now(which will not give much improvement due to ur cpu) and then after 6 months or a year u buy new cpu+mobo then at that time there will be much better graphics card in the same $250 range. So its better to save money and buy all the gpu,cpu and mobo at one time.

 

[calrag]

it says you can put the old 6cores ( 1090T, etc. ) but I had one of those and they aren't any better than the 955 unless you run programs that run well on the extra cores.

the options are an i5 quad core or an 8350 and new board.......... those would give you a real upgrade over your old cpu. the Intel more than the amd.

what ram are you running now. it says 2600 and something. doesn't sound right. I think you should just run what you have into the ground until it doesn't "play" well anymore. in the mean time save your money.............. or you could buy your new card (7950) and carry it over. but just buying the card is a waste.

hm I guess it's wiser to stick with my current system then. I don't really feel like spending money on a almost completly new system just to get more fps. Thanks for the help