Graphic card advice needed

[Guest]

Hi There

I am about to buy a new system and need your advice on the correct Graphics card for me

System so far

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb 3.0GHz
Motherboard: Foxconn A79A-S AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX
RAM: 4gb Ram

The problem is i am unsure on the graphics card, is the extra money worth it

SAPPHIRE 100259-1GL Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102801

SAPPHIRE 100245L Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102770

Any advice would be great

thanks

 

[xthekidx]

It depends a lot on the resolution of the monitor you will use and the games you will play, without that info its very difficult to make a recommendation.

 

[fullmetall]

Monitor resolution? 1gb 4870 but, change the combo on that x4 940 + foxconn

To the x4 940 + Gigabyte.

 

[Guest]

Hi There

I will be using two monitors (not at the same time)

22" TFT Monitor 1680x1050

and

40" LCD TV 1366*768

Will be playing a variety of games mainly call of duty and crysis

What are the advantages to upgrading the motherboard to the gigabyte option?

Thanks for your help

 

[fullmetall]

4870 1gb sapphire will be good.

Due to the change of motherboard pick, mainly for stability and (or) reliable product/brand.

 

[xthekidx]

The gigabyte has a better board layout IMO and I would chose it as well, or perhaps this one if the gigabyte is too expensive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.165048
That gives you more PCI and PCIEx1 slots for other peripherals...the 4 pciex16 slots on the foxconn is useless IMO

For those intended uses I would get the 4870 1gb, crysis will struggle unless you turn down the quality with the 4850

 

[Guest]

Price is an important factor in this system, but not at the cost of reliability etc.

Would i notice any difference between the more expensive gigabyte to the biostar?

i notice the two cards you pointed out are 790GX are these better that the FX?

thanks

 

[xthekidx]

Generally speaking, no the 790FX is a better chipset, but that one made by Foxconn was poorly thought out IMO. If you want reliability, then I would go with the Gigabyte UD4H, as gigabyte has a better rep than biostar, although the biostar mobo seems to have pretty good reviews.

 

[Guest]

Great Thanks for the advice, could you recommend any other e shops apart from newegg

Thanks

 

[fullmetall]

Which other parts do you have in mind?

 

[Guest]

new egg does not do international shipping :-(

 

[xthekidx]

where do you need it shipped to?