Graphics Card advice

[unchiusm]

Hey there!

I'm here to ask you guys for some advice regarding a new GPU...

Curently I'm running crossfire HD7950 but I'm not happy at all ... Most of the new games are not optimized at all for crossfire and usually I get funny graphics glitches and lower framerate than with one card .

I wanna prepare for GTA 5 on PC ... so I was thinking about the R9 290x

I want games to run at aprox 50 - 60 FPS on 1080p and I wonder if this card would fit my requirments

Thank you in advance guys !

 

[byza]

Yes the 290x will do 1080p at 50+fps. What are the rest of your specs?

 

[unchiusm]

ASRock 990FX Extreme4
AMD FX 8350
Corsair RM850 PSU
2x4GB Kingston DDR3
Kingston HyperX 3k 120GB SSD for Windows
2 TB Seagate HDD

 

[Leemon]

The 290x will most certainly run games at 60FPS+ at 1080p. The rest of your specs are fine

 

[byza]

Yep the 290x is a great choice with those specs. The 750w+ RM PSU's aren't the best, I'd look at upgrading that next. You should be able to pick up an XFX, Seasonic, Rosewill Capstone or antec HCG for pretty cheap.

 

[unchiusm]

@Byza you think my 850psu won't be able to handle the new GPU?

 

[byza]

It will handel it fine, it really won't be working hard at all. They just have cheap capacitors. It's not a replace immediately part, but next time you want to do some upgrades it's a part to keep in mind.

 

[unchiusm]

Thanks for the info man ! Have a nice day !

 

[byza]

You too mate. Don't forget to close the thread.