help in buying a GPU

[ankiyt]

I have a fx 6300 cpu with 4 gb of ram, i need to buy a GPU for playing games like Assassin's creed 4, COD ghosts, Battlefield etc....
any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!

 

[Portuguesetechie]

2 questions
Whats your budget?
are u gaming at 1080p?

 

[ankiyt]

my monitor is of 1600x900, but I'm going to upgrade to a 1920x1080...my budget is around 15,000 inr..

 

[Portuguesetechie]

so about 200-250 dollars? Well idd say the GTX 760 or maybe an R9 270x if u can find a decently priced one

 

[ankiyt]

these both are priced more than 18000 here...how about 7850 2 gb?

 

[ankiyt]

Here is the link for it:
http://www.flipkart.com/sapphire-radeon-hd-7850-2gb-gddr5-graphics-card/p/itmdh75uazzzgsdd?pid=GRCDH72GTJTFQQZ5&otracker=from-search&srno=t_1&query=7850+2gb&ref=bf6c118e-062a-464c-b1ae-989c84c9fb0f

 

[Portuguesetechie]

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/battlefield_4_vga_graphics_performance_benchmark,7.html use this as reference, it gets 48fpss avg on BF4 all maxed out

 

[ankiyt]

so 7870 will do the needful, right? or is there anything I'll need to add up?

 

[ankiyt]

Sorry but I'm pretty much confused, just wanted to make sure that I'm buying the right thing before investing! i appreciate your assistance

 

[Portuguesetechie]

Well mate idd say it will do the job, if u notice lagg spikes u can always try to OC it a bit or reduce your details to high, its a bit less demanding adn the difference isnt much, the game still looks gorgeous, this speaking about BF4's case in particular

 

[ankiyt]

i have few more question if you don't mind?

1. will it be a good investment to play games that comes around couple of years going forward?

2. is fx 6300 a good choice for the games that i mentioned?

3. In case of GPU's, is nvidia a good choice or AMD?

 

[Portuguesetechie]

1: I cant say it will, games can evolved very fast or they can stay like this for a while, The new engines like Crytek and Frostbite 3.0 have just come out so it might be this GPU holds on at maxed out setting for a while, not sure how long, and u can always get another one when they get cheaperr to crossfire
2: Yes, its a very good bang-for the buck CPU, games dont demand a lot of CPU, the games u mentioned should be fine
3: They are both excellent, this gen in particular they are very neck-and-neck, AMD has mantle coming out but noone knows what that will actually do so they are both excellent

 

[ankiyt]

Alright, so what would be your preference if you were in my place? which GPU you would choose?

 

[ankiyt]

And yes, I even forgot to mention Batman Arkham origins...

 

[fbbam]

if you can get a radeon 7870 it would be the best its a little bit faster than geforce 660 and essentially the same as the radeon R7 270x

 

[fbbam]

Concerning your CPU; to get the best out of it you should overclock it

 

[ankiyt]

Thank you so much!! can you help me with over clocking it?

 

[ankiyt]

hey if I buy 7870 2 gb, will there be any compatibility issues with fx 6300?

 

[fbbam]

hey if I buy 7870 2 gb, will there be any compatibility issues with fx 6300?

No compatibility issue whatsoever as long as your power supply is sufficient.

About overclocking you will need to provide some info: your motherboard, your CPU cooler, also check towshardware there is a system builder article in which a fx6300 was over clocked.

 

[ankiyt]

this is my motherboard:
http://www.gigabyte.in/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4129#ov

and cabinet:
http://www.iball.co.in/Product/i9090/281

 

[ankiyt]

Any update please?