HI All,
I have a really old system comprising of;
ASUS P8Z68- V Pro
I5-3570K
16 Gb DDR3 RAM
XFX HD 7870XT
Intel 285Gb SSD Boot (Win 7)
Crucial 180Gb SSD Games
Seagate 1Tb HDD storage
WD Black 250Gb HDD backup
1080P 16:9 Monitor running 1920x1080
I've been playing modded minecraft exclusively for the last year or so but recently bought Diablo IIR which exhibiting some very odd behaviour. I wanted to revisit freelancer re-installed it then added the HD upgrade and finally the Crossfire 2.0 expansion and my graphics card just can't cope but it works for a while.
I'm trying to add screen shots but having problems
I think I need to replace the GPU, I cannot afford to replace everything else I would need to replace in order to go newer (e.g. MOBO, processor, RAM)
So I need some advice, I was thinking of buying an R9 285 OC (£40) or something similar, 2nd hand from CEX as they offer a 2 year warranty. I don't see much point in spending lots of money on a GPU which is too powerful for the system. Am I better off buying an HD 7990 with 6GB of RAM or an R9 380X for a new architecture and 4Gb of RAM but this does stretch my budget (£70). If a nvidia card is a better alternative please advise as I'm not as familiar with those any more.
I did have a considerable over clock on the 3570K but I've dialled it down as it got a bit hot in the summer. I'm not afraid to buy something which has overclocking headroom rather than a factory OC'd card
Thanks in advance
NeilV
I have a really old system comprising of;
ASUS P8Z68- V Pro
I5-3570K
16 Gb DDR3 RAM
XFX HD 7870XT
Intel 285Gb SSD Boot (Win 7)
Crucial 180Gb SSD Games
Seagate 1Tb HDD storage
WD Black 250Gb HDD backup
1080P 16:9 Monitor running 1920x1080
I've been playing modded minecraft exclusively for the last year or so but recently bought Diablo IIR which exhibiting some very odd behaviour. I wanted to revisit freelancer re-installed it then added the HD upgrade and finally the Crossfire 2.0 expansion and my graphics card just can't cope but it works for a while.
I'm trying to add screen shots but having problems
I think I need to replace the GPU, I cannot afford to replace everything else I would need to replace in order to go newer (e.g. MOBO, processor, RAM)
So I need some advice, I was thinking of buying an R9 285 OC (£40) or something similar, 2nd hand from CEX as they offer a 2 year warranty. I don't see much point in spending lots of money on a GPU which is too powerful for the system. Am I better off buying an HD 7990 with 6GB of RAM or an R9 380X for a new architecture and 4Gb of RAM but this does stretch my budget (£70). If a nvidia card is a better alternative please advise as I'm not as familiar with those any more.
I did have a considerable over clock on the 3570K but I've dialled it down as it got a bit hot in the summer. I'm not afraid to buy something which has overclocking headroom rather than a factory OC'd card
Thanks in advance
NeilV