Radeon HD 5850 replacement

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As has already been asked your specs are very important but AMD has new cards being released in about a month. There are no benchmarks yet and no pricing has been released yet either but unless you need a card now it will be worth waiting. The new cards may not even be much better than the current HD 7xxx series but Nvidia may cut prices a bit either way.
 
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This is my first pc and the first promlem I have ran into. Running an amd sicx core 3.8 ghz. power supply 750W with 8gb of ram
 
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Thats awesome information thank you! What would you recomend for a low end card to wait for the new high end cards.

 
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Then you should be clear to run just about anything you want to throw at it, within reason of course, the 7950 is a great place to start with the sapphire model. But that may be more than you wish to spend. Or less. There is also the 9000 series launching soon, so if you can hold out until then, see how they do, if they are good pick one up, if not, current prices will probably go down.
 
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So an FX 6200? What is the make and model of your power supply?

Do you need a card right now or can you wait about a month?
 
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The new AMD R9 2xx cards ( not going to be called HD 9xxx series ) will be out at the end of October. If nothing else they should have a hardware fix for the HD 7xxx series frame pacing issues when running Crossfire. I'm sure there will be a performance boost as well. The only question is pricing.

With an FX 6200 at stock speeds I would stick with an upper mid range card like the HD 7950 or GTX 760. If you can overclock your CPU you can move up to a higher end HD 7970/GTX 770 level card. It really depends on your budget.
 
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Well, you really don't want a low end card if you're looking for better performance than the 5850. You'd have to start with
a 7850 as a minimum. As anort said, you prob want to look at a 7950 if it's in your budget range.
But, I agree with the others wait a couple weeks n see what happens with pricing.
 
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That would be junk. As in it's not even on any lists I can find to see who actually makes it. Where are you located? What country? Personally I would not add a more powerful graphics card without replacing the power supply. You will only need a 500-600w unit for any single graphics card setup if it's a quality unit.

Stick with Corsair, Seasonic, PC Power and Cooling, XFX, Silverstone, Enermax, OCZ, Antec or the higher efficiency Rosewill units for quality.
 
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Where would you recomend to buy from. Saw a good review on the HD 7850

 
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I was going with pre rebate prices. After rebate I know they are under.
 
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OK never mind. Your power supply is an HEC. I was looking for a Zephyr brand, no wonder I could not find it! HEC is not a great brand but it's not a no name unit like what I thought you had. You are probably fine with what you have.
 
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^ If you are in the US PCPartpicker is the best place to find the best deals. Newegg is great but not always the cheapest.
 
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PC is fairly outdated i believe. What would you recomend for a new power source?

 
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This is sufficient for a system with any single graphics card except maybe the GTX Titan and is also extremely high quality. Seasonic is the best and these units are priced very well. 80 Plus Gold certified and modular for $80.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151119
 
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Yes, recognizable, but HEC is a bottom feeder. Tier 5 no less. OP should still consider upgrading PSU.
 
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