Thinking of a Graphics card update

[ltpimp]

Hi all
im thinking of a grahpics car update to something with dx11 i currently have a Nvidia GTS 250
I was looking at some MSI cards like the 5770 hawk and the R5830-70 lightning... i have a budget of $340 AUS.
can anyone help me out on finding a new card or if its even worth doing so atm.

Consider that i do alot of gaming like Modern Warfare 2, Bad Company 2, Assassins creed 2 etc.
Im currently using Thermal take power TR2 RX 550W Psu With an Asus p5q-pro mobo with an Intel E8500 with a Thermal take ISGC-200

thanks!

 

[sk1939]

Any Radeon 5000 series card would be bottlenecked by your CPU. Is there a particular reason you want to upgrade? What resolutions do you play at?

 

[ltpimp]

Any Radeon 5000 series card would be bottlenecked by your CPU. Is there a particular reason you want to upgrade? What resolutions do you play at?

atm i generaly play on 1280x1024, i dont particularly need an upgrade but i thought i should spoil my self once in a while since i havnt in quite some time

 

[jbakerlent]

You wouldn't face that much of a bottleneck with a midrange 5000 series card, but it isn't a huge upgrade over what you have either. Really, you should be able to play many of those games at high settings as is. The 5770 really wouldn't be much of a performance upgrade over your 250, but it's an option, as is the 5830, with the latter being overkill unless you upgrade your monitor.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150462

On the up side, both could easily be reused in your next new build...

 

[mindless728]

Any Radeon 5000 series card would be bottlenecked by your CPU. Is there a particular reason you want to upgrade? What resolutions do you play at?

no it won't, even the stock e8500 is fine for CF 58xx

 

[deweycd]

I would suggest either a 5830 or 5850 depending on pricing.

 

[ltpimp]

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