Upgrade to a better card from the ATI Radeon HD 5670 - 1GB

[BlazeDragon]

Greetings everyone, this is my first post.

I have a custom desktop PC and use it for gaming, a lot of gaming. For 2 years it's been great, however Dragon Age Inquisition will majorly lag unless I drop the graphics settings really low, and 7 days to die will cause my system to crash and have the video stop responding unless I do like wise...

So I would like to replace my graphics card with a better one, that will allow me to up my graphics on these games and be prepared for future ones.

Price Goal: $50-$100

System:
**Case - PSI CyborgX Gaming Tower Case
**CPU- Intel i7 960 Processor (4x 3.20GHz/8MB L3 Cache) with liquid cooling
**RAM - 10 GB DDR3-1600
**GPU - ATI Radeon HD 5670 - 1024 MB, PCI Express 2.0x16, GDDR5, Core 775 MHz, Memory 64 GByte/s
**Motherboard - ASUS P6T SE Intel X58 Chipset CrossFire Supported w/8-ch HD Audio, Triple-Channel DDR3, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, 3 PCI-E MB
**PSU - 700 Watt Xion
**HDD - 2TB WD Black
**OS - Windows 7 home edition

I've been looking at SAPPHIRE DUAL-X 100314-4L Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Video Card

Recommendations? suggestions?

 

[Forgotten031511]

I don't see you being able to really get the upgraded card you need for that price range. Any card that will show noticeable performance changes will cost about $200+

 

[BlazeDragon]

My goal was to keep it under $100, however I could just save up. What would you recommend around $200 price tag?

Would the SAPPHIRE DUAL-X 100314-4L Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Video Card, not really make a difference?

Currently I'm using VGA hookup to my monitor, would using an HDMI cable improve graphic quality and performance at all?

 

[Forgotten031511]

Switching from VGA to HDMI will not make a huge difference, though it will make some. VGA and HDMI have different bandwidth speeds which allow the data to be sent from the GPU to the Display...but that is a different topic.

The HD 6970 will make a difference, but not what you are hoping for. In my opinion, I would rather pay $200 once every 1-2 years compared to $100 every 6 months. If you want to upgrade, then UPGRADE.

For the $200 price point you can get yourself a nice GTX 960 or a GTX 750 Ti. Both great cards as the 750 Ti is still holding it's own and the GTX 960 with newer technology.

 

[BlazeDragon]

Those are PCI express 3.0 is that going to work with my board? I have a PCI express 2.0 x16 slot.

 

[Forgotten031511]

All the newer cards have PCI-e 3.0 and yes, PCI-e 3.0 is backwards compatible with PCI-e 2.0

 

[BlazeDragon]

All the newer cards have PCI-e 3.0 and yes, PCI-e 3.0 is backwards compatible with PCI-e 2.0

I was not aware of that, awesome 😀

so if I went with something like this
EVGA 02G-P4-3751-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card

I'd be good to go?

Do you think I would be able to max out the graphics on DAI?