Upgrading MSI Radeon 5850

[Mattbro]

Hi guys,

need your help to upgrade my old card. The goal is to play current games like The Witcher 3,GTA 5 and future games.

Right now is looks like this:

AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 6x 2.80GHz
MSI ATI Radeon HD5850
ASUS Board m4a88td-v evo/usb3
8GB RAM

Actually I just wanna upgrade my GPU, but I dont mind changing some other parts. I dont have an exactly budget and just wanna see what could be the best low priced way to upgrade my rig.

Thanks in advance.

 

[andreaszero]

Your best choice is to get a GTX 970. To get 60+ FPS in Witcher and GTA 5, you definitely need a GTX 970. I suggest the Asus or MSI one. I also suggest you pick up an Intel i5-4460 because your CPU will most likely bottleneck the GTX 970. I suggested the 4460 because it's one of the cheapest I5's and it's very good. You will also need a new mobo If you are going from AMD to Intel. Get the Gigabyte z97-hd3. If you can't afford to get a new mobo , change your CPU to FX6300 so it doesn't bottleneck the GTX 970. If you are going for a major upgrade, I suggest picking up a i5 4690K, an Asus z97-A mobo and the GTX 970.

 

[exroofer]

And a new Windows license if changing mobo/going Intel, keep that in mind.

R9 290 if you have the psu for it. a fair bit less money than a 970.

Don't buy a video card for the next 3 or 4 weeks, new cards coming out will "probably" bring some prices down.

 

[Mattbro]

Will there be problems with my current mobo and the GTX 970?
And thanks for your suggestions

 

[andreaszero]

Will there be problems with my current mobo and the GTX 970?
And thanks for your suggestions

Your CPU is the problem with the GTX 970. It will bottleneck it. I suggested a new mobo because if you change your CPU and go for Intel you will need an lga 1150 mobo.

 

[iballew]

No, there will not be any issues with your motherboard. Your cpu might be a slight bottleneck, however, its not really a big deal. The x6 1055t is still a fairly fast cpu. Sadly, your motherboard does not support the fx series cpus. I recommend making sure your bios is up to date before upgrading.