Upgrading my old computer

[Aggelos Tsakiris]

Hello guys i decided to upgrade my current pc and go for total 8GB ram-SSD disk and my major concern a new grapchic card.
I have the following setup

Mobo-Asus M4A785TD-V EVO (AM3) http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M4A785TDV_EVO/
CPU-AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.40ghz
Card-AMD Radeon HD5800 series
RAM-4 GB
PSU-650W

Now my interest for graphic card goes to XFX AMD RADEON R9 280 http://www.eshopcy.com.cy/product?id=PER.519785

My question is if with this card i would experience bottleneck for my system? if so what would you suggest?
I use my computer for gaming and some video editing.
Games like WoT and so.. not FPS

 

[dovah-chan]

No you won't experience any bottlenecks. My friend has used a 965 with a 7950 (same card as a 280) for over two years and still enjoys his card. I think it would be better to get an R9 285 as the R9 280 is becoming antiquated. Not because of its performance, but its feature list is less than the 285. The regular 280 lacks many features such as FreeSync support, true audio, and a few other AMD technologies.

 

[Brunostako]

In some cases, yes, you will experience bottlenecks. The Phenom 965 is not a high end CPU for today standards, its performance is equivalent to a Athlon 750K Piledriver. With that CPU you should stay with the R7 265 or GTX 750 Ti level, but if you want to buy it then do it, nothing bad will happen. It's just that you will never use the full potential of the GPU.

What PSU model do you have?

 

[Wisecracker]

... With that CPU you should stay with the R7 265 or GTX 750 Ti level

:lol:

Not surprisingly, he is running an Intel CPU with integrated graphics.

I've got a PhII 965BE at 3.8GHz (1.3v) rocking an HD 7950 with no issues.

 

[Brunostako]

Nice! Great for you.

 

[Onus]

Afaik, WoT is not very graphically demanding. Is it? What is not performing as well as you'd like that you want to replace your graphics card?
See if your video editing software benefits from GPGPU processing, and if it is specific to nVidia or AMD, or can use either.
I would think that a R9 270X or GTX760 would be reasonable upgrades if one is needed, the choice to be determined either by your video editing software or whether or not your games have a particular preference for AMD or nVidia architecture.