Which graphics card should i get?

[Benhopalong]

hey im on the verge of buying a pc primarily for gaming, but im stuck on which card i should buy, i was thinking of getting a 7970 but i could afford a 680 or a 670 is cheaper than both, the rest of the specs are as follows,
AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4100 3.60GHz Processor
8 gigs of ram
120 ssd
2tb hdd

 

[Benhopalong]

btw this is the first pc i will ever buy so i am a bit of a noob and im not building it myself so some of the parts you may suggest i may not be able to get

 

[darth pravus]

That's a poor proc to be honest. Not good for that kind of GPU power.

The 670 DCUII is probably the best option and when overclock the top end is fairly close to each other.

 

[mcnumpty23]

forget the gtx680

its not much faster than the gtx670 but costs a fair bit more

either gtx670

or 7970

or 7950 and overclock it

if gaming on resolutions above 1920 x 1080 then the amd card

or if you want to use the compute power of the gpu then also the amd card

the gtx670 is great for gaming but not so much for software that can utilise the gpu compute power

 

[Benhopalong]

hmm, are amd bad for processors?

 

[mcnumpty23]

hmm, are amd bad for processors?

depends on your budget--amd are cheaper than intel but intel are faster

but if you have the money then the intel 3570k is the gamers choice of cpu

 

[Benhopalong]

ahh i was thinking of this new setup with that i5 and a 7970 is that good ?

 

[mcnumpty23]

yes the 3570k and a 7970 or gtx670 is good

i got a 7970 for the same price as a gtx670 in the uk

the gtx670 is more power efficient but i wanted games performance and the compute power of the gpu

so went 7970

 

[Benhopalong]

okay thanks i think i might do that, i too am from the uk where did you buy yours from ?

 

[mcnumpty23]

scan.co.uk--dpd give a one hour delivery slot--never failed to be in that 1 hour for me yet--saves waiting about all day

though i always check a few other sites as some do one day only deals

aria.co.uk--they do daily deals

ebuyer--can order up to 11pm and still get it next day--as long as its an item in their main warehouse

dabs

overclockers.co.uk--they do weekly deals starting on wednesday mornings

 

[darth pravus]

I5 is massively more powerful than that AMD proc. Amazon have the DCUII on sale occasionally. I got mine for £300

 

[Benhopalong]

have you guys built these pcs yourself, becuase im thinking of doing that

 

[Benhopalong]

atm im looking at customizables on overclockers uk

 

[mcnumpty23]

yes built it myself

overclockers.co.uk is good with their configurator

but you will pay for them building it for you

if you get them to build it choose no overclocking option

its simple to overclock the i5

 

[Mousemonkey]

This topic has been moved from the section CPU & Components to section Graphics & Displays by Mousemonkey