Which graphics card to buy?

[shaman18]

Hello everyone!

I'm looking to upgrade from my GIGABYTE Radeon HD 7970 - mainly because I think its starting to get a little dated and I want to get prepared for games like Black Desert.

Is my card dated enough to bother upgrading in your opinion?

I know the 980 is to pricey for me so I was looking at the 970 or maybe the r390? Is there something better in the 970's price range?
I'm sort of clueless about things like this as you can probably tell and any help would be appreciated.

My current specs are.

- ASRock Z77 Extreme6 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
-Cooler Master Silent Pro M2 - 620W Power Supply with 80 PLUS Bronze Certification and Modular Cables
-Intel i7 3770k @ 3.5 GHz
- 8 gigs of ram.
- I play at 1920x1080 but I may buy a 4k monitor in the future ( on cyber Monday or something )
What would work best for me?

 

[Mr Hat]

I'd go the 970 route, you won't have to upgrade your PSU, and you'll be able to run all games @1080 at max, or at least close to max settings.

 

[shaman18]

I'd go the 970 route, you won't have to upgrade your PSU, and you'll be able to run all games @1080 at max, or at least close to max settings.

When I put the MSI Radeon r9 390 and my current power supply together on pcpartpicker.com It doesn't say there are any issues, is the website being a goof? how come I'd have to upgrade my PSU with the r 390?

 

[SirTrus]

I'd recommend the GTX 970, there's only like a 5 FPS difference between the 970 and '80.
Since the GPU is 'pricey' I'd advise getting one with 4GB VRAM.

 

[maxalge]

I'd go the 970 route, you won't have to upgrade your PSU, and you'll be able to run all games @1080 at max, or at least close to max settings.

When I put the MSI Radeon r9 390 and my current power supply together on pcpartpicker.com It doesn't say there are any issues, is the website being a goof? how come I'd have to upgrade my PSU with the r 390?

that power supply is tier 3, not for high end gaming systems



the 390 is also very power hungry, it needs a tier 1 or 2 unit in 650w or better


http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html





4k is VERY demanding, it needs minimum two gtx 980 ti to run at decent settings and fps on newer games

 

[WetysCZ]

Hi, for full hd gtx 970 is fine, but for 4k r9 390 is what you want, if you can go higher with the price, aim for gtx 980 / ti ... don't even look for r9 390x, it doesn't worth the money 😉

 

[shaman18]

Hi, for full hd gtx 970 is fine, but for 4k r9 390 is what you want, if you can go higher with the price, aim for gtx 980 / ti ... don't even look for r9 390x, it doesn't worth the money 😉

the 980 is out of question unfortunately. 🙁
to expensive!

 

[WetysCZ]

Hi, for full hd gtx 970 is fine, but for 4k r9 390 is what you want, if you can go higher with the price, aim for gtx 980 / ti ... don't even look for r9 390x, it doesn't worth the money 😉

the 980 is out of question unfortunately. 🙁
to expensive!

Then I would aim for r9 390, will outperform gtx 970, sometimes even 980 in 4k, if you want to stay in 1080p you can get both gtx 970 and r9 390, they performs pretty same here 😉

 

[shaman18]

Hi, for full hd gtx 970 is fine, but for 4k r9 390 is what you want, if you can go higher with the price, aim for gtx 980 / ti ... don't even look for r9 390x, it doesn't worth the money 😉

the 980 is out of question unfortunately. 🙁
to expensive!

Then I would aim for r9 390, will outperform gtx 970, sometimes even 980 in 4k, if you want to stay in 1080p you can get both gtx 970 and r9 390, they performs pretty same here 😉

The guy above said my current PSU wasn't good enough for the 390

 

[WetysCZ]

Hi, for full hd gtx 970 is fine, but for 4k r9 390 is what you want, if you can go higher with the price, aim for gtx 980 / ti ... don't even look for r9 390x, it doesn't worth the money 😉

the 980 is out of question unfortunately. 🙁
to expensive!

Then I would aim for r9 390, will outperform gtx 970, sometimes even 980 in 4k, if you want to stay in 1080p you can get both gtx 970 and r9 390, they performs pretty same here 😉

The guy above said my current PSU wasn't good enough for the 390

You are fine, I've ran i7 4790 @ 4.4ghz with amd fury gpu on fortron hexa+ 500w psu without any problems 😉 you have way better psu than I have 😉

 

[maxalge]

Hi, for full hd gtx 970 is fine, but for 4k r9 390 is what you want, if you can go higher with the price, aim for gtx 980 / ti ... don't even look for r9 390x, it doesn't worth the money 😉

the 980 is out of question unfortunately. 🙁
to expensive!

Then I would aim for r9 390, will outperform gtx 970, sometimes even 980 in 4k, if you want to stay in 1080p you can get both gtx 970 and r9 390, they performs pretty same here 😉

The guy above said my current PSU wasn't good enough for the 390

You are fine, I've ran i7 4790 @ 4.4ghz with amd fury gpu on fortron hexa+ 500w psu without any problems 😉 you have way better psu than I have 😉

just because you got damn lucky, doesnt mean anybody else will


this website is full of people asking for help because they did something like this and their system has no stability, or their nice expensive parts blew

 

[superninja12]

dont be stubborn and jsut replace that psu. look at this link and u will see its a tier 3 psu http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html im sure u will put that gtx 970 to the max(which is my reccomandation) so get yourself a stable powersupply.

 

[shaman18]

I'm not stubborn I just do not have the money in the budget for a new PSU

 

[Mr Hat]

I'm not stubborn I just do not have the money in the budget for a new PSU

Do not listen to these guys, I think it's a wase to buy a new one, if you've got a working PSU. Just plug it in, and it'll work. I've got a Corsair CX PSU myself,everyone sais it's terrible, but still, it's giving the right performance, no issues at all.

 

[superninja12]

I'm not stubborn I just do not have the money in the budget for a new PSU

Do not listen to these guys, I think it's a wase to buy a new one, if you've got a working PSU. Just plug it in, and it'll work. I've got a Corsair CX PSU myself,everyone sais it's terrible, but still, it's giving the right performance, no issues at all.

Ofc, dont listen to people who have tested and reviewed these powersupplies.
Everything goes ok untill it goes wrong. but yeah your'e free to do whatever u want

 

[Mr Hat]

I'm not stubborn I just do not have the money in the budget for a new PSU

Do not listen to these guys, I think it's a wase to buy a new one, if you've got a working PSU. Just plug it in, and it'll work. I've got a Corsair CX PSU myself,everyone sais it's terrible, but still, it's giving the right performance, no issues at all.

Ofc, dont listen to people who have tested and reviewed these powersupplies.
Everything goes ok untill it goes wrong. but yeah your'e free to do whatever u want

Yes, there always is a chance something goes wrong 😉, but in my opinion, it's not worth spending a €100, that's a lot of money.

 

[maxalge]

I'm not stubborn I just do not have the money in the budget for a new PSU

Do not listen to these guys, I think it's a wase to buy a new one, if you've got a working PSU. Just plug it in, and it'll work. I've got a Corsair CX PSU myself,everyone sais it's terrible, but still, it's giving the right performance, no issues at all.

Ofc, dont listen to people who have tested and reviewed these powersupplies.
Everything goes ok untill it goes wrong. but yeah your'e free to do whatever u want

Yes, there always is a chance something goes wrong 😉, but in my opinion, it's not worth spending a €100, that's a lot of money.

the worse the components on that power supply, the higher the chance of failure

seems like commons sense when you really want to get that nice video card, or mobo, or cpu



never cheap out on the heart of your pc

 

[superninja12]

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[Mr Hat]

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Wow, great site bro!

 

[superninja12]

works for me, just google otherwise johnyguru seasonic s12ii review or johnguru corsair cx review

 

[Mr Hat]

works for me, just google otherwise johnyguru seasonic s12ii review or johnguru corsair cx review

Yes, the seasonic one is way better, I know. But where I live, that one costs twice as much, not kidding. It's not like that Corsair one is going to explode, that's for sure. It does the trick for a fair price, that's all I want.

Btw, that's a nice webside indeed