Which Graphics Card?

[G3NERALMILLS]

Hey everyone im looking to upgrade my graphics card since its kind of old. I was wondering which graphics card would give me the best performance without any bottle necking. Trying to get back into PC gaming, Thanks!
Specs:
GPU- msi radeon hd 7850 2gb OC edition
CPU- AMD fx 8350 8 core black edition at 4.0 ghz
Ram- ripjaws gskill ddr3-1866 8gb stick
Mother board- MSI 970A-G46
PSU- Raidmax hybrid series RX-630SS

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

RX580

 

[G3NERALMILLS]

any advice on which particular one?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

RX580 4GB or 8GB Nitro.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/compare/dTfmP6,ct2rxr,sF648d/
One of the 3.

 

[G3NERALMILLS]

thanks!

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Glad to assist.

 

[Chugalug_]

Budget for an upgrade?

 

[G3NERALMILLS]

just for the graphics card?

 

[Chugalug_]

Yeah, i'll make a card suggestion.

 

[G3NERALMILLS]

300$

 

[Chugalug_]

I think with that much you're best to save and get a 1070.
Fantastic at 1080p.
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/4XyxFT/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1070-8gb-windforce-oc-video-card-gv-n1070wf2oc-8gd

 

[G3NERALMILLS]

thats well over 300$ man haha

 

[jase888]

any advice on which particular one?

Ive just got the Gigabyte RX 580 8GB from what people say Gigabyte are reliable cards. I can update over the weekend once ive installed and tested mine.

Avoid the ASUS RX 480 8GB as mine had some big issues with crashing - due to it been overclocked to far (out the box) and not been stable.

 

[Chugalug_]

thats well over 300$ man haha

It's $40 over. 😛

 

[maxalge]

thats well over 300$ man haha

not to mention your cpu is nowhere near good enough

the psu is seriously questionable, most likely also seriously over stated in wattage, probably at best a 450w unit

I would not trust it at all with anything


andyson made with crapxon capacitors


replace this first before you get anything

 

[Chugalug_]

An 8350 is generally fine to handle a 1070 tbh, but yeah an upgrade soon would be suitable for the CPU.
@Maxalge, given the system will only draw about 450w under load it should be fine.

 

[maxalge]

An 8350 is generally fine to handle a 1070 tbh, but yeah an upgrade soon would be suitable for the CPU.
@Maxalge, given the system will only draw about 450w under load it should be fine.

no it isnt

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3192807/ultimate-bottlenecking-guide.html


8350 barely manages to handle gtx 970 level cards, when overclocked


a 1070 would be bottlenecked to the ground

No, overloading a crap ass psu is asking for something to go up in smoke, IT IS NOT a true 630w

 

[Chugalug_]

This comparison isn't great since it compares it with a 4790k which is a much stronger CPU, but it gets my point across.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds0jCY4m9os
It will work extremely well and be better than a 1060 with a 1500X for example.
I never said it was a true 630w or quality, but any PSU running at 60% load will be perfectly fine unless it was made by a moron.
I mean it's raidmax, at least it's decent garbage.

 

[maxalge]

This comparison isn't great since it compares it with a 4790k which is a much stronger CPU, but it gets my point across.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds0jCY4m9os
It will work extremely well and be better than a 1060 with a 1500X for example.
I never said it was a true 630w or quality, but any PSU running at 60% load will be perfectly fine unless it was made by a moron.
I mean it's raidmax, at least it's decent garbage.

if it is not a true 630w, then what are you basing your 60% on?

for all you know it could actually be a 300w unit, what is 60% of 300?

raidmax is a know exaggerator, god knows what the actual wattage is and saying it is "fine" is playing with a loaded gun

sure it is not your money or pc parts...



a youtube video... seriously? OVER a fellow tom members own findings??? A moderator no less...


There are even tom official benchmarks that showed a 8350 at stock could not even handle a 7970 properly

 

[Chugalug_]

What findings?
He recommended an RX 580, not any comments on PSU or CPU.
Just because someone's a moderator it doesn't mean you have to agree with them 100%, An RX 580 is a good option, but again, I believe a 1070 is a better buy.

 

[YoAndy]

If you are coming back to pc gaming I really recommend that you slowly upgrade everything in your system since new games Like Mass Effect Andromeda recommend at least 16GB of memory and they are made for 4k gaming

 

[G3NERALMILLS]

I'm definitely going to be getting more ram. What CPU would you guys recommend then? Honestly I was just thinking of making a new intel build

 

[amdrx480]

an i5 7600k

 

[G3NERALMILLS]

@amdrx480 I Have a AMD build tho