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New video card advice.
Hi I am looking for a better video card right now here's my PC build. Any suggestions on a new card between 200$ to 300$ that is an upgrade is welcomed. Prefer Nvidia but will look at AMD too.
MB G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
SSD 250gb Samsung + HITACHI Deskstar 7K3000 1.5TB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
APU Thermaltake TR2 RX 750W Bronze W0382RU Power Supply
Case Thermaltake Armor Series Armor A60 Black Computer Case With Side Panel Window
Video card current SAPPHIRE FleX Radeon HD 6950 100312FLEX Video Card with Eyefinity
Any advice is welcomed on new card or anything else thx.
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660
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130826
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202025
7870
Is what id get myself i have the 660 personally.
"Negaholics are people who become addicted to negativity and self-doubt, they find fault in most things and never seem to be satisfied."
^MMORPG.com
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121656
I just purchased this card. It's amazing. Much better than my previous gtx evga superclocked 470. The temps idle at 30c with 10% fan. I've never seen it hit above 62c with my custom fan profile (highest I've seen my fan hit was around 70%).
Edit:
for reference http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131484
If going for the a 7870 - You have alot of choice in hand, such as picking up a regular 7870 or perhaps a GHZ edition card. Word on the street is the tahiti-Le is basically a 7900+ series card. [Bad Naming] Should of been called the 7930. I personally own the tahiti-LE 7870 card, and its fantastic! ^ very good at overclocking as well.
Pros: this card is really amazing for the amount of money you pay for it. as others have said before its just a 7950 core on a 7870 board! this card will max out any game i throw at it at max everything.
Cons: Runs sort of Hot&Loud 85c@Max in planetside 2 w-overclock~ although I use a stock fan and it usually only pushes up to 50%, no big deal.
Word on the street <<
hehe~ is that nvidia cards is the way to go- if you have the cash to pump out for a 7950/7970 go for it! xD
btw....whats your CPU
curious
On your budget, you could get a video card that is faster than what you have now, but not really by enough to justify the upgrade. The fastest you can get is a Radeon HD 7950 with Boost:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131478
If you were willing to shell out for a Radeon HD 7970 or GeForce GTX 770, then it's a lot easier to justify the upgrade:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202008
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127741
But those are well out of your stated budget.
Your more immediate problem is that your power supply is a piece of junk. That's not the sort of risk you want to mess with in a high power, high performance, high cost gaming system. But getting something nice doesn't have to cost a fortune.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182071
LInked this above, but you can use this to price check/examine cards easily enough:
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html
That's way overpriced for what you get. If you care about heat and noise, then compared to your old GTX 470, just about anything would be amazing.
What about this for a replacement?
Yeah i like modular PSU.
You could try this, then.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151118