Upgrading from a 7750.

Zire

Zire

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Right now I have a Radeon 7750 but I'm more of a gamer so I'm looking for something with much more power. I'm wondering what is the best single card I could upgrade too for around $300 give or take?
 
Its a mix really. The 6950 has higher bandwidth and texel rate, and the 7850 has higher pixel rate. I would take the 6950 myself.
 
wolfeking said:
Its a mix really. The 6950 has higher bandwidth and texel rate, and the 7850 has higher pixel rate. I would take the 6950 myself.
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Would a 6950 be able to max out most games today? Such as BF3 or metro 2033 with DX11 and all, or would I need to up it a little more?
 
BF3 is not hard to max.

Questions:

1. What power supply do you have? (exact model pls)
2. What resolution do you play at?
3. What motherboard do you have?

You can use PC Wizard (in my sig). To do this, install it and run it. Go to FILE, SAVE AS and click OK. Save that text file and copy its contents into this thread. Then remove the side of your PC case and record the model and brand of your power supply unit (PSU).
 
bigfellla said:
BF3 is not hard to max.

Questions:

1. What power supply do you have? (exact model pls)
2. What resolution do you play at?
3. What motherboard do you have?

You can use PC Wizard (in my sig). To do this, install it and run it. Go to FILE, SAVE AS and click OK. Save that text file and copy its contents into this thread. Then remove the side of your PC case and record the model and brand of your power supply unit (PSU).
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Power supply: 700watt standard the type is ATX12V / EPS12V with
1 x Main connector
1 x 12V(4+4Pin)
8 x peripheral
6 x SATA
1 x Floppy
2 x PCI-E(8Pin)
Resolution: 1920x1080
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

<<< System Summary >>>

> Mainboard : Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

> Chipset : ATI RD9x0

> Processor : AMD FX 8120 @ 3423MHz

> Physical Memory : 8192MBDDR3-SDRAM

> Video Card : AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series

> Hard Disk : Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN164 ATA Device (2000GB)

> DVD-Rom Drive : ATAPI iHAS124 C

> Monitor Type : AOC International 2243W - 22 inches

> Network Card : Realtek Semiconductor RTL8168/8111 PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

> Operating System : Windows 7 Home Premium Home Edition Media Center 6.01.7601 Service Pack 1 (64-bit)

> DirectX : Version 11.00

> Windows
 
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http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/549?vs=510

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/548?vs=510

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150549

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102986

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150605

i'd get the 7870 if you can.

What bigfella's saying is you're most likely going to have to replace the power supply, if you put a cheap psu under a real load, then it can blow and take other things with it.
 
Well mate, until you pull it out and look at the label (probably hidden elsewhere) I wouldnt put any other GPU in there.
 
bigfellla said:
Well mate, until you pull it out and look at the label (probably hidden elsewhere) I wouldnt put any other GPU in there.
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I removed the power supply and it's a ARCTIC power supply. Model No. ARPS -700
 
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Thanks for your efforts there mate, but unfortunately that is a very very very low quality PSU made by compucase. Put it this way, I have spent the last half an hour trying to find the 12V rail characteristics (the info that matters and cannot). You will need to (annoyingly I know) take it out again post a photo of the stick for us. At this stage however it is very likely that you will need a new PSU to power any GPU you're currently considering. I know 700W sounds like it should be fine, but I will show you why it isn't as soon as you post your photo.

Sorry to be the bringer of bad news.
 
Yep I'm with Bigfella here. I'd honestly get rid of that power supply and go for something like a Corsair CX 500 or CX 600. Either one of those Corsair units would be fine for you.

It's not all about the watts remember. Amperage to the +12V rail is more important. A well designed power supply will provide most of it's total combined wattage (ie - the wattage the manufacture claims the power is) to the +12V rail. Take the +12V rail figure and multiply it by 12 to get the wattage on the rail. It should be close to the combined wattage of the unit.
 
bigfellla said:
Thanks for your efforts there mate, but unfortunately that is a very very very low quality PSU made by compucase. Put it this way, I have spent the last half an hour trying to find the 12V rail characteristics (the info that matters and cannot). You will need to (annoyingly I know) take it out again post a photo of the stick for us. At this stage however it is very likely that you will need a new PSU to power any GPU you're currently considering. I know 700W sounds like it should be fine, but I will show you why it isn't as soon as you post your photo.

Sorry to be the bringer of bad news.
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Thank you for all the help you've given me so far btw it much appreciated.
Here is the picture you requested.
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Looking at those figures I doubt this power supply is actually outputting 700W, probably more like 600-650W. :/

It's a pretty poor unit. I'd just go ahead and replace it if you want a more powerful graphics card.
 
vistakid10 said:
Yep I'm with Bigfella here. I'd honestly get rid of that power supply and go for something like a Corsair CX 500 or CX 600. Either one of those Corsair units would be fine for you.

It's not all about the watts remember. Amperage to the +12V rail is more important. A well designed power supply will provide most of it's total combined wattage (ie - the wattage the manufacture claims the power is) to the +12V rail. Take the +12V rail figure and multiply it by 12 to get the wattage on the rail. It should be close to the combined wattage of the unit.
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Thanks for the info I'll take a look at them.
 
vistakid10 said:
Looking at those figures I doubt this power supply is actually outputting 700W, probably more like 600-650W. :/

It's a pretty poor unit. I'd just go ahead and replace it if you want a more powerful graphics card.
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Yeah I saw that coming. I'm thinking of picking up a Corsair CX 600 from reviews they seem reliable.
 
Zire said:
Thanks for the info I'll take a look at them.
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Your PSU has multiple +12V rails (it has two of them) so you don't multiple each one by 12 and add them together, you do something else to work out the wattage (I forget what now) but just by looking at those numbers I know it's not a great PSU.

Zire said:
Yeah I saw that coming. I'm thinking of picking up a Corsair CX 600 from reviews they seem reliable.
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A CX 600 would be just fine.
 
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