7770 for a Core2 q8200?

1991ATServerTower · Jun 22, 2013

Just curious if a 7770 1GB GDDR5 would be a noticeable upgrade from a GTS450 1GB GDDR5 on my Core 2 Quad Q8200 / 8GB DDR2 RAM / PCE-e 1 (ASUS P5k-VM), 1600x900 resolution system?

The cpu, front side bus, and ram slow things down considerably so I'm not really sure if such an upgrade would grant a noticeable FPS increase in games such as Guild Wars 2, Planetside 2, Neverwinter, etc.

Eventually I'll upgrade my CPU/RAM/Motherboard, but I'm not really unhappy with what I have atm.

The Q6660 Inside · Jun 22, 2013

It would not be a bad upgrade, if you can, overclock that Q8200 to around 3.0GHz to ensure the maximum possible upgrade with the 8200, my Q6600@3.4 was able to run a GTX 570 at max usage with ease.

Kamen_BG · Jun 22, 2013

The HD 7770 would only be like a 40% increase in performance. I don't know about you, but if I was about to upgrade I'd be looking into cards that would completely redifine my gaming experiance.
Right now your GTS 450 can run any game out there.
An upgrade would be a card that can allow you to crank up the settings in new games and play them at least on medium.
Such cards would be the HD 7850 or GTX 650 Ti.

The Q6660 Inside · Jun 22, 2013

Kamen_BG :

The 7750 managed to play BF3 on high 4x AA @1900x1200 @21 FPS, so I think the 7770 would be fitting for his task, it is only 1600x900 you know. I would get the 7770 and save up for a CPU upgrade to an Ivy Bridge or AMD Piledriver/Steamroller platform.

1991ATServerTower · Jun 22, 2013

The Q6660 Inside :

I have been able to overclock it to 2.8GHz (7x400) at 1.38v, but it's gets really damned hot for the 14% increase in performance when encoding in Handbrake and compressing with 7-Zip. Also, it kicks out errors and crashes programs. On the other hand, it works great when undervolted to 1.07v! While the overclock is noticeable, 48C idle, 74C under load is too hot for it. I did order a heat pipe cooler for it, one that fits every socket with mounting brackets so I can use it later on something else, so perhaps it will hold out better with that. If not, oh well. I'll use the HSF on my eventual upgrade.

I thought about the 7850 as well, which I would prefer. However, I'm really most curious if either would actually perform better on my platform than the GTS450. If not, I'll just save my pennies for a platform upgrade and use the GTS450 in it until I save some more for a better video card later on down the road.

The Q6660 Inside · Jun 22, 2013

1991ATServerTower :

The Q6660 Inside :

I have been able to overclock it to 2.8GHz (7x400) at 1.38v, but it's gets really damned hot for the 14% increase in performance when encoding in Handbrake and compressing with 7-Zip. Also, it kicks out errors and crashes programs. On the other hand, it works great when undervolted to 1.07v! While the overclock is noticeable, 48C idle, 74C under load is too hot for it. I did order a heat pipe cooler for it, one that fits every socket with mounting brackets so I can use it later on something else, so perhaps it will hold out better with that. If not, oh well. I'll use the HSF on my eventual upgrade.

I thought about the 7850 as well, which I would prefer. However, I'm really most curious if either would actually perform better on my platform than the GTS450. If not, I'll just save my pennies for a platform upgrade and use the GTS450 in it until I save some more for a better video card later on down the road.

You could pick up an old GTX 560, 470 or 480 for relatively cheap as a mid-term upgrade, PCI-E 1.1 bottleneck on a PCI-E 2 card @Below 1900x1200 is nonexistent.
PS:What is the cooler? A Hyper 212+/EVO?

pankaj19 · Jun 22, 2013

Kamen_BG :

sir, what about 650ti boost 2gb with Q8200 with ddr2 2gb ram over hd7850???

1991ATServerTower · Jun 22, 2013

pankaj19 :

I'd rather support AMD. I'd feel dirty giving my money to Nvidia again. Performance wise, either would suffice. Also, I don't need 2GB of video ram at my resolution. 4x AA looked almost identical to 32x CSAA when I gave it a whirl for kicks. So yeah anything more than 1GB is a waste, because I don't plan to buy a higher resolution monitor... ever. This one is fine (unless it blows up, of course. In which case I'd buy something similar in size/resolution any way).

The Q6660 Inside · Jun 22, 2013

I would get a 480 or 470 on ebay since they have enough VRAM for your res and feature 7850 or 7870 performance for less, of course you may pay ~10-15$ more on power.
470s-http://www.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-470-012-P3-1470-AR-1-25-GB-GDDR5-SDRAM-PCI-Express-/261234309377?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-465-Twin-Frozr-II-Golden-Edition-unlocked-to-GTX-470-/321145160977?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item4ac5be4511
480s-
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-480-ENGTX4802DI1536MD5-1-5-GB-GDDR5-SDRAM-PCI-/400513171561?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item5d40720069
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-480-N480GTX-M2D15-B-1-5-GB-GDDR5-SDRAM-PCI-Express-/271221043723?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item3f2608b20b
http://www.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-GeForce-GTX-480-/390613373283?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item5af25f1163

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