Budget:
USD $200-300
System specs:
Motherboard:
Asus M5A97 (PCI-E 2.0)
CPU:
AMD FX-8120 8 core processor
Memory:
Corsair DDR3 PC3-10700H (667 MHz) (4 gigs x 4)
Graphics card:
Asus Radeon 5750HD (overclocked to 870 MHz from 700 MHz using CCC)
Summary of my question(s)
I'm looking to buy a new RADEON(preferrably Asus)<----- card that is considerably better but I don't want it to be so advanced that it is bottle-necked by the 2.0 PCI-E slot (I may be talking nonsense but it's the best i can do due to my limited knowledge of PC hardware)
Important side question:
I have 2 PCI-E 2.0 16x slots but one of them is labeled (x4 mode)
Will I get the full performance if I add a second card or should I just use one card until I get a motherboard with 2 standard PCI-E 16x slots?
And finally - how does choice of monitor affect the framerates I will get in a game if at all
thanks for reading my long post - I only buy a new video card every 4 or 5 years so I want to make this one count.
This purchase is only being made to improve my performance in my favorite game Planetside 2
USD $200-300
System specs:
Motherboard:
Asus M5A97 (PCI-E 2.0)
CPU:
AMD FX-8120 8 core processor
Memory:
Corsair DDR3 PC3-10700H (667 MHz) (4 gigs x 4)
Graphics card:
Asus Radeon 5750HD (overclocked to 870 MHz from 700 MHz using CCC)
Summary of my question(s)
I'm looking to buy a new RADEON(preferrably Asus)<----- card that is considerably better but I don't want it to be so advanced that it is bottle-necked by the 2.0 PCI-E slot (I may be talking nonsense but it's the best i can do due to my limited knowledge of PC hardware)
Important side question:
I have 2 PCI-E 2.0 16x slots but one of them is labeled (x4 mode)
Will I get the full performance if I add a second card or should I just use one card until I get a motherboard with 2 standard PCI-E 16x slots?
And finally - how does choice of monitor affect the framerates I will get in a game if at all
thanks for reading my long post - I only buy a new video card every 4 or 5 years so I want to make this one count.This purchase is only being made to improve my performance in my favorite game Planetside 2
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