APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Within a month
BUDGET RANGE: USD 100-150$ (Mid-Range) (PSU upgrade not included)
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Want to run Battlefield 4 on at least medium settings.
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: AMD Radeon HD 7450, HP FH-XD301MYR-1 @ 300 W Max
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: HP Pavilion bought a year ago, Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30 Ghz, 6 GB RAM
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Probably Newegg
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: I live in Canada
PARTS PREFERENCES: None
OVERCLOCKING/SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1680x1050
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I bought this new computer after my old Pavilion failed and didn't bother keeping the GPU I had in it because this one had a (apparently) better one. Lo and behold, though I was still running Bad Company 2 on lowest settings, Starcraft II performance and quality improved dramatically. When I tried demos for a few newer games, such as Sleeping Dogs and XCOM: Enemy Unknown, however, I couldn't run them properly, even at lowest settings.
Now, it's possible that this is because my PSU doesn't reach the recommended wattage (300 vs 400). Nonetheless, I want to upgrade. After reading my articles all over the Internet, including Tom's Hardware's ''Best Graphics Cards For The Money'' for July, August and September, I believe a Radeon HD 7770 or 7790 will do the job. As for power supplies, I just want to get one with the highest price-performance at 500 W.
Bottom line, I'm only going to change my GPU and PSU if possible. Thanks for answering.
BUDGET RANGE: USD 100-150$ (Mid-Range) (PSU upgrade not included)
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Want to run Battlefield 4 on at least medium settings.
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: AMD Radeon HD 7450, HP FH-XD301MYR-1 @ 300 W Max
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: HP Pavilion bought a year ago, Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30 Ghz, 6 GB RAM
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Probably Newegg
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: I live in Canada
PARTS PREFERENCES: None
OVERCLOCKING/SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1680x1050
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I bought this new computer after my old Pavilion failed and didn't bother keeping the GPU I had in it because this one had a (apparently) better one. Lo and behold, though I was still running Bad Company 2 on lowest settings, Starcraft II performance and quality improved dramatically. When I tried demos for a few newer games, such as Sleeping Dogs and XCOM: Enemy Unknown, however, I couldn't run them properly, even at lowest settings.
Now, it's possible that this is because my PSU doesn't reach the recommended wattage (300 vs 400). Nonetheless, I want to upgrade. After reading my articles all over the Internet, including Tom's Hardware's ''Best Graphics Cards For The Money'' for July, August and September, I believe a Radeon HD 7770 or 7790 will do the job. As for power supplies, I just want to get one with the highest price-performance at 500 W.
Bottom line, I'm only going to change my GPU and PSU if possible. Thanks for answering.
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