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GTX 650ti vs Radeon HD 7850 New PC Build

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September 25, 2013 6:15:08 PM

Just built my first gaming pc but I need a good graphics card

SYSTEM:
i5 4570
Gigabyte Z87-HD3
Thermal take Tough power Gold 750W
Kingston 8GB RAM
2Tb HDD
Samsung 128GB SSD
Asus VS248 24" 1920x1080
Running on Intel HD Graphics 4600 right now

I know this has been asked many times before but I was wondering if I should get a GTX 650ti or a Radeon HD 7850, I have read they're quite similar in price and performance
I have also read that the 7850 is almost as good as the 660 but I don't really want to pay that much for a 660 right now
I've read that the 7850 is better in almost all games but the 650 beats it in BF3 and some other games, I want to play most games at high quality especially BF3.
Also was wondering if my setup will be future proof for BF4, GTA V, etc

BUDGET RANGE FOR GRAPHICS CARD: $150-$250 aud

PURPOSE: Mainly gaming and movies, Battlefield 3, Far cry 3, Grid2, all High settings, 1920x1080

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080

Not planning to over clock or Sli/Crossfire

I also want this to be future proof for the game that are coming out later this year such as BF4, Titan fall, GTA V, etc

As I side note can someone tell me if the brand matters that much, such as EVGA, Asus, Geforce, MSI and if so which one is the best option

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September 25, 2013 6:33:29 PM

As an answer for you question, the hd 7850 is better with most games http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... .However, both cards are not that strong to survive for the next generation games on that resolution. Your pc is really good and a gpu match to that pc would be either a gtx 760 from nvidia or hd 7950 from AMD, i think the gtx 760 will be better since you will not overclock(overclocking is a big advantage of AMD gpus). If you havent bought the items yet, i would recommend not to buy the SSd and invest its value for these cards, they are just about 70$ more expensive, if this build is purely for gaming, then what i said is relevant, as these better GPUs will give you WAY better performance than SSD and i think you can manage to wait to games to load in longer times. In addition, your PSU is an overkill for these components, especially that you are not intending to SLI, this psu is insane, a 600W psu is pretty enough for the cards i mentioned, so if you can invest money from psu and maybe SSD to get the cards i recommended, you will be gaming at a solid rig which will last for long time with decent frame rates.
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a c 206 U Graphics card
September 25, 2013 6:36:16 PM

Oops, I missed the AUD$ part.
I would happily turn down a setting or two in games for the overall snappiness that a SSD brings to a system, but I do realize "pure" gamers might disagree.
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September 27, 2013 2:01:29 AM

thanks for the replies
i'm probably going to get a 7850, I would get a 760 as you mentioned rubidium but here it costs $350+ which i'm not really willing to pay right now

if I was to get a second 7850 would that work for BF4 and future games

also can someone tell me if the brand matters that much and if so which one is the best brand

thanks
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September 27, 2013 2:16:03 AM

First of all, they differ in the cooling and the noise produced by the gpu and maybe with overclocking.So, for amd, i think that ASUS and Sapphire are the best brands, and i mean by those the ASUS direct cu II (2gb) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Radeon-DirectCU-Graphics-GDDR5-... and the sapphire 2 gb version, maybe as this dual x http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeon-PCI-Express-Graph... Links are just for making it obvious. Wish you good luck with your buy and have fun ^^
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September 27, 2013 5:37:18 AM

Thatkid49 said:
thanks for the replies
i'm probably going to get a 7850, I would get a 760 as you mentioned rubidium but here it costs $350+ which i'm not really willing to pay right now

if I was to get a second 7850 would that work for BF4 and future games

also can someone tell me if the brand matters that much and if so which one is the best brand

thanks

Your selected motherboard has two PCIe X16 slots but the second slot runs at only X4 speed. Crossfire on that will at average have 10% performance penalty over a board that runs the cards at X8 X8 speed so I would either get a better board or not add another HD7850.
Brands I would choose from are Asus, MSI, Sapphire and XFX.
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October 8, 2013 2:25:32 AM

Hello.
I have the same problem here. Is it viable for me to get a normal GTX 650 Ti 1GB or Radeon HD 7850/GTX 650 Ti Boost 2GB?
Price in Malaysia for GTX 650 Ti - RM430,
while the GTX 650 Ti Boost starts at RM590.
The Radeon HD 7850 starts at RM599.
Please note I live in Malaysia, the price might be more expensive.
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