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Redound

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Hello!

I am currently looking for an graphics card upgrade from my current Radeon HD 6950 2 GB.

The cards i am looking at for the moment is the GTX 780 (not sure about brand yet) and the Radeon HD 7970 Matrix from asus.

My current rig setup is
CPU: Lynnfield i5 750 @ 4.0 GHZ
Motherboard: Asus P7P55-M PCI Express 2.0
PSU: Corsair TX 650 W
Ram: 8 gigabyte ddr3 ram @ 1333 mhz

So the thing i am wondering about is weather my current setup is able to handle the graphics cards i posted before.

My current concern is weather my PSU would be able to handle the load and also if my motherboard would be able to handle the graphicscard and weather my current CPU would bottleneck the cards.

Should i perhaps try to upgrade all at once or could my current cpu/motherboard combo hold out for a couple more years?
 
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i5 750 is old but you have overclocked it which should minimize the bottleneck .

before you upgrade . check if there is no bottleneck in your current system . run a game , max it out , if GPU usage hits 99% ( GPU shark is easy way to check ) & cpu usage is under 70% ( check it via taskmanager , set one graph for all cores ) . then you have no bottleneck . & new VGA wont be held back .

For PSU , Yes that PSU will handle that card . your system will need at least 585 watt PSU . & you have 650 watt PSU . which is enough . your psu has 2x8 pin connector which also meets the GTX 780 requirements .

& for the brand . go with GIGABYTE WF OC . its quality brand . cool & quiet & has higher clock values than other brands . another gr8...
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Tu Hed

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Hold it for another year. By this year end,RAM prices will drop,so will the other components.
AMD RX GPUs will also drop so then get a Haswell processor and board.

They will support 2400MHZ RAM by default.
 
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Why do you think that RAM prices will drop by the end of the year? Didn't some Hynix factories explode a month or so ago? If anything, prices seem more likely to get higher in the following few months.

I'm not trying to argue here, I'm just really curious as to why you suggest a price drop will occur soon. :)
 
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Tu Hed

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Exactly you are right.
The Hynix factories have been destroyed and a new factory in Korea is setting up.
And you know,technology cheapens day by day so I can assure you that RAM prices will drop a lot!

But if you can manage later,go for the MSI GTX780.
The God of Overclockers.
 
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DukiNuki

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i5 750 is old but you have overclocked it which should minimize the bottleneck .

before you upgrade . check if there is no bottleneck in your current system . run a game , max it out , if GPU usage hits 99% ( GPU shark is easy way to check ) & cpu usage is under 70% ( check it via taskmanager , set one graph for all cores ) . then you have no bottleneck . & new VGA wont be held back .

For PSU , Yes that PSU will handle that card . your system will need at least 585 watt PSU . & you have 650 watt PSU . which is enough . your psu has 2x8 pin connector which also meets the GTX 780 requirements .

& for the brand . go with GIGABYTE WF OC . its quality brand . cool & quiet & has higher clock values than other brands . another gr8 brands are MSI TF & ASUS .
 
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you mean 650 is enough for two 7870 ? what about two GTX 760 ?

because i might SLI later & i have H board with i5 3470 + 2x4GB corsair Vengeance ! my board might not support Sli ( & I DONT WHY THE HELL INTEL BOARD DOESNT SUPPORT SLI but SUPPORTS CROSSFIRE )

just wanna make sure i have enough PSU !
 
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as far as i know,the GTX 780M 4G of Clevo ,DEll 7970M 2G,CLevo 7970M 2G ,MSI 7970M 2G can't work with ASUS laptop.who konw sucessfully example ?please leave a link.thanks
 
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sorry, off topic, but just to answer this question - I asked the same thing recently; as I understand, it costs money to get the mobo SLI certified, but a lot less to get it crossfire certified (maybe even free). It's possible a non-SLI certified board will work find in SLI, but you can't be sure as it's not certified.

Actually, maybe no-one will read this as it's a week old. I hate the way the forum defaults to sort by relevance, despite not actually searching for anything. I keep having to select sort by date. Anyway, gone even more off topic now!
 
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just a comment that may be worth me throwing out.....

In the last couple of months I've discovered 2 different video cards
that would not physically fit on 2 different motherboards due
to plugs or components being in the way.

It looks to me like something is going wrong somewhere but
I have no idea what or where.


 
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Your CPU is pretty old but it's not that bad.
Your motherboard has 2.0 PCIe slots, the new graphic cards use a 3.0 PCIe which is newer and better.
Don't worry it is compatible, but the new card will work better with the 3.0.
And i would suggest you to buy the NVIDIA card from the following brands: EVGA/ASUS/MSI.
And make sure that your PSU has atleast TWO 6 pin power connectors for the GPU.
 
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GrantTheGreat

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A great graphics card is the Asus direct cu 2 because it has great heat dispersion and can over clock to over 1200mhz. If you are looking for a gtx 780 I recommend just building a new pc because your processor will bottle neck the gpu. I would go and look over at Austin Evans' gaming pc builds. You can build one with his specs list for about 600 that will run battlefield 4 on max settings. If you are looking to build a pc then pcpartpicker.com is a great website because it helps you put together a part list with reviews on parts and a pre parts compatibility check that will help you have less issues.
 
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kamenrusev

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i play it on 1280x1024 and it works perfect, no reason to lie :)

 
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Aphala

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Anything over 1600Mhz ram is a pointless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWgzA2C61z4

1600 preforms the best out of all ranges bar DDR4 since that starts in the 2400mhz.

Just buy high latency DDR3 @1600
 
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