HD 7790 1gb OC vs GTX 650ti Boost 2gb OCvs HD 7850 2gb OC

gimmigzgy

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I don't know what video card to upgrade to, I've read almost every review but I'm still undecided.

Here are my system specs:

My desktop is running @ 1440x900 resolution

AMD Phenom B55 X4 @ 3.2GHz
MSI 880GM-E43
4GB DDR3 Ram
Seasonic S 12 II 620w (bronze)
1TB WD Black 64mb cache
750gb Seagate Barracuda 7200
160gb WD (old harddisk)


I would like to know which card is best suited for me, because I plan to play Crysis 3, Sleeping Dogs, NBA 2k14, RE6, Total War ROME II. I always use Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere, Illustrator, Flash, Sony Vegas because I am a multimedia artist.

Specifically, the cards that are available here are the:

Sapphire HD 7790 Dual-X 1gb GDDR5 128bit Oc Edition
Sapphire HD 7850 2gb 256bit gddr5 OC Ed
POWERCOLOR HD7850 2GB GDDR5 256BIT
EVGA GTX 650 TI BOOST Superclocked 2GB GDDR5 192BIT
Palit Geforce GTX 650 Ti BOOST OC 2GB DDR5
EVGA GTX650TI 1GB GDDR5 128BIT
EVGA GTX650 2GB DDR5 128BIT
ASUS GTX650TI 1GB GDDR5 128BIT
MSI GTX650 1G DDR5 128 BIT
 
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It doesnt matter what PCI-e your motherboard has. It's backwards compatible, so any PCI-e 3.0 card will run as good in a PCI-e 1.0 board as it runs in a PCI-e 3.0 board (there are few exeptions like throwing a GTX 690 in a PCI-e 1.0 slot, there could be a bandwidth bottleneck) . So the performance will be pretty good in your case.

horaciopz

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I would go HD 7850, cheap, fast and has enough memory for 1080p gaming. Also with the new series just being rebranded HD7000 cards you will have a long termn of driver optimizations down the road. Also AMD will launch Mantle to increase the performance of all GCN cards *hd 7000 and R7 2xx/ R9 2xx cards*
 

gimmigzgy

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How will the performance be, since my motherboard is only a PCI-E 2.0?
 

horaciopz

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It doesnt matter what PCI-e your motherboard has. It's backwards compatible, so any PCI-e 3.0 card will run as good in a PCI-e 1.0 board as it runs in a PCI-e 3.0 board (there are few exeptions like throwing a GTX 690 in a PCI-e 1.0 slot, there could be a bandwidth bottleneck) . So the performance will be pretty good in your case.
 
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gimmigzgy

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I can't do 1080p gaming since my desktop resolution is only 1440x900, putting that into mind, is the 7850 still the best choice for my preference?