- Oct 15, 2013
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Hello GPU experts,
I have been hoping to buy a new core i5 PC for a few months now, but have had to come to terms with my limited budget, so can't just go all out and get one right away, so I've just upgraded my current PC with a new Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 2GB (£120 on amazon). Before I ask my questions, my current system specs are:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.00Ghz
RAM: 4Gb
PSU: 500W
GPU: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 2Gb
Q1) With Battlefield 3 as an example, is my processor sufficient to play online on, say, medium settings? And will my new radeon work well together with my rather old processor? Other games have always played ok online, even with the older GPU I had before the radeon,(Geforce 7600GS) but I'm aware that I could do with a better processor.
Q2) When I get the new PC around Christmas time, it will be something like a core i5 with 8gb RAM. I plan to get a new PC with rubbish integrated graphics so it will be cheaper and so I can put the Radeon into it. What I'm wondering, is it possible to combine the integrated graphics with my Radeon 7850 2gb card?
So an example, if the integrated graphics on my new PC was 1gb, and I installed my radeon 2gb, is there a way to get to 3gb combined graphics memory, or does the card work alone and shut down the on-board integrated graphics once it's installed??
Someone said to me there is a way to combine them, but only if the integrated graphics is also AMD and the same series or something like that??
Please can someone kind and clever help me with my 2 questions??
Thanks very much, I appreciate your time, and I'm glad to have just joined and made my first post here at Tom's! Think I've picked a cool site for advice and info for the future!
Cheers all,
Stevo.
I have been hoping to buy a new core i5 PC for a few months now, but have had to come to terms with my limited budget, so can't just go all out and get one right away, so I've just upgraded my current PC with a new Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 2GB (£120 on amazon). Before I ask my questions, my current system specs are:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.00Ghz
RAM: 4Gb
PSU: 500W
GPU: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 2Gb
Q1) With Battlefield 3 as an example, is my processor sufficient to play online on, say, medium settings? And will my new radeon work well together with my rather old processor? Other games have always played ok online, even with the older GPU I had before the radeon,(Geforce 7600GS) but I'm aware that I could do with a better processor.
Q2) When I get the new PC around Christmas time, it will be something like a core i5 with 8gb RAM. I plan to get a new PC with rubbish integrated graphics so it will be cheaper and so I can put the Radeon into it. What I'm wondering, is it possible to combine the integrated graphics with my Radeon 7850 2gb card?
So an example, if the integrated graphics on my new PC was 1gb, and I installed my radeon 2gb, is there a way to get to 3gb combined graphics memory, or does the card work alone and shut down the on-board integrated graphics once it's installed??
Someone said to me there is a way to combine them, but only if the integrated graphics is also AMD and the same series or something like that??
Please can someone kind and clever help me with my 2 questions??
Thanks very much, I appreciate your time, and I'm glad to have just joined and made my first post here at Tom's! Think I've picked a cool site for advice and info for the future!
Cheers all,
Stevo.
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