Hi,
had my old graphics card (evga 9800gtx+) die on me last weekend - no idea how, bloody windows update woke my pc up at 3am so I just turned in off by holding down power switch (I know - not really a good way to do things!) and now graphics card will not output any signal and makes post beeps when plugged in during boot.
So now I need a new graphics card.
Set up is:
gigabyte ex58-ud5
i7 920
24gb ram (3x8gb)
psu - coolermaster 650w
all apart from ram approx 5 years old
won't be likely to use a resolution over 2048x1536 (apparently highest my monitor/tv can display)
Games wise: crysis 3, mass effect 3, dishonored, skyrim, maybe bf4, gears of war
Work/uni: autocad, sketchup, database prog's, etc
After a bit of advice - will my current hardware run the new graphics cards, will/is the processor likely to cause a bottle neck, guess I will need a new psu
Interested in either the gtx760, gtx770 or the r9 280x
760's at approx £230, 280x's about £250 and 770's are about £330
Had a look around the forum and seen most people recommending the r9, is this the best option?
Would it be worth looking at the gtx's with 4gb vram, or is it not worth it at the resolutions I will be using?
Thanks
had my old graphics card (evga 9800gtx+) die on me last weekend - no idea how, bloody windows update woke my pc up at 3am so I just turned in off by holding down power switch (I know - not really a good way to do things!) and now graphics card will not output any signal and makes post beeps when plugged in during boot.
So now I need a new graphics card.
Set up is:
gigabyte ex58-ud5
i7 920
24gb ram (3x8gb)
psu - coolermaster 650w
all apart from ram approx 5 years old
won't be likely to use a resolution over 2048x1536 (apparently highest my monitor/tv can display)
Games wise: crysis 3, mass effect 3, dishonored, skyrim, maybe bf4, gears of war
Work/uni: autocad, sketchup, database prog's, etc
After a bit of advice - will my current hardware run the new graphics cards, will/is the processor likely to cause a bottle neck, guess I will need a new psu
Interested in either the gtx760, gtx770 or the r9 280x
760's at approx £230, 280x's about £250 and 770's are about £330
Had a look around the forum and seen most people recommending the r9, is this the best option?
Would it be worth looking at the gtx's with 4gb vram, or is it not worth it at the resolutions I will be using?
Thanks
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