Purchasing a New Video Card!

yodi1980

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Hello everyone I'm back again with a GPU question! I have a an 5850HD that I'm playing with FFXI:ARRB and im getting low FPS ~20ish. I'm looking for a new card to increase it significantly!

MY Specs:
CPU: AMD 955 Phenom II x4 BE @ 3.7Ghz stable
GPU: ATI Readon 5850HD
PSU: Thermaltake 550 watts
RAM: Corsair 8 gigs of ram @ DDR3 1333
Mobo: MSI forgot thew model number but asupports 1600 ram
HDD: Samsung 500GB
CPU is cooled with liquid cooling

Please help! :D thnx in advance
please note this GPU is friendly for my MMO's and RPG's like bioshock, Vegas, Oblivion,and Xcom.Not too much BF4 or shooters as I will be playing those on consoles this time around.
 

ikaz

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Well can you post how much you want to spend ?.

A 7790 would probably be only 10-20% increase to what you have (a 5850=6870ish=7770 roughly) so at minium I would suggest a 7850 however if you have about $200 I would go with a 7870 LE (myst ed) I think it sells for $190 or like 160 AR on newegg and that should give you a nice boost.
 

yodi1980

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I was looking to purchase a Sapphire Toxic edition but they are all sold out! I really need a new GPU, my 5850 just isnt going to cut it anymore. Need some other opinions on GPU/price vs performance. my budget is up to 3ooish!