New GPU for my system?.... AMD A10 - Upgrade for gaming

haddock82 · Feb 27, 2014

Hi All,

I asked a while ago about upgrading the GPU performance on my build.

i was only really using the pC for music production and General everyday things,

Now id like to upgrade for some gaming.

mainly BF, Borderlands, Skyrim etc...

System setup is as follows:

CPU: AMD A10 3.8 black edition
Mother Board: Gigabyte GA-F2A85XM-D3H
Ram: 8gb COrsair Vengeance 1600mhz
HD: 1Tb Barracuda 7200rpm
PSU: 550w XFX

Any recommendations for something that will run most of the top games at High settings?

I initially went for the A10 as it has the in-built GPU, thus saving whilst i wasnt using the machine for gaming,

I was planning on linking it up crossfire to another independent GPU as AMD advertised, however it seens that a standalone GPU would probably give me better overall performance?

Budget wise, i'd really like to keep it as cheap as possible! Were talking sub £150 and preferably sub £100

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Thanks,

unknownofprob · Feb 27, 2014

Nothing will be better off then this card: It's 144.45 in your currency but well worth it.
It's a Sapphire 7850 2GB

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-11200-16-20G-HD7850-GDDR5-Graphics/dp/B008RJZ5Z6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1393501887&sr=8-4&keywords=7850

haddock82 · Feb 27, 2014

Would this be better than the GTX650 Ti?

Thanks for the reply

unknownofprob · Feb 27, 2014

most certainly, it will take it down.

The 7850 is quite a strong GPU.

Waitttttt - Found this: Which is even better which is only £149.09, It's a MSI R9 270X 2GB Twin Frozr, essentially a 7870, which is the level up from the 7850.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-R9-270X-GAMING-2048/dp/B00FSD4XMA/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1393509605&sr=8-10&keywords=R9+270X

I know that that card is pushing your budget, but it will save you from upgrading it for longer, which in the long run, will save you extra money and you'll get a better experience as you can play almost all games on high, some ultra with a much better fps average. It can play high end games at high settings also as you wanted to know in your question, and it would do it much better then a GTX 650ti.

This is the R9 270X specs compared to the GTX 650Ti's, that is defiantly worth it:
http://www.hwcompare.com/15669/geforce-gtx-650-ti-vs-radeon-r9-270x/

See what i mean? Later on you can get two R9 270X's and put them in crossfire, whilst with the GTX 650Ti, you can't SLI them. That will save you from scrapping your card and having to buy a new one, when you can crossfire them and crush current high-end $500+ GPU's, that's planning ahead, but there is no need to do that any time soon.

haddock82 · Feb 27, 2014

To be fair i have personally always preferred the Radeon/AMD stuff

I'll have a look around for the R9 270X then!

Thanks for the help

unknownofprob · Feb 27, 2014

I do as well, It can be bank for your buck depending where you get that card from, depending on the supplier, It also comes with BF4 free with purchase also, A token on AMD's gaming evolved program. You will enjoy the R9 270X, good luck!

sora · Feb 27, 2014

unknownofprob :

This, you will definitely enjoy it. Right now as far as I am aware the R9 270x is the cheapest on Amazon.co.uk.

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