550 Ti to 7850 a good upgrade?

Benjaminbarker

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Hi everyone, my friend has 550 Ti at the moment, and he wants to upgrade to a 7850. Is it a good upgrade or should he save a little more and get a R9 270x?
 
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Considerable upgrade, but it really depends on WHY he want to upgrade and how long that little more save up will take.

Personally I would suggest saving up for a better card a little longer, R9 270, R9 270x or GTX760.

qwertyDS

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7850 is significantly faster than 550 ti as you can see from these comparisons
http://www.hwcompare.com/12048/geforce-gtx-550-ti-vs-radeon-hd-7850/
http://anandtech.com/bench/product/1076?vs=1133
270x is also a faster card than 7850
http://anandtech.com/bench/product/1076?vs=1043
http://www.hwcompare.com/15679/radeon-hd-7850-vs-radeon-r9-270x/
if extra money is not a problem then go with 270x, but for the 250$ I recommend gtx 760 over 270x
http://anandtech.com/bench/product/1038?vs=1043
http://www.hwcompare.com/15662/geforce-gtx-760-vs-radeon-r9-270x/