Hello community!
I am still using my 2009 PC daily and have only made a few hardware changes since then,
now i feel it is time to change the graphic card unit, as i work in the videogame area as a freelance and this implies lot of 3d modelling/sculpting and photoshop. The graphic card i have at the moment is a MSI GTX275 Twinfrozr, which fitted my case kind of by miracle (cant remember exactly, sadly), which makes the size of the graphic card very relevant because i dont want to reassemble my pc in a new bigger case. So i would like to ask, given that the actual bottleneck to my PC is the graphic card (and i think no one will disagree), is there a good option for replacement on the marked at the moment? I would like to note that it is not URGENT, so if there is a new generation coming out that provides real improvement and not simply rebranding of an old architecture, i will wait. I am interested in a "sweet spot" graphic card, best performance around 400$ more or less, single GPU.
Edit: my actual rig:
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 D0 BOX, Quad Core, 2.66 GHz, ...
CU: Noctua CPU-Cooler NH-U12P SE2 - Sockel 1366/1156
MOBO: AsRock X58 Extreme, Intel X58, LGA1366, SLI, CFX
RAM: GeIL EVO ONE 6x2GB Kit, DDR3-1600, CL7-7-7-24@1...
SSD: OCZ SSD Vertex 2 Extended Cap. 120GB, SATA-II, ...
HDD: WD VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS, 10'000rpm, 16MB, 30...
HDD: Samsung HD103SJ, F3, 7200rpm, 32MB, 1TB, SATA-II
DVD: LG GH22NS, 22x DVD±R Brenner, SATA, schwarz
PSU: Corsair CMPSU-850HX, 850W, SLI/CF, ATX2.2/EPS
Case: Cooler Master RC-690-KKN1-GP, inkl. Mesh-Gitter...
GPU: MSI GTX-275 Lightning (GT200b) 1792MB GDDR3, 55...
I am still using my 2009 PC daily and have only made a few hardware changes since then,
now i feel it is time to change the graphic card unit, as i work in the videogame area as a freelance and this implies lot of 3d modelling/sculpting and photoshop. The graphic card i have at the moment is a MSI GTX275 Twinfrozr, which fitted my case kind of by miracle (cant remember exactly, sadly), which makes the size of the graphic card very relevant because i dont want to reassemble my pc in a new bigger case. So i would like to ask, given that the actual bottleneck to my PC is the graphic card (and i think no one will disagree), is there a good option for replacement on the marked at the moment? I would like to note that it is not URGENT, so if there is a new generation coming out that provides real improvement and not simply rebranding of an old architecture, i will wait. I am interested in a "sweet spot" graphic card, best performance around 400$ more or less, single GPU.
Edit: my actual rig:
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 D0 BOX, Quad Core, 2.66 GHz, ...
CU: Noctua CPU-Cooler NH-U12P SE2 - Sockel 1366/1156
MOBO: AsRock X58 Extreme, Intel X58, LGA1366, SLI, CFX
RAM: GeIL EVO ONE 6x2GB Kit, DDR3-1600, CL7-7-7-24@1...
SSD: OCZ SSD Vertex 2 Extended Cap. 120GB, SATA-II, ...
HDD: WD VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS, 10'000rpm, 16MB, 30...
HDD: Samsung HD103SJ, F3, 7200rpm, 32MB, 1TB, SATA-II
DVD: LG GH22NS, 22x DVD±R Brenner, SATA, schwarz
PSU: Corsair CMPSU-850HX, 850W, SLI/CF, ATX2.2/EPS
Case: Cooler Master RC-690-KKN1-GP, inkl. Mesh-Gitter...
GPU: MSI GTX-275 Lightning (GT200b) 1792MB GDDR3, 55...