Would a Radeon HD 6970 work with my computer?

Leshaun · Jul 6, 2014

I know i may not have the best gamming pc but im just getting tired of GTX 550 TI i found a Radeon HD 6970 and i did some benchmarking and it looks pretty good i just want a graphics card to handle my GTA San i do play with alot of mods and that causes Frames to drop. For example here's a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H-Ta2HgrA0 he has a GTX 650 Ti in the video. I do like to record gamplay, My computer specs are HP Pavilion p6-2310
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03513433&prodSeriesId=5295969

Windows 8
PCI Express 2.0 x16
Ram 6GB
AMD A4-3420 2.80Ghz
Power Supply 600Watt (Use to have a 300Watt but i upgraded it))
Current Graphics card GTX 550 Ti

tiny voices · Jul 6, 2014

Your CPU will bottleneck it pretty badly i basically any game. This is your limiting factor.

Scremin34Egl · Jul 6, 2014

Is there a reason you are getting such an old gpu ?

Leshaun · Jul 6, 2014

tiny voices :

So i wont see a difference in framerates? Compared to my GTX 550 Ti?

tiny voices · Jul 6, 2014

Honestly you will see an improvement but not anything close to what that card can actually do. Your CPU is very low end and will be a big slow down in most any modern game. It will stop you from getting anywhere close to the full use out of any modern GPU.

Leshaun · Jul 6, 2014

tiny voices :

Okay, i was looking at different options and i came across getting another cpu so i called Hp and they told me all the ones my computer can support so i was thinking about upgrading the cpu to a AMD A8-3870k Quad core 3.0Ghz would that be fine with the HD Radeon 6970? And if so which one should i install/buy first?

DSzymborski · Jul 6, 2014

Leshaun :

Probably not the answer you'd like to hear, but spending $90 on another first-gen APU isn't really a very good option. It's still a weak processor - the lure is that it has better integrated graphics than a comparable Intel chip, but if you want to use a discreet video card, that's taking away it's purchase. Your next CPU upgrade should involve a different platform ,more suited to gaming with a discreet GPU.

Leshaun · Jul 6, 2014

DSzymborski :

Leshaun :

Probably not the answer you'd like to hear, but spending $90 on another first-gen APU isn't really a very good option. It's still a weak processor - the lure is that it has better integrated graphics than a comparable Intel chip, but if you want to use a discreet video card, that's taking away it's purchase. Your next CPU upgrade should involve a different platform ,more suited to gaming with a discreet GPU.

What GPU would you recommend me to get?

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