- Sep 14, 2013
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Hey guys,
I'm new so forgive me for not posting this in the proper way or what not.
I already own a system, which I use for everyday stuff and gaming. System spec are as follows:
CPU - AMD A-10 5800K (Stock cooler)
MOBO - Asus A55M-E
RAM - 2 x 4GB Kingston 1866mHz
HDD - 2TB Seagate 7200RPM
PSU - Corsair CX-M 750W
Case - Generic Cooler Master case
Fans - 2 x Cooler Master Sickle Flow, 1 x Noctua NF-F12
MONITOR - BENQ RL2455HM
I don't do "harcore 1080p ultra" gaming, but I do like to have high FPS so I use basically the lowest settings in all the games that I play. I play low demanding games like TF2, Garry's mod, indie games and occasionally BF3(on super low settings). I run my games in windowed version only because I found it easier to tab out. This system may look odd, that's because I had a $500 budget for the PC, then bought the monitor afterwards and now I'm looking to upgrade the GPU performance
That's enough background info. So I was planning on buying a video card to better my gaming experience, to make use of my new (amazing) monitor and to ease the load on my APU, which was handling GPU and CPU work. I know that pairing an APU with a discrete card is bad, but at the time of buying the APU I idn't have the money to buy a CPU+video card. Now that I have some money, I'd like to buy a video card and I thought I'd come here to get some suggestions. I also understand that the APU may bottleneck many of the cards out there, I just want to know the best option.
I really don't want to change my APU to a CPU like the FX-6300 or what not because that means I need to get a new motherboard as well and I just don't have the money for that.
-Thanks
I'm new so forgive me for not posting this in the proper way or what not.
I already own a system, which I use for everyday stuff and gaming. System spec are as follows:
CPU - AMD A-10 5800K (Stock cooler)
MOBO - Asus A55M-E
RAM - 2 x 4GB Kingston 1866mHz
HDD - 2TB Seagate 7200RPM
PSU - Corsair CX-M 750W
Case - Generic Cooler Master case
Fans - 2 x Cooler Master Sickle Flow, 1 x Noctua NF-F12
MONITOR - BENQ RL2455HM
I don't do "harcore 1080p ultra" gaming, but I do like to have high FPS so I use basically the lowest settings in all the games that I play. I play low demanding games like TF2, Garry's mod, indie games and occasionally BF3(on super low settings). I run my games in windowed version only because I found it easier to tab out. This system may look odd, that's because I had a $500 budget for the PC, then bought the monitor afterwards and now I'm looking to upgrade the GPU performance
That's enough background info. So I was planning on buying a video card to better my gaming experience, to make use of my new (amazing) monitor and to ease the load on my APU, which was handling GPU and CPU work. I know that pairing an APU with a discrete card is bad, but at the time of buying the APU I idn't have the money to buy a CPU+video card. Now that I have some money, I'd like to buy a video card and I thought I'd come here to get some suggestions. I also understand that the APU may bottleneck many of the cards out there, I just want to know the best option.
I really don't want to change my APU to a CPU like the FX-6300 or what not because that means I need to get a new motherboard as well and I just don't have the money for that.
-Thanks
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