Replacement of my glorious HD4850

Luca IN

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Hi Guys!

I'm here to ask for a little suggestion... I'm a little confused by the number of GPUs available on the market and I'm unable to decide whats better.

I'm actually running a desktop pc with a:
P5Q PRO motherboard (pcie 2.0)
Q9550 CPU
HD4850 GPU.

This used to be a fun computer back in 2009 when i used to play a lot more than now.

Since i switched to win 8.1 im unable to get the CCC running, drivers aren't working properly, opengl doesn't wont to run for some reasons, and the card doesnt support directx11 so i decided its time to replace it for something more recent.

Now, after boring you with the situation, lets get to the question.

What should i replace this GPU with, in your opinion?

keep in mind im not a big gamer anymore but i do some renderings, 3d cad and i do still play some of the good old games (i do not mind if the latest games will not run perfectly or at all, i dont plan on upgrading anything else). I still wish to get something recent that will give me a better perfomance, though, since i change it

i've been considering ati 7750, 7770, amd r7 250.

Budget is around 80-100 euros.

thanks in advance for all your precious suggestions.

Luca
 
Check your CAD and rendering software to see if they will benefit from GPGPU processing, and if so, whether they favor AMD or nVidia, or support either one.
If AMD, a HD7770 / R7 250X / R7 260 would be good, if nVidia look at a GTX750Ti or GTX660.
 

Brunostako

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I give opinion based on gaming because is what i know more. I know not enough on GPGPU (CUDA or OpenCL).
 

Luca IN

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I think i might stick with nvidia due to its capability of GPGPU, which i havent considered at all (im a noob)... since my gf makes often use of mathlab she might take benefits of the mathworks support of nvidia's cuda. Now a little question, among nvidia, is there any other option you feel like suggesting?

both of them run around 130euros, a bit higher than the budget i was going to invest...

yes, gaming isn't a big priority, i still appreciate being able to run some games but im happy of what the 4850 used to do before the 8.1 drivers issues, if i improve i wont complain for sure.
 

Luca IN

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i also just realised that the actual monitor, a 22' 1920*1080 which is perfect otherwise, only has a RGB port available (its not so old so im suprised/let down), the dvi isnt there even if it should be... should i look for an adapter or find some kind of weird new gpu with old RGB exit?

thanks again for the precious suggestions
 

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