- Jan 3, 2015
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Hey there folks, long time reader but only just registered as I need some of your skills!
So I have built myself a PC for the first time (quite sucessfully I might add shamelessly
) and now it's time to upgrade!
I'm planning to slap in a new GPU and some additional fans so what I need to find out is how much (additional) power I will need to power those suckers and perhaps a little buying advice from you if it isn't too much of a bother
This is what I am using the PC for (in descending order):
This is the current setup:
I really need the graphics card for running Photoshop and Vegas smoothly on one hand and on the other to let me play some more recent racing games/rid my sight from the eye cancer I keep getting from looking at low graphic settings in my games.
I have absolutely no clue which graphics card I should get as the market seems so oversaturated, and when it comes to games I only really play racing simulators, which don't have as many dynamic objects etc. in comparison to complex MMO's and Shooters. I think so anyway, and I'm probably wrong. Does it matter anyway? Who knows... Oh right, you do!
Soooooo.. Yeah I have trouble getting to the point, sorry about that and thanks a lot in advance for your comments, I hope to learn a lot from this thread.
Best Regards,
kas'
So I have built myself a PC for the first time (quite sucessfully I might add shamelessly
) and now it's time to upgrade!I'm planning to slap in a new GPU and some additional fans so what I need to find out is how much (additional) power I will need to power those suckers and perhaps a little buying advice from you if it isn't too much of a bother
This is what I am using the PC for (in descending order):
- Networking and Research
Photo- and Videoediting
Gaming (Racing Sim's mainly and a little Fallout here and there)
Tedious office tasks we all hate
Watching movies
This is the current setup:
- 3.9GHz AMD A6-6400K FM2+ APU (4.2GHz overclock)
1TB Western Digital Green WD10EZRX 64MB 3.5" SATA HDD
MSI A55M-E33 AMD A55 FM2+ Mainboard
LiteOn IHAS124-04 DVD-RW Drive
(2x) 4GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1333 DIMM CL9 Single RAM
Corsair CX430 Non-Modular 80+ Bronze Power Supply
I really need the graphics card for running Photoshop and Vegas smoothly on one hand and on the other to let me play some more recent racing games/rid my sight from the eye cancer I keep getting from looking at low graphic settings in my games.
I have absolutely no clue which graphics card I should get as the market seems so oversaturated, and when it comes to games I only really play racing simulators, which don't have as many dynamic objects etc. in comparison to complex MMO's and Shooters. I think so anyway, and I'm probably wrong. Does it matter anyway? Who knows... Oh right, you do!
Soooooo.. Yeah I have trouble getting to the point, sorry about that and thanks a lot in advance for your comments, I hope to learn a lot from this thread.
Best Regards,
kas'
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