Upgrading and old rig from HD5770 to?

TallerSeverino · Jan 4, 2015

Hi there.
I have an old rig and lately with all new games appearing and requesting more and more I was thinking on an upgrade to the GPU and a new monitor. Mi rig is a Q6600 quad core, overclocked to 3,24Ghz, 8Gb ram gskill, a asus maximus extreme mobo and a 650w ocz PSU. I had a crossfire with another 5770, but uninstalled it, new games didn't like the crossfire so I plugged the other 5770 on another pc and I can play at 1366x768, but I've noticed that If I put the games on high and ultra the cpu load gets from 90% to 60% and it's the gpu that gets all the work, and it falls short. I've been looking at the 750Ti 2Gb, but It's a similar gpu in terms of data bus, texelation units, etc. I plan on getting a new monitor, but I'm not aiming for 1080p gaming, simply better quality and playability, this one is older and with only a d-sub, I would like to use dv-i or hdmi, but I hear native hdmi is 1080p and not 720p (approx). I know this rig is very old and some of you may suggest get a new mobo+cpu+memoru, but my budget is around 300-350€ for both gpu+monitor (22", nothing too big).
Any suggestions or more information you need in order to make a recommendation?

johnnyb105 · Jan 4, 2015

It could be very well that your cpu is holding you back a lot of folks like and use the 750 ti its like a race car if you don't have a fast motor that's up to date it wont matter how good the tranny is its going to hold it back some.

sedona · Jan 4, 2015

I know you don't like this answer, but it's time to upgrade your entire system. I have a similar setup: Pentium E5200 with Nvidia Geforce 9400GT, both from 2008-2009 era. Technology has moved so much that there is no point for me to upgrade to Q8600 from that generation.

You might have to consider building a new rig with the cheapest today parts, like Ivy Bridge i3-3210 processor even though people are talking about Haswell. It is still 3 tiers more powerful than the old 2008 CPUs.

http://i.imgur.com/Qp59KSj.jpg

For graphics card, many people will tell you to get Nvidia Geforce GTX 750 Ti. I got a Gigabyte OC version myself. This one is also 3 tiers more powerful than the old HD 5770 card.

http://i.imgur.com/e5iqWHA.jpg

These will exceed your budget. I convinced myself to build the new rig. At first I got a second-hand Radeon HD 6850 but the fan died.

TallerSeverino · Jan 4, 2015

sedona :

I know, in the description of my update i included this option, but right now I can't afford it. We are alking about around 1300-1500€ on an entire system, cpu, mobo, memory, gpu, monitr, psu, case, ssd drives, etc. I cannot right now, so If I buy a 750Ti with my current configuration, even without a change in monitor, this could be an upgrade? I'm not looking for miracles, this rig has served me well along all these years, I simply want to squeeze a little more life out of it... and make some games playable, I noticed the lower the quality on graphics, more cpu load, I set graphics on high or ultra and the gpu can't mantain stable fps, If I install a more powerful gpu this could balance the setup. I know, I know, It's time for a change of rig, but in 2015 has been said there will be new sockets, ddr4, etc and what is now a high price might drop in a few months, this is only temporary...Or should I save the money for the upgrade?

coozie7 · Jan 4, 2015

I disagree about the whole new system, it'll be nice but that 'old' Q6600 is still moe than capable of running even quite demanding games well: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/build-budget-gaming-pc,review-33094.html Note the CPU Toms use is in the same tier as the Q6600 even though the Pentium is dual core and lacks Hyperthreading.
As for card, look at the System Builder solution again: the R9 270X is far stronger than a GTX750Ti (and should run perfectly off your OCZ power supply, but check the power leads first.)
If you want some better gaming either drop a GTX750Ti or R9 270/270X into the system, it'll extend the system life by a year or so, giving you plenty of time to save up for that flashy new rig.

Deemo13 · Jan 5, 2015

I agree with coozie7. The Q6600, while old, is still a capable processor. I am currently using one now (with SLI GTS250's) and it has run every game I have thrown at it. It would be more worthwhile to upgrade the graphics card with the money you have rather than try to do a whole system upgrade and end up getting less performance than you could have had.

EDIT: Been playing games like Starcraft II, Dota 2, Dungeon Defenders, War Thunder, Skyrim, and quite a few games made in the past few years.

TallerSeverino · Jan 5, 2015

Deemo13 :

That's what's been bugging me for a long time, each time a new processor appears it always keep (at least intel) with dual core- quad core, We've seen so far how log it took to games to catch on quad cores, so 6 cores (desireable though) will have to wait, I play and work with this rig, electronic design, programming, pcb design, cad, but it falls short when gaming and my psu has 2 pci express plugs, 6 + 8, a 270x should be no problem, but I don't know why It costs more than a 750Ti, at least the gigabyte model, and I know a higher model will be overkill (and will not fit in the case). I will start with the gpu on the next weeks and along the year I will start filling a "cookie jar" for my next rig. Thanks everyone!

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