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This is my setup:
AMD FX-6300 Six-Core 3.50GHz
M5A78L-M LX/BR
8.0GB RAM
600W power supply

I had this Radeon HD 6670 but isn't working anymore. So, I'm wondering what would be a nice upgrade.

I want a vídeo card that allows me to play LoL, WoW and SC2 well enough at least. Perhaps Dragon Age Inq without lag spikes on a not-so-bad graphic level.

So, it doesn't have to be that potent. I'm mostly concerned if the new card is going to work properly with this setup.

So, any suggestions?
 
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Somasundaram Sathiyathasan


There's nothing to worry about. If the graphics card supports PCI Express 3.0, it will still be backwards-compatible with PCI Express 2.0, There won't be a visible performance impact when used in a PCI Express 2.0, unless your motherboard's slots doesn't have the full bandwidth (which they do, so no issues whatsoever). GDDR5 is a type of RAM used in newer graphics cards (double the bandwidth and speed in comparison with DDR3). As I said previously, if your FX-6300 is overclocked, it shouldn't bottleneck an R9 280X or maybe even a 290.
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To play those games at max settings AMD R9 270x should be enough, 260x is good too if you are on a tight budget. 280 is at very low price recently so if you can spend a little more it's your best choise.

Sapphire 280
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00IRTXPBM/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B00IRTXPBM&linkCode=as2&tag=youtubecha0df-21

260x
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00GI2F036/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B00GI2F036&linkCode=as2&tag=youtubecha0df-21
 
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^^^ +1
 
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Thanks for the suggestions.

I was wondering here. Does the fact some of these are GDDR5 and PCI Express 3.0 means they might not work on my motherboard? Because mine is a PCI Express 2.0.
 
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There's nothing to worry about. If the graphics card supports PCI Express 3.0, it will still be backwards-compatible with PCI Express 2.0, There won't be a visible performance impact when used in a PCI Express 2.0, unless your motherboard's slots doesn't have the full bandwidth (which they do, so no issues whatsoever). GDDR5 is a type of RAM used in newer graphics cards (double the bandwidth and speed in comparison with DDR3). As I said previously, if your FX-6300 is overclocked, it shouldn't bottleneck an R9 280X or maybe even a 290.
 
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