What should I upgrade to coming from a HD 5770. Thinking of GTX 750 TI.

lightsunglasses · Sep 21, 2015

Gaming performance is struggling with this older card. Looking for a budget friendly card that will give me a bit more performance with modern gaming.

I see the 750 Ti is about double the performance of my card at a reasonable price.

I have also been getting recommendations on getting a R9 270.

Thoughts?

Current specs are:

AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus Quad-Core 2.6 GHz
5GB ram (have not noticed ram being maxed out during gaming)
HD 5770 1GB
Windows 7 x64
7200rpm hard drives (Maxtor and Seagate)

Not running at 1080 yet; 1600x900

WCTech · Sep 21, 2015

What is your PSU. This might determine what card is better for you.

With the Athlon II being quite Dated there is a chance of your CPU bottle-necking intensive games with those cards, but should be playable at a lower res, or even possibly HD.

Either card would work as long as you do not go crazy on your resolution and frames. Newer Graphics cards such as the GTX 900 series are likely to bottleneck the CPU with too much raw GPU performance.

RazberyBandit · Sep 21, 2015

Consider a GTX 950. For $160 (roughly $30-40 more than most GTX 750Ti cards) you get a major boost in performance and detail over the 750Ti.

Forget about the R9 270. AMD is still busy re-badging its 7000-series. If you want to stick with AMD, wait for prices to adjust once the R7 370X is finally released. The 370X is the newest revision/optimization of the 1280-shader Pitcairn GPU, which has previously been released as the R9 270X and HD7870. The R9 270 and R7 370 are 1024-shader (cut-down from 1280) Pitcairn-based cards that were originally released as the HD7850.

wa1 · Sep 22, 2015

Looking at your specs, I think it will be wise to save your money and build another gaming system for you.
CPU, PSU, graphic card, and even monitor. All of them need to be upgraded if you ask me.

lightsunglasses · Sep 23, 2015

I have a 650w PSU, so power shouldn't be too much of an issue.

I don't need a top-tier card as I don't need to have ultra-settings 60fps. Just something a bit more modern to keep up with gaming.

A 750ti is on sale for $100 after rebate right now; is it recommended at that price?

RazberyBandit · Sep 23, 2015

That depends on how much the actual initial cost is and if you're willing to wait two or three months to get the rebate, if you get it at all. (Rebates companies aren't the most reputable ones around.) An initial cost under $130 for a 750Ti is a fair deal - the lower the better. But consider this: Newegg has a Zotac 750Ti on sale right now for $99.99 flat - no rebate & free shipping.

Wa1 makes a good point, though. A newer, better video card is a short-term fix for an aging system. Saving up your cash to take advantage of the holiday price slashes that will begin two months from now on Black Friday for an entirely new system might be a better solution in the long run. That's exactly what I'm doing...

The PC I built for my Dad about 6 years ago is similar to yours, but has an even older card (4850). After he did the free Win10 upgrade, we discovered the card isn't fully supported in Win10. No version of AMD's Catalyst Control Center works in Win10 for HD 4000-series cards. I could cure that issue with a new card, but this system (Phenom II X3 720 and 4GB of DDR2-1066) has been showing its age in newer applications and games my youngest brother plays for quite some time. So, I told him I'd build him a new system for Christmas.

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