Upgrading my Graphics card from ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series

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So I am looking to upgrade my graphic card. I currently have an ATI radeon hd 5700 series.

I have an i5 processor (2.87 GHz i think) with 6gb of ram running on windows 7 with a 525W power supply.

I was thinking of maybe the ati radeon 7850?
 
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The 7850 is a good upgrade, it takes you from a slow and outdated videocard to what is today an entry level gaming card. You could play any game out today at 720p on the 7850 and have a good experience, and many games will play well at 1080p too. You can't say that about the 57xx series.

The limiting factors are twofold. One, your CPU. Depending on which specific CPU you have, newer quad core oriented games may not run well on it no matter what card you buy. Two, motherboard compatibility. Depending on the motherboard bios your system uses, newer videocards may not work. The HD 7850 is guaranteed to work on your system as far as motherboard bios compatibility goes.
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Assuming the 575W PSU is good quality and has at least 1 x 6-pin connector for the card, it should be fine. But it would be nice to know the rest of your system to be sure there are no snags. Have you considered a new, faster card? The HD 7850 is only about the equivalent of today's GTX 1050. Slightly slower even.
 
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get a gtx 1050 ti it is a great upgrade to an old 57xx card
 
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The 7850 is a good upgrade, it takes you from a slow and outdated videocard to what is today an entry level gaming card. You could play any game out today at 720p on the 7850 and have a good experience, and many games will play well at 1080p too. You can't say that about the 57xx series.

The limiting factors are twofold. One, your CPU. Depending on which specific CPU you have, newer quad core oriented games may not run well on it no matter what card you buy. Two, motherboard compatibility. Depending on the motherboard bios your system uses, newer videocards may not work. The HD 7850 is guaranteed to work on your system as far as motherboard bios compatibility goes.
 
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