Worthwhile upgrade?

[Guest]

Thinking of upgrading my old geforce 7900GTX, but not sure at what point the rest of my system will be the limiting factor. Any advice appreciated.

My current specs are:
Core 2 Duo E6700, ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe, 2GB DDR2 900MHz, 550W PSU, 7900GTX 512MB

Ideally looking to spend no more than about £100-£120.
Thanks

 

[paperfox]

I think the HD 5770 is around that much or maybe a 5750. What is the screen resolution of your monitor?

 

[Guest]

1280x1024, I probably wont bother replacing that anytime soon since i'd get less for my money with the graphics card

 

[shadow187]

HD5770 is E114, have fun!

 

[paperfox]

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/radeon-hd-5570,review-31806-6.html
You might be better off with a 5670, take a look at the 1280x1024 charts on these games. The 5670 constantly very good (40+ fps) in all of the games. I would consider a 5770 to be more of a 1680x1050 card (but at your resolution you would not need to upgrade for a very long time).

 

[Guest]

Sounds like the 5770 would be a good choice then - gives me the option to get a new monitor when i can afford one.
Just to make sure - I wouldn't have any issues with power supply or having a fairly old (3 years +) motherboard? And the fact that its a PCIe 2.0 card doesn't cause any problems (fairly sure I only have PCIe 1.something)?

 

[Truhls]

Sounds like the 5770 would be a good choice then - gives me the option to get a new monitor when i can afford one.
Just to make sure - I wouldn't have any issues with power supply or having a fairly old (3 years +) motherboard? And the fact that its a PCIe 2.0 card doesn't cause any problems (fairly sure I only have PCIe 1.something)?

Pci 2.0 is backwards compatible with 1.1 im fairly sure. Plus the 5770 uses very little energy, you can run it on a good 400w PSU.

 

[paperfox]

You should not run into any issues with your 550w PSU or that pcie 1 slot.
Only that it is an Nvidia motherboard which will not allow you to use crossfire, but other than that you are fine.

 

[Guest]

Thanks guys, just ordered one