Heya!
My system is equipped with a pair of suprisingly well preforming Gainward HD4850 GLH (Factory Overclock) crossfired.
Until now, they have served me very well indeed, outpreforming most modern medicore gaming gpus.
Dragging me through such titles as NFS Shift, Mass Effect 2, MW2, Mafia 2 with almost everything maxed constantly!
But this has ended, after playing some F12010 and Civ 5 today, I've come to a conclusion that this
setup is beggining to let me down. With everything maxed in both games i tend to get fps drops and even
light lagg.
Here is the dilemma: My motherboard is designed for crossfire and my initial plan of upgrading this PC with two 460's is no more cause, as far as i know crossfire = no sli
So here's the deal: I've got a OCZ ModXtream 600w PSU and I want a new GPU that not neceserly will make me buy a new one.
This GPU must be future proof, so I guess HD5xxx are out. What do you guys think? Is it worth buying a new PSU and a 480 and spending almost all my money, or should I go with something like a 470 (will the 600w be enough, will it be a major fps difference?)?
Any opinions are appriciated
SPECS:
Asrock M3A790GXH/128M
Phenom II 955 BE C2
4GB 1333 RAM
2x 4850 512MB
600W OCZ PSU
Antec 902 case (for size)
My system is equipped with a pair of suprisingly well preforming Gainward HD4850 GLH (Factory Overclock) crossfired.
Until now, they have served me very well indeed, outpreforming most modern medicore gaming gpus.
Dragging me through such titles as NFS Shift, Mass Effect 2, MW2, Mafia 2 with almost everything maxed constantly!
But this has ended, after playing some F12010 and Civ 5 today, I've come to a conclusion that this
setup is beggining to let me down. With everything maxed in both games i tend to get fps drops and even
light lagg.
Here is the dilemma: My motherboard is designed for crossfire and my initial plan of upgrading this PC with two 460's is no more cause, as far as i know crossfire = no sli
So here's the deal: I've got a OCZ ModXtream 600w PSU and I want a new GPU that not neceserly will make me buy a new one.
This GPU must be future proof, so I guess HD5xxx are out. What do you guys think? Is it worth buying a new PSU and a 480 and spending almost all my money, or should I go with something like a 470 (will the 600w be enough, will it be a major fps difference?)?
Any opinions are appriciated
SPECS:
Asrock M3A790GXH/128M
Phenom II 955 BE C2
4GB 1333 RAM
2x 4850 512MB
600W OCZ PSU
Antec 902 case (for size)