Hello, just fyi I'm totally green when it comes to hardware, so please bear with me. My current rig consist of a GeForce GTS 250, 4GB DDR2, E8500 at stock speed and a ASUS P5Q SE2 mobo. I was thinking of investing in the Sapphire Radeon HD 6850. My questions are: Would the new card be compatible with my mobo? Will my system be bottlenecked by a certian component? If yes to 1, which card would you recommend I get? I'd like to keep it under 300$. Thank you for your time.
Compatibility and Bottlenecking
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wiinippongamer
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the card will be compatible with your motherboard, it'll probaly bottleneck a little because of the cpu, but nothing major, depends on what resolution you play at.
OCing a little would help
OCing a little would help
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Even without an OC he should be able to run that card with a very very small bottleneck. You should be fine, but ya OCing would help a little. =D
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If your power supply is a good brand that can really go up to 550w then I think so, but you need two pci-e connectors. =D
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