I'm upgrading my system in a few weeks, and was hoping I could get some thoughts on the following...
Looking at a microATX AM3 board ($80 +/- 10). A 3.2GHz Athlon II x3 Rana CPU ($85). 8GB (2x4GB) of 1333 DDR3 ram ($95). And getting Windows 7 64-bit Home version. (Newegg.ca prices)
I have a 500W Thermaltake Purepower 500NP PSU. All other components will be swapped from my Acer M1100 case.
I'm currently running a Geforce 8600GT, 512MB, 128bit, GDDR3.
Part of my system upgrade will be to find a suitable graphics card, to go along with the other new equipment.
I don't do a lot of gaming on my PC. The original upgrade to the 8600GT and the power source to go with it, was for when I was playing WoW and Conan. Both of which I haven't played for over two years.
I'm currently playing Civ5. My wife just installed the first Fable game. Most of our time is spent browsing the internet. I do occasionally use Photoshop CS3 for basic photo editing. And we just bought a Canon Vixia HD digital camcorder earlier this month. So I have a feeling I may get into some entry-level video editing some time in the near future.
So my question is: how will a 2GB, 256bit, GDDR3 GeForce GTS 250 ($170) compare to a 1GB, 128bit, GDDR5 Radeon 5770 at the same price point? And why would one be better than the other considering the setup and demands it'll receive?
GeForce GTS 250 Link
Example 5770 Link
Thanks for your time.
Looking at a microATX AM3 board ($80 +/- 10). A 3.2GHz Athlon II x3 Rana CPU ($85). 8GB (2x4GB) of 1333 DDR3 ram ($95). And getting Windows 7 64-bit Home version. (Newegg.ca prices)
I have a 500W Thermaltake Purepower 500NP PSU. All other components will be swapped from my Acer M1100 case.
I'm currently running a Geforce 8600GT, 512MB, 128bit, GDDR3.
Part of my system upgrade will be to find a suitable graphics card, to go along with the other new equipment.
I don't do a lot of gaming on my PC. The original upgrade to the 8600GT and the power source to go with it, was for when I was playing WoW and Conan. Both of which I haven't played for over two years.
I'm currently playing Civ5. My wife just installed the first Fable game. Most of our time is spent browsing the internet. I do occasionally use Photoshop CS3 for basic photo editing. And we just bought a Canon Vixia HD digital camcorder earlier this month. So I have a feeling I may get into some entry-level video editing some time in the near future.
So my question is: how will a 2GB, 256bit, GDDR3 GeForce GTS 250 ($170) compare to a 1GB, 128bit, GDDR5 Radeon 5770 at the same price point? And why would one be better than the other considering the setup and demands it'll receive?
GeForce GTS 250 Link
Example 5770 Link
Thanks for your time.