Videocard upgrade

[gene_11]

hello guys i came here to ask cos i know i can get the best advice. my current system is amd athlonii x2 250 running @ 4.1ghz,4x 1g crucial pc6400, ecs a780gm-a 1.1, seasonic s12 ii 500w. and a nvidia 9800gt,,, i was thinking of an upgrading my vc to a gtx470, can my system go with it or i may get a bottleneck, im getting my card in a week now.

 

[purple stain]

You shouldn't bottleneck but why go for the GTX470? Their are far better cards out their for the money and power.

What is your budget?

 

[gene_11]

not a 570 only 470 slite higher than a 460. and my athlon has an overclock of 4.1ghz, my buget range is150-200 USD, pls if u could give more recommendations

 

[gene_11]

upgrading the cpu also not planned its only the vc to upgrade

 

[gene_11]

i game @ 1680x1050

 

[purple stain]

At that resoultion I would reccomend going with a 6870.

 

[gene_11]

i play the latest games like dirt3,shift2,fI 2010, cod BO. my 9800gt played them well though, but i want some dx11 effects too. coz i missed with my current card

 

[gene_11]

i think i go with the 6870 acc. to hwcompare.com its prety much the same in performence, and less power hungry, thanks to "purple stank"

 

[gene_11]

Best answer selected by gene_11.

 

[purple stain]

Welcome

 

[spentshells]

just thought id say nice overclock before MM closes up. is there any more room to overclock ?

 

[gene_11]

no more its the highest it can go, if i go beyond that, the system is unstable

 

[purple stain]

Thought what I thought.On the Phenom ii and Athlon ii chips you start to hit a wall at around >4.2ghz.