Hello! I'm currently in the process of upgrading my computer as it is starting to, in my opinion, fall behind quite a bit. I currently have an ATI Radeon HD 4850 512Mb and I'm looking to upgrade it to something powerful enough to play Crysis 2 at Max Settings with DirectX 11 and the High Resolution Texture pack without dropping to much below 35-40 FPS. Correct me if I am wrong, but I figure this will be a good base for future titles and will keep me settled for the upcoming few years while I am in college.
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Sometime after Christmas as I will have the money then (and I am hoping for some Deals) BUDGET RANGE: I am assuming by then I will have at the minimum of $560, but I will be spending at the most $170 on the new CPU (so around $390) Before / After Rebates
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming [Crysis 2 (DX11, Max Settings, High Res Textures, Skyrim (With a lot of graphical overhaul mods and what-not), etc], Adobe products (Flash, Photoshop, Premier), Watching Movies in HD
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY:
ATI Radeon HD 4850 512Mb
Blue Star 680W 20+4-pin Dual-Fan ATX Power Supply w/SATA & PCIe
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS:
BIOSTAR A870U3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
AMD Phenom II X3 710 2.6Ghz Processor (upgrading to an AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2Ghz Black Edition Processor around the same time I upgrade my Graphics Card)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg.com, amazon.com COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
PARTS PREFERENCES: No real preference. I am quite fine with both Nvidia and ATI.
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe, but not right now. Motherboard isn't very well suited for it.
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1680x1050
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: As I have said above, I am looking for something powerful to get me through College. I'm heading off to college next year, and I'd like to not have to touch the inside of my computer during that time. I was looking at the GTX570 and 580, as they seem to be quite powerful cards, but, I'm curious what any of you guys think would be good: either of those, a different Nvidia card, or something from ATI.
Thank you in advance!
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Sometime after Christmas as I will have the money then (and I am hoping for some Deals) BUDGET RANGE: I am assuming by then I will have at the minimum of $560, but I will be spending at the most $170 on the new CPU (so around $390) Before / After Rebates
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming [Crysis 2 (DX11, Max Settings, High Res Textures, Skyrim (With a lot of graphical overhaul mods and what-not), etc], Adobe products (Flash, Photoshop, Premier), Watching Movies in HD
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY:
ATI Radeon HD 4850 512Mb
Blue Star 680W 20+4-pin Dual-Fan ATX Power Supply w/SATA & PCIe
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS:
BIOSTAR A870U3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
AMD Phenom II X3 710 2.6Ghz Processor (upgrading to an AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2Ghz Black Edition Processor around the same time I upgrade my Graphics Card)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg.com, amazon.com COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
PARTS PREFERENCES: No real preference. I am quite fine with both Nvidia and ATI.
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe, but not right now. Motherboard isn't very well suited for it.
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1680x1050
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: As I have said above, I am looking for something powerful to get me through College. I'm heading off to college next year, and I'd like to not have to touch the inside of my computer during that time. I was looking at the GTX570 and 580, as they seem to be quite powerful cards, but, I'm curious what any of you guys think would be good: either of those, a different Nvidia card, or something from ATI.
Thank you in advance!