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I've got some money and there's a fair number of games now where I would like to increase quality/performance so I think its time to look at new GPU's 
Was hoping to go with one of the new HD 7000 series, but there's a massive price and performance gap between the 7770 and 7850, and so I'm not really sure where to go now 
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Next week or so would be good, keep putting off BUDGET RANGE: Around £150 (Inc PnP, VAT, etc), could go higher if the price/performance is worth it, and it would give me extra months before wanting another upgrade. If suggested to upgrade other components at same time I would pay more if worth it in the long run.
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Software development (including 3D accelerated applications), Gaming (mostly RTS and games like the X series, also FPS and racing), watching videos, occasionally transcoding video and audio in large amounts.
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY:
MSI AMD Radeon HD 5770 @875MHz (was running an over clock, but when I got the 1920x1080 display and made the 1600x900 a secondary monitor on extended desktop anything but stock seemed to become unstable...)
BeQuiet 600W Modular PSU (E7-CM-600W): has 2x6pin and 2x8pin PCI-e power connectors (not entirely sure how that works, since my understanding was PCIe+6pin+8pin = 300W, so two = 600W on a 600W PSU???)
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T @ 3.5GHz with Cooler Master Hyper 212+ Cooler
MB: Gigabyte 870A-UD3
RAM: 8GB (4x2GB) 1333MHz DDR3
Case: Antec 300
Hard drives: 6 3.5" (not a great deal of clearance between these and the 5770, and there's no spare bays to leave a gap, was going to replace the 500GB ones with a 2TB drive, but prices have not been great. Could perhaps move a drive into the spare 5.25 bay? Where can I get a bracket to do that)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: UK online retailers, best price including postage
PARTS PREFERENCES: None really, as long as the performance/price is there, and nothing really bad about the card (e.g. noise levels, reliability, etc.)
OVERCLOCKING: Yes (assuming this second monitor + stability issue is not going to be an issue again)
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No (micro stutter seems to be an ongoing issue, so not sure really worth it)
MONITOR RESOLUTION:
Main monitor is 1920x1080
I have a second 1600x900 monitor, but due to it being 2 screens, and not the same I tend not to use in gaming. However stuff like supreme commander that does somthing useful with a second display (e.g. gives me a second independent view port) I do use it
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
Not entirely sure what to do with the old 5770. Perhaps keep it for the second display? Quiet would be good
Was hoping to go with one of the new HD 7000 series, but there's a massive price and performance gap between the 7770 and 7850, and so I'm not really sure where to go now APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Next week or so would be good, keep putting off BUDGET RANGE: Around £150 (Inc PnP, VAT, etc), could go higher if the price/performance is worth it, and it would give me extra months before wanting another upgrade. If suggested to upgrade other components at same time I would pay more if worth it in the long run.
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Software development (including 3D accelerated applications), Gaming (mostly RTS and games like the X series, also FPS and racing), watching videos, occasionally transcoding video and audio in large amounts.
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY:
MSI AMD Radeon HD 5770 @875MHz (was running an over clock, but when I got the 1920x1080 display and made the 1600x900 a secondary monitor on extended desktop anything but stock seemed to become unstable...)
BeQuiet 600W Modular PSU (E7-CM-600W): has 2x6pin and 2x8pin PCI-e power connectors (not entirely sure how that works, since my understanding was PCIe+6pin+8pin = 300W, so two = 600W on a 600W PSU???)
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T @ 3.5GHz with Cooler Master Hyper 212+ Cooler
MB: Gigabyte 870A-UD3
RAM: 8GB (4x2GB) 1333MHz DDR3
Case: Antec 300
Hard drives: 6 3.5" (not a great deal of clearance between these and the 5770, and there's no spare bays to leave a gap, was going to replace the 500GB ones with a 2TB drive, but prices have not been great. Could perhaps move a drive into the spare 5.25 bay? Where can I get a bracket to do that)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: UK online retailers, best price including postage
PARTS PREFERENCES: None really, as long as the performance/price is there, and nothing really bad about the card (e.g. noise levels, reliability, etc.)
OVERCLOCKING: Yes (assuming this second monitor + stability issue is not going to be an issue again)
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No (micro stutter seems to be an ongoing issue, so not sure really worth it)
MONITOR RESOLUTION:
Main monitor is 1920x1080
I have a second 1600x900 monitor, but due to it being 2 screens, and not the same I tend not to use in gaming. However stuff like supreme commander that does somthing useful with a second display (e.g. gives me a second independent view port) I do use it
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
Not entirely sure what to do with the old 5770. Perhaps keep it for the second display? Quiet would be good
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