Can I get away with a 7850?

[hitop999]

Hi all,
Am looking to upgrade my gpu and wondering what the best card i will be able to run is (would prefer not to change psu). Would like to get a 7850 but think it might be too much for the rig. I have heard of people using cards with a higher tdp on the same power supply but thought i would get some other opinions.

System is :

Dell T3400 Workstation

Intel Core 2 Quad q6600 (B3 I think)

Dell TP412 MOBO

2x 2GB DDR2

250GB Sata HDD

375W PSU (has x2 12V rails each at 18A and one 6 pin connector)

I will be playing games like Arkham City, Crysis, Far Cry 3, but only in 1280x768


Cheers in advance!!

 

[maestro0428]

The 7750 or 7770 will match your other components better and should be able to handle that resolution. A 7850 will be pushing your psu a bit and will most likely be bottle necked by the rest of your system.

 

[hitop999]

Was looking at a 7770 initially, but thought about a 7850 as they're not much more and to leave me with the option to put it in a new rig in the future. If it is going to be pushing it too much might just go for the 7770 as I don't want to be stuck with nothing! Cheers!!

 

[hitop999]

In that case, what would be the best 7770 for over clocking? Have been looking at the XFX DD edition, or the Asus DirectCU.

 

[hitop999]

And have just found the MSI with twin fans

 

[Fokissed]

I doubt a HD 7870 would give you any trouble, based on this graph from the 7870 review (bottom one): http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7870-review-benchmark,3148-19.html

 

[iam2thecrowe]

your cpu will be a bottleneck for anything above a 7770, not to mention your power supply will not be capable of powering any more than that. At such a low resolution there is REALL no need for anything better than 7770 anyway. If you planned on going to 1080p resolution i would say the 7850, but you will find your performance limited in most games by your slow cpu, and the 7850 may be pushing your PSU a bit too hard.

 

[hitop999]

forgot to mention i was going to upgrade to 1080p in the next couple of months which is also why i was thinking of going for the 7850, but dont want to blow anything if i put it in this current system..