Is it worth upgrading my graphic card

[Asgardur]

I'm planning to change my radeon hd 6850 to a hd 7970 but i'm uncertain if its really worth the money. Also, I'm not even sure my PC can handle it because it's 3 years old

Here are my specs:

core i5 2500K
8 Gb of RAM
Coolermaster GX-750
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V LX

 

[rolandzhang3]

Your power supply should have no problem with a 7970, it's more than a double up of performance over the 6850

You have the 2500k which is still about on par with a modern i5, and it's overclockable so that's a big plus too, it's worth it

 

[Asgardur]

Thanks a lot! I think I underestimated my PC haha

 

[rolandzhang3]

Quite good timing I think, there hasn't been a major performance increase over Sandy Bridge in the past few generations of Intel chips

 

[caj]

whats your budget? you surely see improvements. btw is the 7970 brand new or used?. if new why not 770.

 

[Asgardur]

I have an unlimited budget (well sorta, anymore than 800$ card is wayyy to much for my gamig necessities) and I want a new card, I bought an old one from a trusted friend long ago and I don't know what he did with but it was unusable. Is the 770 better?

 

[rolandzhang3]

At this current time a 770 is a better buy since AMD card prices have gone way up, you could go all out and buy a 780 too, your 2500k should be fine with that too, if not with a small overclock :lol:

 

[Asgardur]

The 780 is really tempting, but I think I will settle with the 770, my wallet thanks you haha! Will I still need to overclock my 2500K (it's still at the manufacturer's speed, I didn't feel the need to touch it)?

 

[rolandzhang3]

Nope, it should be fine with a 770 at stock clocks, you could invest in an aftermarket cooler and overclock for your next GPU upgrade

 

[Asgardur]

Wow thanks a lot you saved me a lot of time and money. Always nice people here haha

 

[rolandzhang3]

Haha no worries