Asus P5K compatable video card upgrade

[Xenorett]

Hello!

My current setup is:
Asus P5K
Core 2 Quad Q9300 2500 MHz
4GB RAM (DDR2-800 SDRAM)
GeForce 8800GT
Kingston 120gb SSD for OS and other HDDs for other stuff
500w Chieftech PSU
24" monitor

Thinking of upgrading just videocard, as other components imho are still good and current video card could be the weak link. What cards could I upgrade to, if want to keep current setup. How big change in graphics would be?

Thanks beforehand.

 

[Deleted member 1300495]

what is your budget?

 

[Xenorett]

Depends on performance increase, wouldn`t be point buying card, which can not be fully used because of MB limitations. Budget in $ could be ~ 200-250.

 

[dark_globe]

amd 260x/265 : more powerfull video cards would be bottlenecked by your processor ...
you can try to overclock it (not if you have stock cooling of course) , will help a bit ...

 

[Deleted member 1300495]

what PSU do you have?

 

[Xenorett]

Chieftec 500w (cft-500-a12s)

 

[Deleted member 1300495]

something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127789 but this will bottleneck and the PSU is a little underkill so this will be better: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121841

 

[Xenorett]

Someone also suggested to me R9 270 at that moment (February), but what about R7 265?

 

[dark_globe]

r7 265 is rebranded and slightly faster radeon 7850
(it is also the most powerfull video card i would recommend for your system really)

 

[Deleted member 1300495]

Someone also suggested to me R9 270 at that moment (February), but what about R7 265?

the 270 has better specs than the 265, go with the 270

 

[Xenorett]

So this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202096&cm_re=r7_265-_-14-202-096-_-Product ? Because R7 265 was suggested to me in February, but it wasn`t out yet. I suppose now it is.

 

[Xenorett]

Someone also suggested to me R9 270 at that moment (February), but what about R7 265?

the 270 has better specs than the 265, go with the 270

Isn`t 265 2GB and 270 1GB? or on my system it won`t matter?

 

[Deleted member 1300495]

That is a 265 and Sapphire isn't a good band. here is a better brand card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127769

 

[dark_globe]

270 has also 2gb of dedicated memory ...
270 is rebranded 7870 ...
270x has the same core but higher clocks out of the box and also better overclocking potential ...
your cpu at stock speed will bottleneck 270 to the point it almost won´t matter if you have 265 or 270 in your system ...

 

[Deleted member 1300495]

270 has also 2gb of dedicated memory ...
270 is rebranded 7870 ...
270x has the same core but higher clocks out of the box and also better overclocking potential ...
your cpu at stock speed will bottleneck 270 to the point it almost won´t matter if you have 265 or 270 in your system ...

"270 is rebranded 7870 ...
270x has the same core but higher clocks out of the box and also better overclocking potential ..."

these statements don't matter, they are just facts that we already know. Also, I know that it will be bottlenecked that's why I showed him the 250.

 

[Xenorett]

So basically this one? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127763&cm_re=r7_250-_-14-127-763-_-Product
If because of limitations results will basically be the same with 250/265/270, then 250 seems obvious choice, as it is almost 2 times cheaper.

 

[dark_globe]

no , 250 is too slow ...
just get amd 260x or amd 265 ...

 

[Xenorett]

no , 250 is too slow ...
just get amd 260x or amd 265 ...

It`s down to these 2 then? MSi brand is best choice? Does it matter which one, or performance roughly the same?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127762&cm_re=r7_260x-_-14-127-762-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127790&cm_re=r7_265-_-14-127-790-_-Product

 

[dark_globe]

260x: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202081
265: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131572

which one you will buy depends on your budget ...
MSI models cost more/same amount of money and they have louder cooler ...

 

[Xenorett]

Probably will go with 265 in the end, thanks for all your help

 

[Deleted member 1300495]

no , 250 is too slow ...
just get amd 260x or amd 265 ...

You just said that the 2605 is too fast, "your cpu at stock speed will bottleneck 270 to the point it almost won´t matter if you have 265 or 270 in your system ..." do not contradict what you are saying. @OP: the MSI 265 will be the best for you as it has a good clock speed and price.

 

[dark_globe]

i´m not contradicting anything ...
amd 250 (without "X") is about 80% slower in comparison to radeon 260x ...
http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=2050&gid2=1865&compare=radeon-r7-250-2gb-ddr3-vs-radeon-r7-260x
price/performance ratio of this card is just terrible ...

 

[Deleted member 1300495]

Game debate is not a good website for comparing GPUs as they do not test the GPUs under load with real games. Also, when I presented you with the facts and the truth, why are you still denying it.

 

[dark_globe]

i agree about gamedebate (in general) but in this exact case they are quite accurate ...
once again , i´m not contradicting or denying anything ...
but amd 250 is just terrible ... and yes in the same time 270 is a bit too much ...
260x or 265 are just fine for him ...
you are just mixing apples and oranges when you try to compare 250 with 260x or 270 ...
those are the cards on totally different levels of performance ...

 

[Deleted member 1300495]

That is what I recommended!! Why are you now changing your opinion again!! You clearly firsstated that the 260X and 265 were too much for his system and now your saying it's the best card?