Hi:
I have a system I put together ~4 years ago based on an Asus Crosshair IV Formula MB with a 1090T AMD six core processor. I originally had two Radeon HD 5850 cards running in Crossfire but after a year or two I switched to a single Gigabyte Radeon HD 6950. I have been quite happy with the system but this morning when I switched it on the computer sounded like it booted normally but the monitor did not display anything. After re-booting a couple of times it still did not display anything. I dug one of the HD5850 cards out and swapped it for the HD6950 and the computer booted fine and the monitor display is normal. Based on that I am assuming the video card has died. I do intend to upgrade my entire system within a year or so.
I cannot remember at this time why I was dissatisfied with the HD 5850 card(s) and changed them for the HD6950. I have not yet attempted to play any of my games (mainly Skyrim at this point) to see if peformance will be affected enough to be unbearable. It may be that I can just keep this card in place until I am ready to upgrade.
My question is what cards would provide equal or better perfomance to the HD6950 if I decide I can't live with the HD5850 even for the year until I upgrade? I do some video editing for Youtube, although I haven't been doing much lately. The range of cards and prices available is overwhelming and the descriptions and specs listed seems very confusing. I don't think I want to spend the money for a top of the line card now when it probably won't be top of the line anymore when I do my full system upgrade, so if I buy a card now it will likely be a short term fix and I wouldn't want to spend more than ~$200 on it.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Bob
I have a system I put together ~4 years ago based on an Asus Crosshair IV Formula MB with a 1090T AMD six core processor. I originally had two Radeon HD 5850 cards running in Crossfire but after a year or two I switched to a single Gigabyte Radeon HD 6950. I have been quite happy with the system but this morning when I switched it on the computer sounded like it booted normally but the monitor did not display anything. After re-booting a couple of times it still did not display anything. I dug one of the HD5850 cards out and swapped it for the HD6950 and the computer booted fine and the monitor display is normal. Based on that I am assuming the video card has died. I do intend to upgrade my entire system within a year or so.
I cannot remember at this time why I was dissatisfied with the HD 5850 card(s) and changed them for the HD6950. I have not yet attempted to play any of my games (mainly Skyrim at this point) to see if peformance will be affected enough to be unbearable. It may be that I can just keep this card in place until I am ready to upgrade.
My question is what cards would provide equal or better perfomance to the HD6950 if I decide I can't live with the HD5850 even for the year until I upgrade? I do some video editing for Youtube, although I haven't been doing much lately. The range of cards and prices available is overwhelming and the descriptions and specs listed seems very confusing. I don't think I want to spend the money for a top of the line card now when it probably won't be top of the line anymore when I do my full system upgrade, so if I buy a card now it will likely be a short term fix and I wouldn't want to spend more than ~$200 on it.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Bob