Sign in with
Sign up | Sign in

Reply to this thread

Solved Forum question

Started by Cheenki | | 3 answers
Upgrading my ASUS HD 6850, any suggestions?
Hey guys,
I'm looking to upgrade my current GPU: ASUS HD 6850 but i'm on a budget of around $300 (AUD) I'd like to be set for the future upcoming games, preferably would like to be able to play at highest settings on a 1920x1080 resolution. Please link Australian sites if possible !

Current Specs:
CPU: Amd Phenom ii x4 955 (BE) 4.00ghz
RAM:Corsair CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 4GB DDR3 x2 = 8GB
SSD: Samsung Pro 256gb
HDD: 1TB Samsung SpinPoint F3
GPU: ASUS Radeon HD 6850 DirectCU
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5
PSU: Seasonic M12II 520W
  • By posting on this site, I confirm I am over 13 years of age and agree to abide by the site’s rules.

a b Ĉ ASUS
a b U Graphics card
June 13, 2014 2:38:29 PM

Cheenki said:
NiCoM said:
The R9 280 is probably the fastest you'll get for your money, and yes it does run ultra in almost every game.
http://www.ple.com.au/ViewItem.aspx?InventoryItemId=615...

From the Nvidia site of things you have the GTX760, it's not as fast as the R9 280, but it's still a good card.

And for the psu i think the M12II should be fine for this setup, so no need for a upgrade. ;) 


Thanks for the reply :) 

But just wondering, is there much difference between the R9 280 and the R9 280X?



The non-x is the same card as the x, probably just the lower end of the chips that they then slapped a lower clock on. It should be pretty similar in speeds, non-x cards from AMD are very good price/performance cards.

If you overclock this it would probably hit R9 280X speeds pretty easily.
June 13, 2014 1:26:35 AM

NiCoM said:
The R9 280 is probably the fastest you'll get for your money, and yes it does run ultra in almost every game.
http://www.ple.com.au/ViewItem.aspx?InventoryItemId=615...

From the Nvidia site of things you have the GTX760, it's not as fast as the R9 280, but it's still a good card.

And for the psu i think the M12II should be fine for this setup, so no need for a upgrade. ;) 


Thanks for the reply :) 

But just wondering, is there much difference between the R9 280 and the R9 280X?

Best solution chosen by Cheenki

a b Ĉ ASUS
a b U Graphics card
June 13, 2014 1:21:55 AM

The R9 280 is probably the fastest you'll get for your money, and yes it does run ultra in almost every game.
http://www.ple.com.au/ViewItem.aspx?InventoryItemId=615...

From the Nvidia site of things you have the GTX760, it's not as fast as the R9 280, but it's still a good card.

And for the psu i think the M12II should be fine for this setup, so no need for a upgrade. ;) 

See all answers