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Started by Adrian Sion | | 9 answers
Upgrading GPU, Looking for Advice
Hi everyone. My BF4 isn't running the way I would like it to, and when I purchased my computer I never expected I would get into BF4. I would like to upgrade my GPU since I can only play BF4 on all settings turned all the way down to low and still manage 35 fps while my card runs at 99% usage and nearly 90 degrees C. I currently use an AMD R9 HD7570, which is nowhere near anything somebody looking for good (but not extreme) gaming performance should want. Since my PC is prebuilt, you can view all specs here.

I've been looking around on places such as NewEgg and Youtube, and though I'm certainly by no means a professional, I have been looking at this. I also saw an ASUS version of that card, and while it looks much more sleek and organised, I'm on a relatively tight budget. I'll go with the ASUS model if it is really any better, but again, I'm not looking for anything incredibly mind blowing that will melt my computer.

On a side note, since I gave you guys a link to my prebuilt machine, do you have any recommendations for other components in the machine? As stated above, I'm no expert and my biggest concern is purchasing this card and finding it is either incompatible with a specific existing part or simply doesn't fit my motherboard or case. Thanks so much.
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August 5, 2014 4:05:17 PM

Adrian Sion said:
Awesome. So as long as the card physically fits in the system with no issues and has a little space, I'm pretty much good to go. Thanks for your help!


np, just make sure you get a aftermarket card, never get a stock card :) 
August 5, 2014 4:04:29 PM

Awesome. So as long as the card physically fits in the system with no issues and has a little space, I'm pretty much good to go. Thanks for your help!

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August 5, 2014 4:03:12 PM

There shouldn't be much bottleneck, a r9 270x or a r9 270 if you can'tafford that will be fine then :) 
August 5, 2014 4:01:19 PM

Motherboard: MSI MS-7778

CPU: Trinity Quad-Core A10-5800K

RAM: 12GB

GPU: Eyefinity Radeon HD 7570

Hard Drive: 1TB HDD
August 5, 2014 3:58:14 PM

Adrian Sion said:
I think the R9 270 works fine for BF4 (I searched up a few videos on Youtube) but the R9 280 sort of goes past my budget by a bit. Do you see any other existing components in my computer that could cause issues with the R9 270?


can you list me the specs please? there may be some bottleneck, because bf4 is very very cpu intensive, it relies quite a lot on the cpu also
August 5, 2014 3:57:14 PM

I think the R9 270 works fine for BF4 (I searched up a few videos on Youtube) but the R9 280 sort of goes past my budget by a bit. Do you see any other existing components in my computer that could cause issues with the R9 270?
August 5, 2014 3:49:06 PM

a good aftermarket r9 280 will be able to go high/ultra on stable fps I think
August 5, 2014 3:46:59 PM

I'd rather not go much higher than $200, but would be willing to if absolutely necessary.
August 5, 2014 3:45:43 PM

Budget for the gpu please?

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