Looking to upgrade from a 4850 512MB

[chrisxuk]

Hi all,

Looking at potentially upgrading my PC so that I can get back into playing some of the latest games, such as GTA V and have a feeling my current card (4850 512MB) just won't handle it.

I re-downloaded BF3 the other day and was struggling just to move forward smoothly.

Current specs are

i5 2500k @ 3.3GHz
4850 512MB
8GB DDR3
PSU - I think is 600W, I can double check when I get home.

Got a budget of around £200 and have just been looking at this, the OcUK GeForce GTX 770 "NVIDIA Reference" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-210-OK&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1750

Anything else that's better for the money, or is there anything that could justify spending a little extra for?

 

[pandem0nium]

The 290x is a much better card for a bit more (<£30)

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-364-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

 

[r7slayer]

You'd be better off with a 280x tbh which is slightly cheaper and same performance but they both perform the same although you could easily snag a 290 if your able to increase your budget a little which would smash both the 280x and 770 and go nicely with your CPU and be fine with your PSU depending on brand of PSU though.

edit - yea above i didn't notice that was a 290x thought it was a 290 lol. Even better that's stupidly cheap for the performance.

 

[RanxZy]

Well sir this should be a big upgrade. If you could stretch to a 970 that would be ideal with the limited two free top games offer. Would last quite a bit longer than a 770 too because pretty much all recent top games can use well over 2GB at 1080p.

If you're patient enough *sniggle* there might also be a 960 Ti in the next few months which would fit well in the midrange. I've had a Gigabyte G1 970 and the 970s are exceptional for 1080p.

 

[Telecaster]

Would last quite a bit longer than a 770 too because pretty much all recent top games can use well over 2GB at 1080p.

He linked the 4GB version.

 

[stulid]

Make sure the PSU is named make so is not a £10 potato, you may need to update the boards BIOS so it sees the newer gpu.

 

[RanxZy]

He linked the 4GB version.

Oh my bad well then I would take it or even much better a AMD R9 290/290X in that sort of price range. Wouldn't be too fussed about a 280X being hardly any better than a 4GB 770 though.

 

[chrisxuk]

Make sure the PSU is named make so is not a £10 potato, you may need to update the boards BIOS so it sees the newer gpu.

The 290x is a much better card for a bit more (<£30)

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-364-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

Thanks for the link. I've just had a look and my PSU is only 550W. It's the OCZ ZS Series 550W I believe.

Looking on the product page it says that - 600W or greater PSU required

Is this going to be a serious issue?

 

[stulid]

That PSU is fine for that GFX card.

Its 600W from a £10 potato, you have a better unit that can deliver its power.

 

[chrisxuk]

Thanks for that. Overclockers is only 20 minutes away so should be able to take a trip later today

Hopefully it'll fit in my case as well, I have an Antec 902.

 

[stulid]

Expansion Slots /
video card size 8 expansion slots
Maximum video card size: 16.0" / 406 mm

Should do

 

[Kelt]

Worth mentioning that your chip should be able to hit 4-4.5Ghz easily.

It will make a noticeable difference.

Get overclocking!

 

[chrisxuk]

Couldn't make it to the store yesterday, but just ordered online so hopefully with DPD Next Day delivery it should be here by Tuesday!