Graphics Card Recommendation

[Asiankid0]

mmk, well I believe its time for me to upgrade my card~ my current card is Radeon HD 4890 1GB. Main reason why I want to upgrade? well I am currently playing Tera and my frame rate drops in open areas on max settings....and being a graphics wh0re, I don't wanna lower the settings down.

I am gonna go away from ATI series for the time being and try out the Nvidia series~ when I first made my build, my friend was recommending a Nvidia card but I followed a forum member's advice and chose the ATI. Not that I regret that decision~ but I just wanna try something different.

my comp specs are as follows:

Tower: COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Motherboard: ASUS M4A77TD Pro AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
GPU: SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100269VXLE Radeon HD 4890 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
PSU: COOLER MASTER RS-700-AMBA-D3 700W ATX12V V2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Retail
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor Model HDZ955FBGIBOX - Retail
RAM: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10600CL8D-4GBHK - Retail
Internal HD: Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM

I want an upgrade for the card to a GTX series. My budget is between $100 and $180 (highest I can go). I want the GTX series that will also meet my Power supply threshold as well.

any recommendations are appreciated.

[Bad Hamster]

mmk, well I believe its time for me to upgrade my card~ my current card is Radeon HD 4890 1GB. Main reason why I want to upgrade? well I am currently playing Tera and my frame rate drops in open areas on max settings....and being a graphics wh0re, I don't wanna lower the settings down.

I am gonna go away from ATI series for the time being and try out the Nvidia series~ when I first made my build, my friend was recommending a Nvidia card but I followed a forum member's advice and chose the ATI. Not that I regret that decision~ but I just wanna try something different.

my comp specs are as follows:


I want an upgrade for the card to a GTX series. My budget is between $100 and $180 (highest I can go). I want the GTX series that will also meet my Power supply threshold as well.

any recommendations are appreciated.

amd + nvidia is a no no.

So if you're planning to get a Nvidia gpu, you should also change your processor to a intel i5 or i7.

[Bad Hamster]

Nah it doesn't mess with performance at all.

But with his budget he won't see much of an improvement in frame rate if any.
So he is better off sticking with his card.

It messes a bit with the performance, not that much you'll notice it though. Reason I said it was a nono for overclocking issues etc... It's easier to overclock ati+amd and nvidia+intel. I'm not certain on the nvidia thing though, I do know that amd has a nice overclocking program called amd overdrive. You won't be able to use it when your card is a nvidia (for example).

[IronyTaken]

It messes a bit with the performance, not that much you'll notice it though. Reason I said it was a nono for overclocking issues etc... It's easier to overclock ati+amd and nvidia+intel. I'm not certain on the nvidia thing though, I do know that amd has a nice overclocking program called amd overdrive. You won't be able to use it when your card is a nvidia (for example).

I can OC my nvidia card past what most people can do and I use an AMD CPU.
What you are saying is mostly a myth.

And who cares if you cannot use that program, there are pelnty others out there.

I use EVGA Precision for OCing my GPU.

[Asiankid0]

Nah it doesn't mess with performance at all.

But with his budget he won't see much of an improvement in frame rate if any.
So he is better off sticking with his card.

wut do you suggest then? overclock my CPU and GPU? mind helping out with that then?

[IronyTaken]

wut do you suggest then? overclock my CPU and GPU? mind helping out with that then?

MMOs are not well optimized most of the time so you will just have to deal with your frame rate issues.

You can always look at your task manager to see if your CPU is getting maxed from the games and also use a program to check you GPU usage to see if it's getting maxed.

Even with OCing you won't really receive much of a boost if any from that kind of game.