Thinking of replacing my aging card for something newer for the upcoming games.

Right now my 5850 does ok at 1680x1050 but i am affraid newer games are going to tax the crap out of it and thus making it unplayable at max aa/af. So what is a good solid card for replacement. Thinking of upgrading the motherboard and processor at the same time. Looking at 8 core amd fx and newer board with 990fx bridge. Any idea's? That is the highest setting my monitor supports.

 

If your doing a core upgrade and are looking to do it right now I would not consider AMD on the CPU as the FX processor is weaker per-core than your PII. Look to the sky-lake and Z170 motherboards. On the GPU side it depends what resolution you want to run. 1080p 970/R9 390 would be great. For 1440p I would be looking at 980ti or either of the Fiji cards.

At your current resolution even a R9 380 or 960 would be overkill.

 

CPU wise, skylake, but i'd hold on a bit for it to be more available and be reasonably priced.

GPU wise, r9 380 only the 4 gb model, or like always r9 290 non-reference and pretty much any r9 390.

While the r9 380 and gtx 960 are capable of handling 1080p at decent fps, having a better card would last you longer. The r9 390 will handle 1440p and some older games at 4k pretty well.

Going into the enthusiast segment of cards, either furyx/ gtx 980 ti will do. A fury pro if unlocked could be the most attractive deal of the bunch.

And i definitely do advice against the gtx 950/960/970/980 (non ti), till they drop in prices. PC gaming for me is about price and brute force, not about 50 watts less.

 

^ There is no reason to lower the price for the 960 or 970 both are at the appropriate MSRP. I do agree with you on the 950 and 980(non ti).

 

Changing to Skylake it will cost him too much. 6600k, Z170 MB, DDR4...we are talking about 500€+ without a GPU.

It all depends how much hes willing to spend and where.

 

From what i read the fx8350 is faster all around then my current processor. Intel is right now way to expensive for me. Thinking the r390 would be a good solid upgrade that will last into the next generation of games coming out like doom 4.

 

AM3+ is a dead socket. I would advise against buying into it now. That's just my two cents. Good luck OP.

 

I'm seeing i5-3570k + Z77 for 250€, used. You pop-in some Evo 212 in there, overclock to 4Ghz+ and your golden, thats an upgrade. It will beat any FX CPU by far and handle R9 390 just fine. I also advice going Intel this time around.

 

Your location says nystate is the New York? If so check Micro Center they run instore promo's all the time on intel CPU's you could end up with a MoBo/CPU combo for around $300-350. If you stick with Z97 and devils canyon/haswell then you can reuse your RAM.

 

Intel too expensive? i5 + Zx7 will run you <$350 if you're looking in the right places.

 

Really? How much does skylake cpus cost?

DDR4 has dropped in price, 1gb of ddr4/2400mhz ram now costs around 8 euros and less. A z170 from asrock is about 100 euros, and the i5 6600k is about 250 euros. That is about 410euros if he goes with 2x4gb of ram. It is about as fast as the i7 4790k when at stock and way faster when clocked at 4.5ghz

and that is european **** prices, those living in the states got it easy man. They can get an r9 290 for 220 bucks and new, not in your wildest dream you can that deal here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWxncqbe1H8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ_5p9wd2dk

 

I know, we always have to pay extra. Here in Serbia 6600k is close to 300€ while 6700k go to even 400€. Sadly not even countries around are better...

Btw, amazing performance on 6600k, who said you need 8threads to game? 6600k beating 4790k in all games in those benchmarks.

 

Actually i did, and i still stand by that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sx1kLGVAF0

Look how the i7 6700k performs.

And here i7 vs i5.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhaB1dqYv_I

 

Yeah upstate ny is upstate nystate. No micro centers near me or even close enough to make a drive out there. I use newegg.com for all my shopping. I figure with I5 4460 asrock h97pro (not looking to overclock and i have had good luck with asrock boards) and XFX Model R9-380P-4255 which has 4g of memory over the 2gig. That comes up to just shy of $490 with shipping. Now going new intel you guys are suggesting will cost that in just board and cpu as i would need to upgrade the motherboard. Without upgrading the motherboard and keeping everything the same it would cost me about $550.

 

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/TemporaryWishList.aspx?BundleExist=N&ChangeQty=0

410$ Buy it, or else :bash::flame::chainsaw::mad2:

As for the cooler, i am sure you will find one for 20 bucks.

And here with the gpu.

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/TemporaryWishList.aspx?BundleExist=N&ChangeQty=0

 

I agree, but I would try for at least a R9 390 at the minimum. 1080p monitors are really cheap these days.

 

ok so i have decided to hold off on the card for now to see how things pan out with next launch coming out. Thanks guys for the input.

 

Wise move

 

So i went intel for board and processor as i got a steal on motherboard and with no pay for 6 months and no interest makes it easy. For the money i got a way faster system then my current one. As for cards i am going to wait to see what happens with driver updates with the r9 300 series. Right now just dont feel the pow effect right now like when i updated from the 2900 to my 5850. Plus waiting to see how dx12 fairs out and how games use it.

 

What mobo and what cpu?