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Hey guys, I have been wondering what to upgrade for awhile, I believe I need a GPU upgrade. It plays modern games at 1080p on medium / high but would like a new graphics card that is capable of pushing the 3 monitors in front of me. My specs are the sig. My CPU is OC'ed and no problems there, I also would like to upgrade to 16GB of RAM when the prices drop. However, the main issue still occurs: I can't run games as well as I would like to. So I guess this thread is more of a "what graphics card should I get" type thread. My budget isn't definitive, however, I would like to keep it under $350 US. Thanks!

CPU: FX 8120 @ 4-4.5ghz  GPU: XFX 6870 2GB (upgrading soon)  MOBO: ASRock 990FX Extreme 3  CPU Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo (Upgrading soon)  PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 775  Case: HAF 932 Advanced (Modded to not look ugly)  Storage: Kingston 120GB and way too many HDD's  Audio: Razer Charcarias Peripherals: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 & Logitech M325

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Hey guys, I have been wondering what to upgrade for awhile, I believe I need a GPU upgrade. It plays modern games at 1080p on medium / high but would like a new graphics card that is capable of pushing the 3 monitors in front of me. My specs are the sig. My CPU is OC'ed and no problems there, I also would like to upgrade to 16GB of RAM when the prices drop. However, the main issue still occurs: I can't run games as well as I would like to. So I guess this thread is more of a "what graphics card should I get" type thread. My budget isn't definitive, however, I would like to keep it under $350 US. Thanks!

Gtx 770

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280x

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For under $350 you won't be running games at very good settings on three monitors, just so you know. 

 

280X may be best for surround with the extra VRAM. 

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yeah the built looks quite good. You wont really need 16gb vram though.

 

Id go with

Gtx 770

too

 

edit: but dont expect wonders at surround.

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The Asus 770 would be a good choice for you and is only about $10 over you "budget": http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-gtx770dc2oc2gd5

A 280X would be nice for the extra 1GB of VRAM but they are very hard to come by at a good price because of miners. The cheapest 280X I can find is about $400 and I think it is worth it to get it because of the extra VRAM but it's up to you.

 

280X:http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-r9280xdc2t3gd5

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http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1041?vs=1037

 

There really is no definitive winner. I don't really I have a preference for AMD or nVidia, so should I just get the cheaper one or what?

 

 

yeah the built looks quite good. You wont really need 16gb vram though.

 

They don't even make a card that has 16GB vRAM (not consumer based atleast) ; I just want some more RAM because of the amount of multi-tasking I do :)

CPU: FX 8120 @ 4-4.5ghz  GPU: XFX 6870 2GB (upgrading soon)  MOBO: ASRock 990FX Extreme 3  CPU Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo (Upgrading soon)  PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 775  Case: HAF 932 Advanced (Modded to not look ugly)  Storage: Kingston 120GB and way too many HDD's  Audio: Razer Charcarias Peripherals: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 & Logitech M325

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Do you want the three monitors for gaming?

 

You are not going to be able to do 3x1080p with a $350 GPU. Yes, it will work, no, it will not be 60FPS+ 

If you are doing 1x 1080P for gaming - a 770 will do pretty much anything on "ultra" settings at over or around 60FPS. 

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You are not going to be able to do 3x1080p with a $350 GPU. Yes, it will work, no, it will not be 60FPS+ 

If you are doing 1x 1080P for gaming - a 770 will do pretty much anything on "ultra" settings at over or around 60FPS. 

 

I realize I won't be and "kinda" knew that from the beginning :) I just wanted a card that will be more capable of powering the monitors than my current 6870. Anything will be an upgrade I believe :D

CPU: FX 8120 @ 4-4.5ghz  GPU: XFX 6870 2GB (upgrading soon)  MOBO: ASRock 990FX Extreme 3  CPU Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo (Upgrading soon)  PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 775  Case: HAF 932 Advanced (Modded to not look ugly)  Storage: Kingston 120GB and way too many HDD's  Audio: Razer Charcarias Peripherals: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 & Logitech M325

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I realize I won't be and "kinda" knew that from the beginning :) I just wanted a card that will be more capable of powering the monitors than my current 6870. Anything will be an upgrade I believe :D

 

Haha, yeah, it's great fun when you are at the point where almost anything will be an upgrade. You definitely won't be dissapointed with the performance upgrade you'll get with a 770 :)

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