Build Upgrade

[Coley85]

So about a year ago I decided to build my first PC. I didnt really have much idea what I was doing and still dont really.

 

The main reason for it was to play flightsim (Dont judge me). I am now playing more games like Arma 3, Dayz, Elite dangeous and space engineers. 

 

I recently upgraded my Monitor to the LG 34UM95 and I think that to run this on high settings might be a bit much for my current graphics card?

 

I was looking at upgrading to a duel R9 290X and just looking for some advice on weather that would be a good option and if anyone could recommend any other upgrades to my system?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest]

So about a year ago I decided to build my first PC. I didnt really have much idea what I was doing and still dont really.

 

The main reason for it was to play flightsim (Dont judge me). I am now playing more games like Arma 3, Dayz, Elite dangeous and space engineers. 

 

I recently upgraded my Monitor to the LG 34UM95 and I think that to run this on high settings might be a bit much for my current graphics card?

 

I was looking at upgrading to a duel R9 290X and just looking for some advice on weather that would be a good option and if anyone could recommend any other upgrades to my system?

What is your system ?

 

You would be better going for the GTX 970 over the R9 290X. 

[askmax]

How the fuck are we suppose to know when you didn't tell us the specs? What are we mind readers?

 

[Coley85]

Apologies, I thought your system specs showed when you posted. New to the forum

 

My specs are: 

Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Mobo

Intel I5 3570K CPU

16GB Corsair Vengence 1600mhz RAM

Corsair HX750i PSU

Gigabyte 7950 3GB radeon GPU

[biFanBoy]

I dnt see any problem, have you tried to oc the card?

[Coley85]

I dnt see any problem, have you tried to oc the card?

 

Not yet. I will have a look into it. Thanks

[biFanBoy]

Not yet. I will have a look into it. Thanks

now i see that monitor.. that's a heavy one. only a r9 290x would play well at that resolution or a gtx 980, but then is just a 50hz which is not that bad... you need a heave gpu for it, or buy a 27 1440p and it will be better, but i dnt see you changing that monitor I wouldn't too

[Guest]

Apologies, I thought your system specs showed when you posted. New to the forum

 

My specs are: 

Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Mobo

Intel I5 3570K CPU

16GB Corsair Vengence 1600mhz RAM

Corsair HX750i PSU

Gigabyte 7950 3GB radeon GPU

That is still a nice system. If you do find the gpu struggling then the GTX 970 is a better buy over the R9 290X. Your current psu and motherboard would also support GTX 970 SLI. 

[FearMe]

That is still a nice system. If you do find the gpu struggling then the GTX 970 is a better buy over the R9 290X. Your current psu and motherboard would also support GTX 970 SLI.

The 512-bit memory bus of the R9 290X might help gaming at 1440p 21:9 though..

[biFanBoy]

look.. just wait a bit longer, till new amd cards are coming, then there will be more price drop from nvidia as well. dnt hurry. lower the graphs a bit

[Coley85]

I was leaning towards the R9 290X but will definietly take a closer look at the GTX 970. 

 

Thanks for the help guys.

[Guest]

I was leaning towards the R9 290X but will definietly take a closer look at the GTX 970. 

 

Thanks for the help guys.

The cheapest R9 290X is £379 (Powercolor PCS+) on pcpartpicker. The link says £309 but it is wrong. I have discounted the xfx card as the cooler is pretty noisy

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-axr9290x4gbd5ppdhe

 

The cheapest GTX 970 is £274 (MSI Twin Frozr)

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-gtx970gaming4g

 

Your 750W psu will easily handle a pair of 970 cards. You might be able to run a pair of 290X off a 750W, but you would be using a lot more wattage overall.

 

You can check out some benchmarks in the link below, and see if you think  the 290X is worth the extra £100 per gpu (I don't).

 

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2014/09/19/nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-review/1