Upgrading Graphics For First Time, NEED HELP :)

[Todd_cw]

hi

so i want to upgrade my pc with a new graphics card. the reason i want this is mainly to have a quick and good quality gameplay for Star citizen so i can sort of wait another year really. however i noticed that some new graphics cards have been realised and some graphics cards have been redcued in price.

 

My budget for the new graphics card is £300/$500 Can go over i guess to around £350/$600 If Highly Advised

i sort of want as best graphics as my budget and current Pc will allow.

this is my first hardware upgrade in terms of graphics card so i want to know, is it best to just wait until better models come out since i have a year and a half wait or is it best to get one now and if so which card should i wait for or which one should i get now

 

help appreciated

Specs below

Thanks!

 

 

Operating System

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1

 

CPU

Intel Core i7 3770 @ 3.40GHz

Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology

 

RAM

16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)

 

Motherboard

ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8H61-MX USB3 (LGA1155)

 

Graphics

1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series (Sapphire/PCPartner)

 

Storage

1863GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH164 ATA Device (SATA)

111GB KINGSTON SV300S37A120G ATA Device (SSD)

[Pugs501]

Why not a EVGA 780Ti

[d3sl91]

GTX 970 + A bigger/better SSD.

 

GTX 980 if you can find one on sale.

 

[Krzyimprt]

GTX 970 + A bigger/better SSD.

 

GTX 980 if you can find one on sale.

 

Good luck getting a 980.. let a lone a 970.

http://www.nowinstock.net/computers/videocards/nvidia/gtx970/

[Todd_cw]

Why not a EVGA 780Ti

mmm i can only seem to find them at £430 wich is out of my budget by too much sadly, do you think they will go down in future

 

GTX 970 + A bigger/better SSD.

 

GTX 980 if you can find one on sale.

 

The Gtx 980 seems within the price range. is it the best money can buy atm and will it go down in price or better ones come out

 

just dont want to get it and then after christmas find a brand new chepaer one came out or they all dropped in price

[d3sl91]

Good luck getting a 980.. let a lone a 970.

http://www.nowinstock.net/computers/videocards/nvidia/gtx970/

Yeah, they are sold out everywehere, is crazy! So yeah, OP, be willing to wait a couple weeks

[d3sl91]

mmm i can only seem to find them at £430 wich is out of my budget by too much sadly, do you think they will go down in future

 

The Gtx 980 seems within the price range. is it the best money can buy atm and will it go down in price or better ones come out

 

just dont want to get it and then after christmas find a brand new chepaer one came out or they all dropped in price

The 900 series was Just released, they may have a refresh in a year, probably. But that's always the case, always going to be having better stuff coming out.

 

980 is pretty much the best single Gaming card out there at the moment, better than a Ti in most cases. No idea on prices, and when/if they will fall.

[Santa_Dwarf]

DO NOT buy a 780ti, unless you already have one, and you like SLIng.

Star Citizen is going to scream ram and hyperthreading the dev's said, so you're good on that.

Get a 970 and like a £50 HyperX 120gb SSD.

[Real_PhillBert]

Good luck getting a 980.. let a lone a 970.

http://www.nowinstock.net/computers/videocards/nvidia/gtx970/

980's are a lot easier to get than 970's. I only had to check every day for a few days before I found my 980 in stock on Newegg. 

 

970's are a different story though. Those will be very hard to get until after the holiday's I bet.

[Krzyimprt]

DO NOT buy a 780ti, unless you already have one, and you like SLIng.

Star Citizen is going to scream ram and hyperthreading the dev's said, so you're good on that.

Get a 970 and like a £50 HyperX 120gb SSD.

Your avatar gave me a good laugh, reminds me of the movie They Live (1988).

[Santa_Dwarf]

Your avatar gave me a good laugh, reminds me of the movie They Live (1988).

Haha, awesome.

[HDSantos]

970 or 980 are good cards, but the 980 is a bit difficult to find now...

I would recommend you to get one of those

Good overclockers btw ^^

[Krzyimprt]

Haha, awesome.

If you haven't saw the movie I suggest you watch it, you'll understand the joke more.