Upgrading from a 5770

fewkesy · January 23, 2013

I'm looking to upgrade from my 5770 so I can drive my new monitor as well as my existing one. So it'll be a 2560 x 1440 and a 1920 x 1080. I've been looking around a bit and that my 5770 won't be powerful enough to run both of these displays.

Considering I won't be doing any serious gaming on this rig, just the odd game a mid to low settings, can anyone reccommend a good card (or series) at a relatively cheap price. Target is around Â£110.

Any help is much appreciated.

SavageCupcake · January 23, 2013

If you could stretch the budget a bit you could get a 7850 which would run most games fine on that. Definitely not max but medium atleast.

zahlio · January 23, 2013

The 7850 is great at 1080p and can run alot of games 60+ fps on mid to high settings. not sure how it will perform on a higher resolution display, but i couldnt imagine it would be more then 30-40 fps at medium or low settings.

So consider if you just want to stay with the 5770 until you have more cash to buy a better card like a 7900 series or a 670 / 680.

sources: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...rk,3148-6.html - yes i know its BF3 (and you said no serious games and its at ultra) but still its will not get more the 30-40 fps on medium or high

skyrim on the other hand is above 60 fps which is great http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...k,3148-15.html

So if you are fine with 30-60 fps and medium grafics go for it. if not save up some cash :)

And DONT buy the 7770 it will not be powerfull enough, it can barely run any game at 1080p :)

fewkesy · January 24, 2013

Anything on nVidia side? Just want to get an idea form both sides.

I'll mainly be using it just to drive the displays, and when I say occasional gaming. I mean 1 hour a weak max in 1080p. I'm not a massive PC gamer.

As for saving up, I was kind of hoping that my 5770 would of been enough as it's a new build and being a student means not having too much money.

Also, I'm looking to install OS X on my custom build (I know this won't be popular), and from what I understand 7000 and 6900 series cards aren't supported, even with hacks. Any recommendations for older cards?

Thanks for your suggestions :)