Upgrading advices?

[mab]

Hi everyone, a friend of mine is looking to upgrade the GPU of his system (specs below) and we were considering the GTX 970, the R9 290X or non X or maybe a second R9 270 in CrossFire. What do you think? Will the PSU be enough for at least the first 3 of this options? What is in your opinion the most cost effective route? Any other option he should consider? Please consider Italian pricing at http://www.amazon.it/

 

FX-8350 Black Edition

Asrock 970 Extreme4

Kingston HyperX 2X4 GB 1600Mhz

Sapphire R9 270 Dual-X

XFX 550w Core Edition‏

[WinNut]

I'd go for a GTX 970.

[LabRat]

what is your monitor resolution?

[mab]

Resolution is 1920x1080

[dragoon20005]

the R9 290/X is the perfect GPU for his system

 

270 crossfire needs a bigger PSU

[LabRat]

I don't see why you need an upgrade. what are you having troubles with?

[mab]

He is having some trouble running many of the latest games especially from Ubisoft even at medium-high details, Far Cry 4 for example is literally unplayable. I suspect tough it is an upgrade just for the sake of doing it or maybe futureproofing a bit. 

[dragoon20005]

He is having some trouble running many of the latest games especially from Ubisoft even at medium-high details, Far Cry 4 for example is literally unplayable. I suspect tough it is an upgrade just for the sake of doing it or maybe futureproofing a bit. 

oh Far Cry 4

 

how unplayable can it be?

 

frame rate drops really bad?

 

well if the new GPU dont help

 

he might need to upgrade the CPU and mobo too

[mab]

I don't see how a new motherboard could effect performances, I also thought the 8350 was a really good CPU, isn't it?

[dragoon20005]

I don't see how a new motherboard could effect performances, I also thought the 8350 was a really good CPU, isn't it?

the CPU is the main issue here

 

some games may run better on Intel Quad Core than on AMD 8 core

 

because of the way the game is coded to use more single tread power

[mab]

Yeah that can be possibile but before spending money on an Intel CPU and supported motherboard I'll swap my GPU with his one (I have a 4770K) and look for any noticable difference.

[Acerpwns]

Hi everyone, a friend of mine is looking to upgrade the GPU of his system (specs below) and we were considering the GTX 970, the R9 290X or non X or maybe a second R9 270 in CrossFire. What do you think? Will the PSU be enough for at least the first 3 of this options? What is in your opinion the most cost effective route? Any other option he should consider? Please consider Italian pricing at http://www.amazon.it/

FX-8350 Black Edition

Asrock 970 Extreme4

Kingston HyperX 2X4 GB 1600Mhz

Sapphire R9 270 Dual-X

XFX 550w Core Edition‏

quell'alimentatore dovrebbe andare bene per tutti e tre di quelle configurazioni anche se io ti consiglio 600w come minimo. io ti consiglio la Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming. Poi SLI 2 970 andrebbe sempre bene 600w

[JB780]

Get the GTX 970, by far the best performance per dollar at the moment. I'd avoid crossfire altogether, there's no guarantee that games will perform smoothly with it enabled.

[c5carden]

He is having some trouble running many of the latest games especially from Ubisoft even at medium-high details, Far Cry 4 for example is literally unplayable. I suspect tough it is an upgrade just for the sake of doing it or maybe futureproofing a bit. 

Ubisoft just keeps on digging hahaha

[sugalumps]

Considering your psu I would go with the 970, since it will run cooler for you and consume way less power and be just as powerfull at 1080p.

 

Unless you prefer amd ofcourse, though a 290x and an 8350 on a 550W psu? I would be nervous ocing.

[LabRat]

FarCry4 was rwealeased unfinished and very unplayable. So far there have been 4 patches ( got them all do you ).......... still not going to help much. A turd is a turd.