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gjb1124
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Hi all! I'm new here and need some help. I want to upgrade my video card and avoid bottlenecking. I need guidance for selecting the new video card.

I want to be able to play Rainbow Six Siege when it comes out. I understand the system requirements have not been released but was using the alpha requirements as a guide. Ubisoft claims the final requirements will be lower.

 

This is my system:

Intel i5 2500k / Asus P8Z68-V LX / G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB 1866 / MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III PE/OC 2GB / SeaSonic X750 Gold / CoolerMaster HAF 922 mid / CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus

 

Can I upgrade to R9 390 or newer Nvidia card? I am clueless here.

 

Thanks in advance for your time and help!

 

 

Almost forgot.

Minimum Rainbow Six Siege Closed Alpha PC Requirements: 

  • OS: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, x64
  • CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
  • CPU Speed: 3.3 GHz (Recommended), 2.6 GHz (Minimum)
  • RAM: 8 GB
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 or AMD Radeon HD 7970 / R9 280 X
  • VRAM: 2 GB

Note: These specs are the ones required for Alpha testing and are not the final PC specs. We are still working on optimizing the game and the launch specs will be lower than the Alpha specs.

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Yes, nothing is stopping you from getting a 390 or 970. Hell, you could even go with 980s and Furys

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Are you planning to play at 1080p? If so, they both perform the same, exactly the same at 1080p, but if you plan to play higher resolution, is where the r9 390 shine and you never know where you will able to upgrade your monitor as we can see they get cheapper every day. So I would say go for r9 390 because is better for the future upgrades.

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Hi all! I'm new here and need some help. I want to upgrade my video card and avoid bottlenecking. I need guidance for selecting the new video card.

You'll probably be able the run the game under lower settings at your current spec

 

but if you're going to buy anything shoot for a 390 and you should be golden, maybe crossfire it in the future if you ever get a 4k monitor

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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