7850 vs gt 610

[Lays]

My mom's computer has a gt 610 in it, she only plays sims 3/ a few other mid range games, the 610 gets like ~30-40 fps on sims 3, (plenty for her) but a buddy of mine has a gigabyte 7850 2gb, and it selling it to buy a 280x soon, should I buy it and stick it in her comp?

 

She wants to save money for a new comp anyways, so this may fix the gpu situation on that, I think I can get it from him for like 80$ maybe, (dunno if thats a good deal, think it is)

 

She wants to play sims 4 when it comes out aswell forgot to mention that

 

Also here's the Cpu in the comp, dunno if it'll bottleneck, i don't think so but yea: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103704

 

Thoughts?

[Osmium]

$80 for a 7850 is a great deal. Go for it since it seems like that will satisfy her needs for a long time.

[juretrn]

While a good deal, doesn't 7850 sound a bit overkill for your mum? Unless you'll get her into high-end games, then most definitely yes.

[Lays]

While a good deal, doesn't 7850 sound a bit overkill for your mum? Unless you'll get her into high-end games, then most definitely yes.

 

I think maybe if the comp could play higher end games she may, I could install steam on her comp and see if she wanted to play tomb raider or something I suppose

[miyabwah]

I think maybe if the comp could play higher end games she may, I could install steam on her comp and see if she wanted to play tomb raider or something I suppose

Well, then sure, go for it.

[Najuno]

Yeah 80 bucks for a 7850... not even worth thinking about getting it or not. It's a good deal . 

[Jumper118]

I think maybe if the comp could play higher end games she may, I could install steam on her comp and see if she wanted to play tomb raider or something I suppose

a 7850 is a good starting point. it would still play tomb raider on medium and like you said she could sell it and get a 280x once the prices have gone down a bit if she wanted something even faster.

[Lays]

a 7850 is a good starting point. it would still play tomb raider on medium and like you said she could sell it and get a 280x once the prices have gone down a bit if she wanted something even faster.

 

I figured I could just get the 7850 stick it in there and leave it for like 6 years, it's not like she does anything serious anyways lol

[A10-FTW]

153.6 GB/s (with out oc) vs 009.6 GB/s 

 

yea...    hard choice

[Jumper118]

I figured I could just get the 7850 stick it in there and leave it for like 6 years, it's not like she does anything serious anyways lol

of course and pretty much anything is an improvement over a gt610, including intel integrated sometimes  :lol:  

[Mentalguy]

of course and pretty much anything is an improvement over a gt610, including intel integrated sometimes  :lol:  

not if its legacy pci.