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Another graphics card upgrade question.

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  • 11-07-2015 6:12pm
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    Glebee
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    Current set up below.

    -Intel Core i5-2500K processor
    -AS Rock P67 Pro 3 motherboard.
    -Corsair A70 cooler
    -6GB Kit Mushkin Essentials Ram
    -Super Flower, SF700A14A, 700W power supply
    -MSI R6950-2PM2D2GD5,2GB, Radeon HD graphics card, PCI Express.
    -Samsung F3, 1000GB Sata 11 hard drive.
    -Running windows Home Premium 7


    Existing set up is running fine but Witcher 3 has tested it and its struggling.
    If I was to upgrade my graphis card what type would I be looking at???


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    Redfox25
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    Something like a 280x would be a good upgrade.
    Bear in mind witcher 3 is badly enough optimised that even top end systems can struggle at ultra.
    Is your processor oc?


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    Glebee
    Registered Users Posts: 6,632 ✭✭✭Glebee


    Have not gone near overclocking.. Scared:(


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    Digital Solitude
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    TW3 is very well optimised. Budget OP?


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    Glebee
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    Budget: I suppose no more than €300 for a start.


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    Digital Solitude
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    R9 290 is best mid-range card or the 970

    I'd say 290


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    Glebee
    Registered Users Posts: 6,632 ✭✭✭Glebee


    Digital Solitude wrote: »
    R9 290 is best mid-range card or the 970

    I'd say 290

    Realistically would I see much of an improvement in what I have bearing in mind that current card is preforming ok with the exception on Witcher 3??
    Might just try to OC and tweek a bit more out of the system..


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    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    Yeah itd be a huge upgrade, realistically 60fps 1080p Ultra at the min


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    TerrorFirmer
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    Glebee wrote: »
    Realistically would I see much of an improvement in what I have bearing in mind that current card is preforming ok with the exception on Witcher 3??
    Might just try to OC and tweek a bit more out of the system..

    overclocking won't make any difference, TW3 is heavily GPU bound and the 6950 is a old card now, on-par with current €100 euro cards. An R9 290 or GTX970 would be a massive improvement.


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    Glebee
    Registered Users Posts: 6,632 ✭✭✭Glebee


    Will keep the R9290 in mind along with maybe 2GB of RAm increase.
    Is there any difference in size between the old and new card??


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    TerrorFirmer
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    6GB is OK for now. Size depends on the model, really, the 6950 was generally quite a big card so probably won't be much difference. Most sites will give dimensions of the card.


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    Glebee
    Registered Users Posts: 6,632 ✭✭✭Glebee


    Thanks guys for the advice. Will probably hold out for the moment. Can't justify swapping out a card that's actually performing well apart from Witcher 3. (Which it still runs ok). Probably just wanted to see what to benchmark my current card against.


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