GPU Upgrade

[smiti363]

Hello, comunity.

I have:

AMD Phenom II x4 965 3.4Ghz BE
8Gb of Raptor RipJaw RAM
GTX 280 OC
700W Mod ProXtreme Power Supply

I have bough a Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 for 315 Euro,

I wonder if the upgrade was worth it.

Regard, Smiti363.

 

[PP Mguire]

Indeed it was. I would have gone for a 660ti instead though.

 

[smiti363]

The 660ti was about 30 euro more expensive than the Gigabyte 7950 3GB

 

[smiti363]

And would my CPU not bottleneck any of the 7950 performance?

 

[PP Mguire]

No not really. If you have a 1080p resolution then most of the work will be on the GPU itself.

 

[smiti363]

my screen is 1400x900

 

[PP Mguire]

Then you'll for sure be fine.

 

[Bregadon]

my screen is 1400x900

Selling the 280?

 

[smiti363]

It's a BFG GTX 280 OC 1GB... you live in US so that would be a bit tricky wouldn't it?

 

[Bregadon]

Yeah I live in Arizona so the shipping alone would probably be too much lol