Your opinion on upgrade options

[MyGodAL3X]

Hey guys,

So I am thinking of upgrading my main rig. My 6850 is starting to not play all the games at full and when I hooked up my second monitor (dell 19") it was even less.

So my question is what would you guys recommend for an upgrade, my budget is around 600 CAD.

I looked around and if I wanted to get a ridiculous video card it would cost about that. So I was maybe thinking of buying another 6850 and crossfire-ing them, plus an SSD and a monitor. Let me know what you think. Would also be open to include some water-cooling solutions for overclocking my CPU.

Sig is outdated so here is my current setup:

Mobo: MSI p67a-g45
CPU: i5-2500k
HDD: 1TB WD
RAM: 8GB Patriot @1600MHz
GPU: Powercolor (I know not the best, got it when money was much tighter) Radeon 6850 HD
PSU: Corsair TX-650

 

[Nukem]

I would suggest a 7950 or a GTX 580. Your PSU should be able to handle that without an upgrade.

 

[Roark]

If you want a well-rounded upgrade, I'd say:

$360 - ASUS 7870 or EVGA GTX580 (refurb)
$170 - 120GB OCZ Vertex 3
$70 - Cooler Master V6 GT

That is if you don't already have a CPU cooler and SSD.

 

[MyGodAL3X]

Yeah I already have a cpu cooler, does the job well but thought I could go water cooling for even better

What would you think of the Sapphire 7870?
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=43_557_558&item_id=047464

It is close to me (no delivery can go in person) and the same store has the SSD on sale for 150$

Been wanting to upgrade for a while and do windows and linux on my main system. (any experience with SSDs and linux?)

 

[PP Mguire]

If you have the venomous then you can get some extra mhz out of an H80 or H100.
I'd say go for SSD and GPU myself. I run my 580 on a stock CPU and max BF3 with AA at 2048x1152.

 

[MyGodAL3X]

Alright so I will get the GPU (7870) and the SSD.
But is the one I linked up there any better/comparable to the ASUS one Roark suggested?

 

[MindoverMaster]

That GPU you posted looks a slight faster core. But still a good card.

 

[MyGodAL3X]

Awesome once I get news on my employment situation will upgrade my system. Cheers all.

 

[MyGodAL3X]

Bringing this one back for a quick question, what Nvidia card would be a good comparison to the 7870 (if any)?

 

[PP Mguire]

560ti?