Post: What card would you get for if you had $400?
12-10-2011, 08:09 AM #1
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); If you were me...and I have a radeon 5450 and I obviously need a new card but dont know what to get and I am still learning about computers. What would you get if you had $400?

My pc specs:
Operating system: win 7 home
cpu: i5 760 2.80ghz
ram: 4gb DDR3 662MHz
motherboard: MSI H55M-E23(MS-7636)
psu: mk-750w

pretty sure I didnt forget anything If i did tell me please
I would like a card that can play games maximum settings if you know a perfect card inform me or tell me the card you would get and WHY.
Last edited by Road_house ; 12-10-2011 at 08:10 AM. Reason: forgot :P
12-10-2011, 12:11 PM #2
Rasil23
Climbing up the ladder
Originally posted by house View Post
If you were me...and I have a radeon 5450 and I obviously need a new card but dont know what to get and I am still learning about computers. What would you get if you had $400?

My pc specs:
Operating system: win 7 home
cpu: i5 760 2.80ghz
ram: 4gb DDR3 662MHz
motherboard: MSI H55M-E23(MS-7636)
psu: mk-750w

pretty sure I didnt forget anything If i did tell me please
I would like a card that can play games maximum settings if you know a perfect card inform me or tell me the card you would get and WHY.

6950 2GB, should suffice.
12-10-2011, 03:54 PM #3
Interesting :P.
12-10-2011, 09:04 PM #4
UnoDeluxe
Are you high?
Yeah the radeon 6950 should be good but you should also check out the gtx 560 Ti You must login or register to view this content.
12-10-2011, 09:53 PM #5
ShinigamiUzi
Proud to be a Player
Originally posted by house View Post
If you were me...and I have a radeon 5450 and I obviously need a new card but dont know what to get and I am still learning about computers. What would you get if you had $400?

My pc specs:
Operating system: win 7 home
cpu: i5 760 2.80ghz
ram: 4gb DDR3 662MHz
motherboard: MSI H55M-E23(MS-7636)
psu: mk-750w

pretty sure I didnt forget anything If i did tell me please
I would like a card that can play games maximum settings if you know a perfect card inform me or tell me the card you would get and WHY.


I suggest you to get a 3D monitor !

With ur pc and the 3D monitor It's gonna be awesome together .
12-11-2011, 11:34 PM #6
Millz
Worth the Weight
Am I the only one who see's how much of a bottleneck a 6950 would be in his system? Upgrade your RAM and processor first if you want to play games, then go for a 560ti or something with the leftovers. No way you are going to be maxing games on a 760 with 662mhz. Sorry...
12-12-2011, 03:35 AM #7
Originally posted by Millz59 View Post
Am I the only one who see's how much of a bottleneck a 6950 would be in his system? Upgrade your RAM and processor first if you want to play games, then go for a 560ti or something with the leftovers. No way you are going to be maxing games on a 760 with 662mhz. Sorry...
I was thinking the same

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12-12-2011, 03:55 AM #8
Originally posted by house View Post
If you were me...and I have a radeon 5450 and I obviously need a new card but dont know what to get and I am still learning about computers. What would you get if you had $400?

My pc specs:
Operating system: win 7 home
cpu: i5 760 2.80ghz
ram: 4gb DDR3 662MHz
motherboard: MSI H55M-E23(MS-7636)
psu: mk-750w

pretty sure I didnt forget anything If i did tell me please
I would like a card that can play games maximum settings if you know a perfect card inform me or tell me the card you would get and WHY.


750w seems like major overkill. And I have an EVGA gtx 550 Ti.
12-12-2011, 10:34 AM #9
If you have 400$, then get the i5 2500k processor (much much better than your current one), and then the HD 6950, might be a little over 400$ for the two of them, but completely worth it.

If that build you posted is one you already have then ok, but as said above 750w is not needed unless you plan to get dual GPUs in the future, 550W is plenty and should knock off 30$. Some better RAM would be good too, 4GB is plenty, but its quite slow RAM compared to the standard 1600Mhz now, RAM is very cheap now anyway, I got 8GB of 1600Mhz RAM last week for 50$.
12-12-2011, 09:56 PM #10
My friend gave me the 750w as a present

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