Replacing ATI 5700 by end of year. 200-300 budget. Any suggestions?

[CabooseRvB]

Right, here's the specs on my current desktop. I won't be getting a dedicated game rig since this one is still running and is serving me rather well.

[url]http://speccy.piriform.com/results/0q2qdEYDQHo42WTfJDFfnmx[/url] The specs.

Any good suggestions? I'm thinking about hopping back onto the Nvidia cards so are there any suggestions on those? Preferably something that could run Shogun 2 on high setting.

[TheLolrus]

[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130613[/url]

This might work. It's a 570 for $270.

[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127565[/url]

Or this 560 Ti. The Twin Frozr II seems to be a popular card.

[fixture]

amd hd7850 runs shogun 2 on all max

[CabooseRvB]

Is there a Nvidia equivalency to that?

[fixture]

what the guy posted above. GTX 560Ti or a GTX570 are similar in performance (GTX560ti slightly less powerful, gtx570 slightly more powerful). the hd7850 is more efficient and uses less power. I believe it is also cheaper but I'm not 100% on that

[TheLolrus]

People have been complaining for a while about AMD's more recent driver releases containing major bugs. I can't vouch for the accuracy of these claims, but it's something worth looking up.

What are your reasons for preferring Nvidia over AMD?

[Reapaninja]

don't bother asking until you're ready to buy, prices will change so much by the end of the year that any decision made now is pointless

and in the next thread post which PSU you have, if you're using a POS 300W from a prebuilt then you're going to have to replace it as well (and seeing as you have a pegatron mobo that's not unlikely)

[CabooseRvB]

Yeah I took my desktop to a bunch of techies and they told me to buy a replacement off newegg. Just get a 350w if I can get it to fit.

[wickedplayer494]

[QUOTE=TheLolrus;36941525]People have been complaining for a while about AMD's more recent driver releases containing major bugs. I can't vouch for the accuracy of these claims, but it's something worth looking up.

What are your reasons for preferring Nvidia over AMD?[/QUOTE]

I can validate this claim with the 12.4 AMD drivers, as textures in all Source engine games (not sure about Dota 2 or CS:GO though) fuck up and you'll need to apply a hotfix or update via Device Manager (usually a bad idea in normal circumstances). Can't say about later drivers, but I'd go NVIDIA in terms of drivers for a little bit.

[Juggernog]

[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;36951576]Yeah I took my desktop to a bunch of techies and they told me to buy a replacement off newegg. Just get a 350w if I can get it to fit.[/QUOTE]

350w won't be enough to handle much in the way of GPU's you're looking at. You should be looking at least 550w/600w from a reputable brand.