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    Happy New Upgrade!

    Good morning.

    Father Christmas brought me COD:AW this year but sadly no one had told him my GPU wasn't up to much and he didn't bring me a new one

    I've tried playing it but the graphics are akin to Wolfenstein3D on my old 286 and it's very difficult seeing things in MP.

    Current specs are over there <<<< but for ease they're also here;

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    Most things are played 1920x1080 and other than COD:AW, I play BlOps, DayZ, Far Cry 2/3.

    I really don't want to start upgrading everything so if I can get a GPU that marries with what I already have, great.

    Budget is around £150 (exc) max.

    Help me HEXUS, you're my only hope!
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    Re: Happy New Upgrade!

    The GTX 760 maybe? Scores well against your old card: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1038?vs=1078

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    Re: Happy New Upgrade!

    GTX 760 is great for your budget, using it myself since about 2 months ago. I still havent got round to downloading AW because of how huge it is but I can run pretty much any other recent game except the real benchmark games maxed out at solid 60/75+. It should easily run AW as long as they ported it properly (COD has a somewhat flaky reputation with pc versions). I do play BO2 maxed out so it should handle AW fine.

    Ofcourse whether you can run max will also depend on whether the CPU becomes the bottleneck, but as far as GPU bottleneck is concerned the 760 will eliminate it very well. Great choice to go for here. I personally got the MSI GTX 760 from Scan for £144 at the time. The main brands all have good cards but the MSI drops in significantly cheaper than the rest atleast when I bought it, worth checking again now.

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    Re: Happy New Upgrade!

    R9 280(x) or GTX 760 will suit. Personally, I'd go 280(x) because of the 3GB VRAM - I'm hitting the 2GB limit easily now with 1080P, not that it's affecting the experience, just something to note.

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    Re: Happy New Upgrade!

    I would get the R9 280 myself although the GTX960 is meant to be launching at the end of this month.

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    Re: Happy New Upgrade!

    Quote Originally Posted by Singh400 View Post
    The GTX 760 maybe? Scores well against your old card: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1038?vs=1078
    Thank you.

    Quote Originally Posted by jag272 View Post
    GTX 760 is great for your budget, using it myself since about 2 months ago. I still havent got round to downloading AW because of how huge it is but I can run pretty much any other recent game except the real benchmark games maxed out at solid 60/75+. It should easily run AW as long as they ported it properly (COD has a somewhat flaky reputation with pc versions). I do play BO2 maxed out so it should handle AW fine.

    Ofcourse whether you can run max will also depend on whether the CPU becomes the bottleneck, but as far as GPU bottleneck is concerned the 760 will eliminate it very well. Great choice to go for here. I personally got the MSI GTX 760 from Scan for £144 at the time. The main brands all have good cards but the MSI drops in significantly cheaper than the rest atleast when I bought it, worth checking again now.
    Thankfully mine came on physical media - 6 DVDs(!) - so I didn't have to endure the 4 week download time.

    I'm hoping the CPU is good for a few more years and it's coping fine with it at the moment, it's just the graphics that are shocking.

    Quote Originally Posted by MrRockliffe View Post
    R9 280(x) or GTX 760 will suit. Personally, I'd go 280(x) because of the 3GB VRAM - I'm hitting the 2GB limit easily now with 1080P, not that it's affecting the experience, just something to note.
    Quote Originally Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH View Post
    I would get the R9 280 myself although the GTX960 is meant to be launching at the end of this month.
    Thank you both.

    A few places mention the R9 280 needing two six pin PCI-E plugs, I know I have one because the current GPU works and I'm pretty sure there is a second slot on the PSU but I'll have to check I've still got the cable.

    As for the GTX960 - 22nd January according to a few sites - I appreciate you can't foretell the future but is it worth waiting 3 weeks for one?
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    Re: Happy New Upgrade!

    Quote Originally Posted by mycarsavw View Post
    As for the GTX960 - 22nd January according to a few sites - I appreciate you can't foretell the future but is it worth waiting 3 weeks for one?
    I think it'll either be worth waiting for the 960, or the subsequent drop in price for the 760

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    Re: Happy New Upgrade!

    Quote Originally Posted by mycarsavw View Post
    A few places mention the R9 280 needing two six pin PCI-E plugs, I know I have one because the current GPU works and I'm pretty sure there is a second slot on the PSU but I'll have to check I've still got the cable.
    Second PCI-E cable located.

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    Re: Happy New Upgrade!

    We waited, they arrived....meh.

    R9 280 still the one to go for?
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    Re: Happy New Upgrade!

    Quote Originally Posted by mycarsavw View Post
    We waited, they arrived....meh.

    R9 280 still the one to go for?
    This is what I'd go for:

    http://www.ebuyer.com/662154-powerco...285-2gbd5-tdhe

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    Re: Happy New Upgrade!

    Purchased, installed and other than the drivers not recognising my second monitor (old 4:3 19") it's perfect.

    According to AMD forums it appears all Catalyst drivers after 13.12 (released in December 2013!) fail to recognise a second DVI monitor. Both were working fine on my 5770 using the latest drivers so who knows what's gone on there.

    I wanted an excuse to purchase a new monitor anyway, so this little upgrade has ended up costing twice as much, sound familiar?
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    Re: Happy New Upgrade!

    Quote Originally Posted by mycarsavw View Post
    Purchased, installed and other than the drivers not recognising my second monitor (old 4:3 19") it's perfect.

    According to AMD forums it appears all Catalyst drivers after 13.12 (released in December 2013!) fail to recognise a second DVI monitor. Both were working fine on my 5770 using the latest drivers so who knows what's gone on there.

    I wanted an excuse to purchase a new monitor anyway, so this little upgrade has ended up costing twice as much, sound familiar?
    I had two monitors running off of an HD6990 using DVI inputs on the monitor but I think it was using display port outputs with an active connector on one of the outputs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KeyboardDemon View Post
    I had two monitors running off of an HD6990 using DVI inputs on the monitor but I think it was using display port outputs with an active connector on one of the outputs.
    Both worked on my HD5770 with and without adapters - two DVI outputs to two DVI inputs or one DVI and one DSUB.

    Both work during POST on the R9-285 but as soon as I boot to the login screen, the second screen reports "No Signal" and powers off which tells me it's a driver issue.

    New monitor arrives today and I'll be using HDMI so hopefully I won't have an issue....famous last words(!)
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    Re: Happy New Upgrade!

    I didn't like using HDMI, with DVI my monitors go straight to standby when the PC is powered down but with HDMI my monitors kept displaying the 'No Signal' message which annoyed me, what's worse is that the touch sensitive power button takes ages to respond, sometimes it took longer to turn my monitors on than it did to get my PC to the login screen!

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