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Upgrade for an ATI Radeon 4870
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I'm looking for an upgrade to my ATI Radeon 4870 512mb graphics card.
It needs 1gb of memory and DirectX11 compatible. My max price is $250, so while the 5870 looks really nice I'm not looking to spend $420.
Right now I'm looking at a ATI 5770, but I'm really not sure what would be a good, but reasonably priced upgrade.
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Intel i7
8GB DDR3
1000w Modular Power Supply
It needs 1gb of memory and DirectX11 compatible. My max price is $250, so while the 5870 looks really nice I'm not looking to spend $420.
Right now I'm looking at a ATI 5770, but I'm really not sure what would be a good, but reasonably priced upgrade.
Other related build information:
Intel i7
8GB DDR3
1000w Modular Power Supply
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The 5830 Should beat out the 5770 and is almost exactly $250.
I like this one. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121367
Edit: Screw it. I'm going with the 5850. Looking at the specs, I can justify to myself spending $50 more. I wish I could justify spending $150 more for the 5870, but the difference between it and the 5850 don't seem that great to my untrained eye.
They are a little bit overpriced right now (MSRP 260, actual price 300-320) due to lack of midrange competition from Nvidia, but the 5830 is a bad buy.