Best Video Card for Q9550

[hbksabhi]

Guys im Using q9550 with msi p45-8d memory lover .

i need some quick suggestions , i dont wanna spend a lot of money currently i have HD4890

1. whats the best vfm card i can buy which can run upcoming games smoothly at 1080p
2. how much difference an SSD makes
3. i have 4GB DDR2 ram but my board supports DDR3 also sjould i upgrade , if yes how many gigs ?

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Well first I'd upgrade to 8gb DDR3 since its cheap and faster than your DDR2. SSD helps with booting and load times and gives you a smoother experience.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

and gives you a smoother experience.

Not according to frame time tests, it makes no difference in performance or smoothness.

8GB is pretty much the standard today, anything more for gaming is a waste currently.

Need a target budget for 1, otherwise Titan/780.

 

[hbksabhi]

Wont a titan be bottleneck for my processor

To the point
My budget is around 250 maxx

 

[BallaTheFeared]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16814127734R

 

[hbksabhi]

Bro , i live in india
Here stuff aint us cheap

So give me sum other options too

 

[tweakboy]

Grab a 560 Ti , if money is issue grab a 460 GTX for 100 to 120 dollars. Every game will be smooth. Unless you take the graphics to ultra high,, then it snails up.

 

[tweakboy]

I had a Q6600 @ 3.7Ghz with 460 GTX EVGA and every game ran smooth like butter even new games. You can play with 1080p but cant use AA ... also for games put graphics setting to High,,, dont go ultra high the video card cant handle that. gl

 

[zambien1]

You can find a 660 gtx ti for around that price.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814133466

 

[Will Robinson]

Not according to frame time tests, it makes no difference in performance or smoothness.

8GB is pretty much the standard today, anything more for gaming is a waste currently.

Need a target budget for 1, otherwise Titan/780.

Huh...wut?
A 780 or Titan with a q9550 processor.
That is not good advice.:thumbsdown:

Seeing he already had an ATi card a good upgrade for that platform would be HD7870 or at most HD7950.

 

[dguy6789]

Huh...wut?
A 780 or Titan with a q9550 processor.
That is not good advice.:thumbsdown:

Seeing he already had an ATi card a good upgrade for that platform would be HD7870 or at most HD7950.

OC a Q9550 to what they tend to get to and it wouldn't be hard to be GPU bottlednecked in every single modern game with a Titan if you're running at 1440p with AA and AF. Q9550 is an obnoxiously strong processor for its age.

 

[BallaTheFeared]

Huh...wut?
A 780 or Titan with a q9550 processor.
That is not good advice.:thumbsdown:

Seeing he already had an ATi card a good upgrade for that platform would be HD7870 or at most HD7950.

Yes in hindsight a much slower card like the 7950 or 7870 would probably be a much better pairing than the 780 or Titan.

The OP was pretty void of details, like location, resolution, and so on... I just opened with "best video card" to see where it would go.

Though with down-sampling and more demanding titles the suggestion could still have some merit.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I was going to say 7950, myself, but that was kind of a shot in the dark.

 

[blastingcap]

Well first I'd upgrade to 8gb DDR3 since its cheap and faster than your DDR2. SSD helps with booting and load times and gives you a smoother experience.

I say sell the whole thing and start over, rather than try to slap a band-aid on it. DDR3 isn't going to make that big of a difference vs DDR2, especially if he has low-latency DDR2.

 

[tweakboy]

Huh...wut?
A 780 or Titan with a q9550 processor.
That is not good advice.:thumbsdown:

Seeing he already had an ATi card a good upgrade for that platform would be HD7870 or at most HD7950.

:thumbsdown::thumbsdown::thumbsdown:

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Unless you are heinously outdated, buy the fastest card you can afford. Always.

A CPU bottleneck (and there will be one with even an overclocked Q9550, as stout of a processor as it is) just means you can keep piling on video settings without framerate going south.

 

[Jaydip]

For AMD side
http://www.flipkart.com/sapphire-ra...6be0&srno=t_3&otracker=from-search&query=7850
from NV
http://www.flipkart.com/asus-nvidia...o=t_2&otracker=from-search&query=650 ti boost

650 Ti boost is faster out of the box.If you prefer overclocking 7850 may be a better bet but check the warranty information first.For 7850 overclocking check the ongoing thread here.

 

[Schmide]

For AMD side
http://www.flipkart.com/sapphire-ra...6be0&srno=t_3&otracker=from-search&query=7850
from NV
http://www.flipkart.com/asus-nvidia...o=t_2&otracker=from-search&query=650 ti boost

650 Ti boost is faster out of the box.If you prefer overclocking 7850 may be a better bet but check the warranty information first.For 7850 overclocking check the ongoing thread here.

If you take out Battlefield and Shogun the 7850 wins every other bench?

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/778?vs=782

 

[toyota]

Unless you are heinously outdated, buy the fastest card you can afford. Always.

A CPU bottleneck (and there will be one with even an overclocked Q9550, as stout of a processor as it is) just means you can keep piling on video settings without framerate going south.

many of the settings impact the cpu too. I guess if you consider 30-35 fps with 8X AA more impressive than 30-35 fps with 2X AA then its worth it. I would not go any higher than a 7850 or plain 660 if he is going to stay at stock cpu speeds. even those cards will be held back in most games.

 

[Jaydip]

If you take out Battlefield and Shogun the 7850 wins every other bench?

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/778?vs=782

I was referring to this review
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_770_Direct_Cu_II_OC/27.html

But it does depend on your test set.

 

[psolord]

Guys im Using q9550 with msi p45-8d memory lover .

i need some quick suggestions , i dont wanna spend a lot of money currently i have HD4890

1. whats the best vfm card i can buy which can run upcoming games smoothly at 1080p
2. how much difference an SSD makes
3. i have 4GB DDR2 ram but my board supports DDR3 also sjould i upgrade , if yes how many gigs ?

I have a Q9550@4Ghz on my tertiary rig and it does get quite cpu limited with my two 5850s at 1080P.

Besides of how these cpu limits manifest themselves, the fact of the matter it that it has a problem keeping framerates above 60fps in quite a few games. It runs decently on the vast majority of them though. Even in small indie titles like Van Helsing, it lags like hell when dozens of enemies fall upon you, in which case an enthusiast card would go to waste.

Now if you are keeping the little beast at stock, it will be 25% slower than mine, which will make things even worse. So I'd suggest to not look for anything above a 7850/70, unless you intend to change your cpu/mobo soonish.

PS. This is my (now inactive) Youtube channel
http://www.youtube.com/toutagamon

Do a search for "Q9550" if you want. I have uploaded a lot of camera recorded custom 1080P gameplay benchmarks (5850+460 for the Q9550), so to show what various systems can or cannot do. In my latter videos I show the cpu usage at the end of the video, so viewers can see how much the system is hammered or not.

 

[Will Robinson]

That's pretty solid advice from a guy with the processor in question.
+1 :thumbsup:

 

[Triglet]

I've running the rig in my sig at 1440P. I primarily play BF3, and with the GPU (+150, +450) @ 99% in game the CPU usage never goes above 70% or so via Real Temp. Not really sure how that corresponds to what psolord sees, perhaps xfire/sli makes a difference.

 

[psolord]

I've running the rig in my sig at 1440P. I primarily play BF3, and with the GPU (+150, +450) @ 99% in game the CPU usage never goes above 70% or so via Real Temp. Not really sure how that corresponds to what psolord sees, perhaps xfire/sli makes a difference.

You are running a card that is 50% faster than the one I suggested, on a 50% higher resolution than the OP uses. So I believe we are on the same page here.

Still my points stand. A Q9550 is still a little beast as I said, but in terms of IPC it will find itself handicapped in engines that are not well threaded. Luckily BF3 is not one of these games, but still I'm pretty sure a Q9550 will have a hard time keeping 60fps with some BF3 locations. Unfortunately most games are not so well threaded as BF3.

 

[hbksabhi]

with the upgradation money

like 250$ on card and 50 $ on memory and 100$ ssd thats 400 $

thats a lot considering it wont be future proof .... thinking of spending this 400 on ps4 later if games can be cracked on it soon .
what do u suggest