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Bighomer5

AS my PC fails to load Bf3 and csgo I decided it's time to upgrade my 4 years old hardware ;)

For the periphere I want to replace my MS sidewinder x6 keyboard (some buttons don't react properly anymore) with a cherry mx (my first mechanical keyboard and I'll miss the illumination) and my fireglider mouse with a zowie fk (albeit its tripple the price I only heard good of it)

Now to the part where I could use some help.

I'm looking at

3072MB PowerColor Radeon HD 7950 PCS+ Aktiv PCIe 3.0 x16 (Retail) gpu

4GB Corsair ValueSelect DDR3-1333 DIMM CL9 Single ram

can anyone confirm that they'll work with my current system? Are they good choices?

Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 

       Language: German (Regional Setting: German)

System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

   System Model: GA-MA770T-UD3P

           BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG

      Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.2GHz

         Memory: 4096MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 4094MB RAM

bequite 570w

the gpu I'm looking to dumb is a radeon hd 4890

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Gabzilla

i don't know...best of luck :bump:

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EvGe22

I know nothing about Radeon GPUs, coz I only had it once and I hated it(had so much problems with drivers). Now I have GeForce GTX 660 2Gb 1033/6008 and I'm loving it. BF3 on ultra - 60 fps. I didn't check Crysis 3, but Crysis 2 same thing 60 fps on highest settigns. Only thing I'd recomend - get 8 GB of RAM. It won't cost much, but it will be better(imo, I have 8 Gb DDR3 1333)

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Bighomer5

I have 4gb right now and I want to buy the 4gb kit so I have 8gb ram in total :s

1 decade ago
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Ekaros

Do you have one or two sticks now?

They should be in pairs or threes... For best performance...

For your mobo, there should be even number of ram sticks...

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mkrnic

"Fails to load"? And you think buying a new graphics card will magically make it load?

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Bighomer5

fails to load was a bit inaccurate on my part...but as far as I can tell those errors are gpu related.
Anyways my current gpu isn't even available on most shops anymore so it's about time regardless

1 decade ago
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AloXX

The parts you picked are good choices and will work but your current setup should be able to handle those games fine. What kind of error are you getting?

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Bighomer5

bf3 always has the same dx error whereas csgo has a much greater spectrum of errors though it usually happens on map change/ load

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service4nopurpose

buy an AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT. Also in cpu intesive games anything above an AMD Raden HD 7850 may cause a cpu bottlneck. However, Battlefield 3 is a gpu intensive game

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Bighomer5

7950>7870 no?

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Oksymoron

First, try to reinstall Win7, set it up for less ram usage and cpu usage at start and then try to play those games. This hardware should be able to work normally in BF3 and definitely in CS:GO. Install the newest gpu drivers available for your card (In AMD world, it's a legacy card... whatever).

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