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Hey guys,
I upgraded my computer about 7 months ago when my RAM started to fail to the point where I was bluescreening every 30 minutes. I ended up switching the CPU/Mobo/Ram but kept the graphics card. I had a weird blip with my graphics card earlier today where my screen wouldn't start. I messed with a few things, including reseating the graphics card and changing the output I was using on the powersupply. I'm not sure entirely what it was, but it's working again now. I thought I might have to replace it and whilst I don't have to for the moment it's gotten me thinking about upgrading my graphics card.
What would be a good upgrade? Right now the games I play aren't that graphically intensive (mainly stuff like Crusader Kings 2 by PI), but I'm wanting to play SimCity, Bioshock Infinite and Rome 2 when they come out. There's also a couple of shooters like BF3 I wouldn't be adverse to playing. I'm also not sure how much longer this graphics card will last. I've had it for 4 years now, approaching 5.
I'm willing to spend up to £150 (That's UK currency, not $!). Whilst I'm using Windows 8, I'd like to be able to switch to Linux. Is Nvidia still much better than ATI for Linux graphics support? If so i'm happy for that to be used as a tie-breaking consideration.
My computer is now a AMD FX-8120 with 16GB ram if that helps.
I upgraded my computer about 7 months ago when my RAM started to fail to the point where I was bluescreening every 30 minutes. I ended up switching the CPU/Mobo/Ram but kept the graphics card. I had a weird blip with my graphics card earlier today where my screen wouldn't start. I messed with a few things, including reseating the graphics card and changing the output I was using on the powersupply. I'm not sure entirely what it was, but it's working again now. I thought I might have to replace it and whilst I don't have to for the moment it's gotten me thinking about upgrading my graphics card.
What would be a good upgrade? Right now the games I play aren't that graphically intensive (mainly stuff like Crusader Kings 2 by PI), but I'm wanting to play SimCity, Bioshock Infinite and Rome 2 when they come out. There's also a couple of shooters like BF3 I wouldn't be adverse to playing. I'm also not sure how much longer this graphics card will last. I've had it for 4 years now, approaching 5.
I'm willing to spend up to £150 (That's UK currency, not $!). Whilst I'm using Windows 8, I'd like to be able to switch to Linux. Is Nvidia still much better than ATI for Linux graphics support? If so i'm happy for that to be used as a tie-breaking consideration.
My computer is now a AMD FX-8120 with 16GB ram if that helps.