[Zakristone]

By "worth it" I mean what would be better, or would it be better to wait.

I have a budget of around 250USD, but due to regional prices pretty much everything is 50% more expensive. Current specs:

i5 3570
8GB RAM
GTS 450
550W PSU

 

[jellybeans69]

Depends on what games you want to play really, loved my upgrade from 4870 -> 7850 as i could play GW2/Dota2/CS:GO comfortably @ 1080p after i did.

 

[Zakristone]

I will be playing Borderlands 2, Crysis 3, Civ 5, and Mass Effect 3 on a 1366x768 monitor.

 

[jellybeans69]

I'd say it's a justifyable upgrade for games you wish to play and there's not gonna be much change in this year so i'd just go ahead and get it.

 

[Zakristone]

All right, thanks.

 

[chrisguitar]

Go for it, you will love the change when you play those games!

 

[yesitsmario]

With that budget, I'd go for the 7870 LE

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131484

It performs close to a 7950.

 

[Zakristone]

Quote:

Originally Posted by yesitsmario

With that budget, I'd go for the 7870 LE

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131484

It performs close to a 7950.

I'd be able to do that if it weren't for the fact that it would cost well over my budget here.

 

[raghu78]

which country are you from ?

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/GTX_650_Ti_SSC/27.html

1280 x 800

GTS 450 - 56
HD 7850 - 117

HD 7850 is more than twice the perf of GTS 450. massive upgrade.

 

[MrWayne]

Go for it, 7850 is good, and on that resolution you will probably play 9/10 games on 60+ fps

 

[yarly]

get a gtx 660 if you cant get a 7870 i think its a better choice then the 7850