Should i get an ssd or upgrade to 7950 for D3?

[Crazyalbo]

as topic says

current comp is

i5 2500k w/ hyper 212
8 gigs 1600 ram
z68a+ motherboard
6850
650 capstone 80 plus gold psu
500 gb hard drive

was just curious if i'd be better off buying an ssd or upgrading the gfx card for d3?

[chubtohd]

graphics card = more gaming bang for the buck

[jmacphee9]

graphics card = more gaming bang for the buck

your gpu will handle D3 at ultimate on probably any single monitor resolution, therefore it is absolutely no bang for buck.

[CheezusCrust]

Your 6850 will max out D3 pretty good, you don't need an 7950 to max Blizzard games out, as they're not really GPU intensive.

[Lollis]

SSD would increase your performance more than the graphics card upgrade would.

[Sick]

Get a ssd your 6850 is all the gpu muscle d3 needs if you was to start playing more taxing games i would say go with the 7950 and overclock it to 7970 speeds

[Lolisa]

I'm not sure whether a 6850 can achieve constant 60fps with maximum settings at 1920x1080 at stock clocks based on beta client experience
I guess it might drop to 30-50 fps in some areas unless you set Shadows to medium, apply some other tweak or upgrade.

Anyway, just try to beta on Mooege and you'll have an idea.

But you shouldn't really "need" any upgrade unless you are using a monitor larger than 1080p.

[vesseblah]

I'm not sure whether a 6850 can achieve constant 60fps with maximum settings at 1920x1080 at stock clocks based on beta client experience
I guess it might drop to 30-50 fps in some areas unless you set Shadows to medium, apply some other tweak or upgrade.

GTX560ti can run the beta at 90-120fps with 1920x1080 monitor with all in-game settings maxed (vsync off and fps uncapped), so something like R7950 is so far on the overkill side it's not even funny.

SSD will give big overall boost to whole use experience of the computer, while new graphics card will give small boost to the games. In case of D3 exclusively it's not worth it.

[Spl4sh3r]

SSD would increase your performance more than the graphics card upgrade would.

Not for D3 it won't. There are hardly any loading screens for D3 to make a performance boost.

[Yohassakura]

I had a bash of the Beta running an e8500 @ 3.8 & 6970 @ 940/1425 and it was plentiful - I believe I was running it on max everything @ 60fps.

Like the above said, there's hardly any loading screens for D3.

It doesn't really stress your machine at all.

[Sigma]

SSD.
Anyone saying you need a new GFX card is talking out of their ass.

Recomnded D3 GFX specs
NVIDIA® GeForce® 260 or ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 or better

You will have zero issues maxing it out on your current GFX card. in fact I think there is very few games you would be able to not max out on your current card.

SSD will give the best overall performance boost to your PC. Just because something is brand new and shiny doesn't automatically make it the best decision to go for.

edit -
infact after a little research
a 7950 costs around £350 link

a 6850 costs around £100 Link
a 240gb SSD around £200 Link

So for a similar amount of money, you could get a second 6950 + an SSD and cross fire your system

[Fajer]

... an e8500 @ 3.8 & 6970 @ 940/1425 ...

That's one old processor (don't get me wrong it was good, I had one)... Aren't you afraid it will bottleneck you? Especially with a 6970?

And not sure I get what you say but pumping it up to 3.8Ghz? wasn't stock somewhere alround 3,1-3,2?

Very OT so I better contribute... A 6850 is still holding it's ground well. There's alot of new cards coming out now and AMD is practicly done filling their "shelves" with cards, And as everyone else said you really don't need anything better. Chances are that even the previous architecture (4850) will max it.

And when you talk about performance, a harddrive isn't affecting performance (not the way I define performance anyway). But if your looking at upgrading, a SSD is to put it bluntly... Obliterating your general feeling of your computer not just loading times in games etc...

[Drunkenvalley]

Not for D3 it won't. There are hardly any loading screens for D3 to make a performance boost.

There's more than loading screens that make SSDs worthwhile. Any files the computer has to use has to be taken from the hard drive (textures, models, booting the game, etc), and Diablo 3 probably doesn't keep all that shit on your GPU for long if it's not needed.