yeah its a couple years old - whenever the 6850s first came out. i remember i spent next to nothing on it, going the unlockable core route with AMD was definitely the way to go back then on the lower systems. i play skyrim on high to ultra in 1080p, what else do i need? i dont spend enough time gaming anymore for the wife to allow a major upgrade. maybe i should go spill a cup of coffee into the case

the problem with 7990s and 690s is that i havent seen many that have the full compliment of vRAM. i guess i have seen 7990s with 6GB but not many 690s with 4GB.

next build of my own will definitely be a PLP triple monitor set up though

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Posted by jefforize

Member since Feb 2008

44197 posts

Posted on 1/3/13 at 6:22 pm to jcole4lsu

Just threw together a build

3.4 GHz amd phenom
Msi 7770 radeon
Mobo
8 GB 1333 ram
500 GB hdd (lol, on a budget)
Case
CPU cooler
fans etc,

Bout $530
shipped to my door. Feeling pretty good considering I was tasked with "build me a $500 gaming pc"

That 7770 should roar

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Posted by Hulkklogan

Baton Rouge, LA

Member since Oct 2010

43317 posts

Posted on 1/3/13 at 9:13 pm to jcole4lsu

quote:
yeah its a couple years old - whenever the 6850s first came out. i remember i spent next to nothing on it, going the unlockable core route with AMD was definitely the way to go back then on the lower systems

Exactly what I did with my PC at home. Same video card even. Budget build at only $650 and it could run Skyrim at high in 1080p while frapsing (ultra pushed it a little harder than I cared for). It is time to upgrade the video card though, I'm afraid.

This post was edited on 1/3/13 at 9:14 pm

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