I have 500$

7990 ftw

I think you should probably list the rest of your parts if you and don't ask on SG if you want a realistic answer.

A 7870 should be plenty for now unless you're at WQXGA or something

Use PcPartPicker for us to help you more :]

Congrats - You have $482.59 more than I do!

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Just give me the money and I'll buy you the best parts as a personal favor, no need to thank me. ;)

Honestly, keep it that's my opinion. You don't need an upgrade. reddit.com/r/buildapc is helpful

are you kidding me ? there no need to updgrade something... why do you even have 12gig of ram ? what the point?

lol, yeah why do u even feel the need to upgrade? can't u run games on high settings with this pc already? just spend ur money on something else..

You don't need to upgrade anything with a 7870.

500 fortix oh wait

Any better graphics card would be a very minor upgrade for a lot of money. Save it, buy games, play the lotto, something else.

Don't upgrade your graphics card. That would be a waste of money at this point/

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The reason I want to upgrade is that I can't completely max out any game at 60fps.
also, I don't really have anything else I want to spend the money on.

Buying a new GPU would be a waste of money if you have HD 7870 right now. Just overclock it and you'll be fine. Save money for at least HD 8000 series if you're really itching to spend it.

I have HD 7850 2GB overclocked to 1050MHz, 2500K overclocked at 4300MHz and 27'' monitor (2560x1440) and I run all modern games on highest details easy. Just turn down anti-aliasing, depth of field and ambient occlusion and you'll be fine. It will be barely noticeable, but you will gain significant improvement in performance.

The most demanding game I have played (or should I say, the game with the worst performance) was Metro 2033 and it ran 35-40 FPS at 2560x1440 with very high settings and depth of field off. Even Battlefield 3 with AAx2 had steady 55-60 FPS. I think my HD 7850 would currently struggle only with Far Cry 3.

You really won't see that much of a difference upgrading from a 7870 but if feel like you really need to spend the money, get a 7970 GHz Edition.

Crossfire with 2 Radeon HD 7870s or save the money for a new build

I'm using an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 and nVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT. I've been holding off upgrades for 5 years now. I'm waiting for nVIDIA or AMD to release their top of the line graphics card for under 200 USD again and the release of Source Engine 2

go buy a gram of meth

I thought you were gonna ask "What games can i buy".

get a HD 7970 or wait for the GTX 700 series / Radeon 8000 series

As most people already suggested, leave your computer as it is. No reason to upgrade it unless you get a second monitor. If I were you, I'd keep the money and collect some more, and wait until the next generation graphics cards come out.