7950 Dying - Equivalent Replacement

[roninmedia]

I purchased the MSI Radeon HD 7950 Twin Frozr 3GD5/OC a few years ago. It has recently acted up on me, I get random black screens in League of Legends, Skyrim and StarCraft II when everything else on my system is still running; I still get game audio. I ran GPU-Z for temperature logs to when it happens and it ranges from 52 to 67 degree celsius when it happens (ambient temp is 27).

I played a game of League of Legends just fine using the Intel HD3000 GPU and also on an old GTX 460.The 7950 gave me vertical stripes within 2 minutes of a game launching and it was on medium settings with a 7950!

I'm merely looking for an equivalent replacement or so because I haven't purchased a more demanding game (bought it to improve my Skyrim experience) since the time I bought the GPU. Don't anticipate buying a monster graphic beast until Elder Scroll 6,

 

Currently running 1080p, may upgrade to 1440p but I asked around and it seems the 7950 would have been able to handle it. The rest of my system is

Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K
Motherboard: ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
RAM: 2 x 4GB G.SKILL Sniper Low Voltage
PSU: Seasonic X750

[soupdragon1234]

The equivalent would be the R9 280 or GTX 760.

 

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1033?vs=1332

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1033?vs=1038

 

You'll need something better if you're thinking of 1440p and you still want a decent framerate.

[obobski]

The equivalent would be the R9 280 or GTX 760.

 

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1033?vs=1332

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1033?vs=1038

 

You'll need something better if you're thinking of 1440p and you still want a decent framerate.

 

+1. Those two should be okay with old games at 1440 or 1600p (e.g. I ran Fallout 3 at 1600p on a 4870X2 back in '08 - that's slower than these cards, but Fallout 3 is older than these games; StarCraft II probably wouldn't be a problem though). If you wanted to upgrade a little, bump up to the R9 290/390 series. :happy:

[ironbender800]

Why would you replace GPU with equivalent? if you have to replace then make sure its an upgrade from what you had previously.