Upgrading my Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 total noob here :(

Brett Williams · Apr 28, 2013

Hello and thanks for taking the time to read this. I am looking to upgrade my graphics card. At the moment I'm trying to get one for around 150-200. 200 is my max.

At the moment I have a 700 Watt power supply, an Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q8300 @ 2.50GHz (4CPUs), 8192 MBs ram

I got all this off my dxdiag. If i'm missing something let me know and I can go find it!

I'd really like to get the most fps while running in 1920 x 1080. I have around a 17" monitor.

completelyrandomname · Apr 28, 2013

650 Ti Boost, if not then a 7790. They might be bottlenecked though.

Brett Williams · Apr 28, 2013

how would i unbottleneck it? I'm kind of a noob when it comes to hardware :/

Brett Williams · Apr 28, 2013

or if you could recommend a new motherboard that would be cool too? i'd be willing to go up to 300 for both :/ might be really low but its all i have? and what kind of upgrade would each have on what i have now?

completelyrandomname · Apr 28, 2013

$300 for the motherboard and cpu or $300 for the cpu and gpu? It would be tight to get a new GPU CPU and mobo.

$300 for mobo and cpu: i5 3350P and an ASrock H77M

Brett Williams · Apr 28, 2013

basically i have 300 and i'd like to get the best upgrade for my money, i'm a big gamer and i just want to get more fps on my games. i'd like to run them on higher settings too.

what kind of upgrade would this be? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1291165

or should i just stick with a graphics card?

completelyrandomname · Apr 28, 2013

I suggest you get a single GPU instead.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121727

Upgrading you system would be too much unless you can spare another $100 or so. If you go too far with the GPU it will be bottle necked even further. In case you don't know what a bottle neck is it's basically when you have too old of a CPU and too fast of a GPU and the GPU has to wait for the CPU when playing games or something. This can also be said for the opposite.

completelyrandomname · Apr 28, 2013

Brett Williams :

That's a good combo but it won't benefit you much. GPU the way to go.

Brett Williams · Apr 28, 2013

completelyrandomname :

ok one last thing and i think i'll have everything i need. i'm a nvidia fan and i was wondering what the equivalent is.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130910

would this one be a good one to get?

completelyrandomname · Apr 28, 2013

Yep that's a great card to get. The AMD equivalent would be the 7850. They are pretty much the same in terms of performance though.

Brett Williams · Apr 28, 2013

would i have any issues with my current build? what kind of fps would i be getting on high on some of the more recent games? and thank you for all your help you have been awesome!

completelyrandomname · Apr 28, 2013

It should be decent. Just not as good as if you had a modern cpu. It should still serve you well though.

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