System upgrade advice

rbanes2

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May 14, 2013
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Hello Forum...I'm looking to upgrade my system for gaming and ask your advice on which component(s) to prioritize. My guess is GPU, which I'm leaning towards GTX660 non-ti but I'm concerned with compatibility with older components. Also, I recently got the 3 blue screens during BF3 gaming and the GPU has been ID'd as probably cause. Your comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated.

System components...

MB...ASUS P6T Deluxe V2
CPU...Intel i7 920 2.66 GHz
Mem...12 GB Corsair Dominator 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM 1600 PC3 triple channel
GPU...EVGA Nvidia GTX 275 896-P3-1170-AR
Power...PC Power PPCS910 Silencer 910W 80PLUS Silver SLI
OS...Windows Vista 64 SP2
 
EVGA has had a lifetime warranty, see if you can exercise it.
Since the GTX275 is no longer made, they may send you a nice replacement.
A GTX660 will be a nice upgrade and will be compatible.
Vista is getting a bit old, and the current nvidia drivers may be at fault for the blue screens. If you are current on the nvidia drivers, consider upgrading to windows 7 or 8.