looking for a GPU that wont be bottlenecked too much

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Alosana

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I want to upgrade my GPU, my current PC is an HP P7-1234 and my friends have said that my CPU will bottleneck me. I was interested in a GTX 650 or 660 and was recommended a 7750. If you recommend a card, please tell me how much watts are required, thanks!
 
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I would say a HD 6670 if u don't want to waste your IGP (Depends on your CPU, A6-36XX/A8-3850/A8-3870K's IGP is like a HD 6570 according to the performance and can work together with HD 6670), or HD 7750 (If u don't mind or has only A4 CPU), which has a 55w TDP and no need for a 6-pin power conductor which your PSU may doesn't have.

For GTX 650 (TDP 64W but still need a 6-pin power conductor)or 660 (TDP 140W) u should change your PSU and I'm afraid that your CPU may bottleneck these two cards.
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Your 300w PSU is what limits you more than the CPU. That is why the HD7750 recommendation makes sense (and would be a good overall choice anyway). To go with a stronger GPU (which requires more power), you would need to upgrade your PSU as well.
 
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I have no problem upgrading my PSU as well, with that said any recommendations?
 
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I would say a HD 6670 if u don't want to waste your IGP (Depends on your CPU, A6-36XX/A8-3850/A8-3870K's IGP is like a HD 6570 according to the performance and can work together with HD 6670), or HD 7750 (If u don't mind or has only A4 CPU), which has a 55w TDP and no need for a 6-pin power conductor which your PSU may doesn't have.

For GTX 650 (TDP 64W but still need a 6-pin power conductor)or 660 (TDP 140W) u should change your PSU and I'm afraid that your CPU may bottleneck these two cards.
 
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Will it be worth it after the bottleneck do you think? How badly will it be bottlrnecked (GTX cards).
 
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I would never pair a weak CPU with a strong GPU. (or sCPU with wGPU) It's a waste of money and in some CPU-demanding games (says FC3 and the coming GTA V), you'll see (E.g, GTX 660 can achieve 30fps in high settings in X game but could only reach 70%-80% fps pairing with a weak CPU and that's the optimistic imo)
 
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Thank you so much for these answers. Can you recommend me a good motherboard and processor for next gen gaming that I could use with higher end GPU's?



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http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/283384-33-read-first
 
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