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Hi, i am planning on buying a GTX 760 but i would like to know if i would need to upgrade my CPU, i currently have a Phenom II x4 965 BE @ 4GHz.
 
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agreed. Random youtube videos don't show you the full performance of a system.

@JoshuaHMB. Why not buy the 760 and upgrade mobo/cpu next year? the 760 will be solid for years to come but the 965 is getting near (not yet) the end of it's life cycle.
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yep. if you are playing civ 5 or something really cpu intensive then maybe. your cpu is fine for 1080p gaming and the benefit you would receive will be very little and not worth the upgrade. save up and upgrade once the new ddr4 ram comes out and you can get an 8 core intel CPU then you will be set for another 5 years, hopefully. I fully expect my i5 2500k to last 5 years.
 
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Your Phenom is actually bottlenecking your 760. It's a 6-year old CPU. What do you expect? Anyway, getting a 4670K would totally eliminate the bottleneck.
 
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Can you provide some graphs to back this up?
 
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Phenom X4 965 + 760 Crysis 3 Very High = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiLXTV8CYAI
i5-4670k + 760 Crysis 3 Very High = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrIt9rG1QFk

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/102?vs=837
 
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the only issue I have with the youtube videos above is that they are in differant areas and outdoor areas are much more graphic intensive.

if you look at this review of the gtx 760 you will see he is getting about the same fps with a better cpu
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_760_msi_hawk_review,18.html

so I do not think you have a real bottleneck. I think you are sitting just about perfect with your whole setup
 
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agreed. Random youtube videos don't show you the full performance of a system.

@JoshuaHMB. Why not buy the 760 and upgrade mobo/cpu next year? the 760 will be solid for years to come but the 965 is getting near (not yet) the end of it's life cycle.
 
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Thank you for your input, looking forward to getting my 760! Can anyone recommend a certain brand? Never bought a Nvidia card before.
 
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EVGA is absolutely my favorite. there customer support is great and their cards have always overclocked really well and the cooling solutions are the best. So I do not think anybody does things better than EVGA. one of my favorite companies overall is Asus and they just came out with a new line of cards and is usually the case those who have made the most recent revisions also have the best options


so... Asus wins. check out this article and there are several others this new cooling option is really nice. Asus-DirectCU-II-Updated-Lineup, the asus direct CU cards have always been nice but the options they put into this one including fixing coil wine and everything else is amazing. the overclocks are fantastic


http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Asus-DirectCU-II-Updated-Lineup-NVIDIA-GTX-700-Series-Edition
 
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-121-775&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=4&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=%28keywords%29#scrollFullInfo

this is the asus card above

below I will post a couple EVGA cards. look at the reviews this first one has not one DOA card.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130933


this one is already overclocked a little more but you can overclock to the same degree with the above card.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130932

both of these cards by evga with around 60 reviews and they run a 95% rating for 4 or 5 stars. I still think nobody beats EVGA at their game. hell they make 9 different models of gtx 760

this is a great MSI card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127745
 
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