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2 year old system, worth a GPU update?

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November 15, 2013 3:19:56 AM

Hello All,

I built my first computer two years ago, thanks in large part to the great help on this forum. It has been working great, but it has gotten to the point where some games (e.g., Witcher 2) require me to lower the graphics settings significantly. I was thinking of taking advantage of some upcoming Black Friday Sales. My specific question is:

Is it worth spending $150-200 on a new graphics card, or will I be bottle necked by my other components and should just wait to replace all the core components (e.g., CPU, motherboards, RAM, GPU)?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Below is a list of my current system with links.

Current GPU: GeForce GTX 560 Ti w/1 GB RAM
MoBo: GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3 R
CPU: Intel I5 2500K
RAM: 8 GB (2 DIMM)
Power supply: 750W

I don't have a specific card in mind, but I see Newegg adds for things like this GE Force 660 w/2 GB RAM for $169.

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November 15, 2013 3:25:11 AM

Even the GTX 780 wont bottleneck with your setup, though I'd recommend saving a few more $$ and picking up at least a 760.
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November 15, 2013 3:38:19 AM

To be completely honest with you, your 2500K is still very powerful, very few gpus on the market will be able to bottleneck it. So bottlenecking will not be an issue even when you are running SLI or crossfire.Geforce 560 ti is really on its last leg. It runs hot and only has 1 G of frame buffer on the reference models. Amazingly enough, people claim it can still produce 30 plus frame on medium setting in Battlefield 4 at 1600x900. So you have a small monitor and are happy with 30 frame/second performance, you may not need an upgrade, or at least allowing you to delay the upgrade until the 800 series are out.

But you want to upgrade now. See if you can grab a 660 ti or 660 at around $200, either card will give a noticeable performance boost.

Hope this helps.
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