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Upgrading vga card future oprions

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November 20, 2013 4:54:41 AM

Hi

My pc specs are:

i5 2500k 3.3ghz (stock speed)
Asus P8P67 MB
8GB DDR3 Ram
Asus GTX 570
x2 1Tb HDD
PSU Seasonic X-750W
Win 7 pro 64 bit

I'd like your advice on the feasibility of future upgrade.
This system is almost 2-1/2 years old, I plan on keeping it for another 2 years or so before buying a new one. But for the time being it stays put, (I've just played metro last light on high and it performed pretty well).

My idea was to simply upgrade to a new vga card instead of getting a new PC 2 years later, in order to extend its gaming life a little longer. A GTX 670 or 680, a GTX 770 or even a 780. By then the prices would have come down a bit.

Do you think this is worth considering 2 years down the line or should I do it earlier?
Would a newer and more powerful VGA cause some bottleneck with my, by then aging, CPU?
Would my PSU be enough?

Basically, the whole point is to save money by upgrading rather than changing the whole system.

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November 20, 2013 5:13:19 AM

It will be very difficult to FIND a 670 or 680 in another two years, I'm guessing. Back in the dayy, older generations of tech sufficed to fill the low-end; now it's being filled by rebranded versions of older cards.

So the idea is fine, you'll get some bottleneck that could be alleviated, your PSU will be more than plenty, but expect to be buying something more like a "GTX 960" than a 770.
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November 20, 2013 9:57:10 AM

DarkSable said:
It will be very difficult to FIND a 670 or 680 in another two years, I'm guessing. Back in the dayy, older generations of tech sufficed to fill the low-end; now it's being filled by rebranded versions of older cards.

So the idea is fine, you'll get some bottleneck that could be alleviated, your PSU will be more than plenty, but expect to be buying something more like a "GTX 960" than a 770.


How serious would the bottleneck be, and how to reduce it?

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