What piece of hardware should I improve?

Sam1212

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Hi guys. I want to upgrade my computer a little, It performs well in most games but sometimes in maxxed settings I get a bit of an fps drop. I want to know, based on my current spec, what hardware improvement would make the most difference.

My specs are;

8GB Vengence RAM (high speed but I cant remember exactly)
quad core 3.4ghz intel i5 4670k
GTX 670 graphics card.

Now Im thinking of replacing my graphics card, because I think I damaged it when I built my PC. its temperature when gaming is usually around 80-82 degrees and the fan is annoyingly loud, (its only around 6 months old). Not had any performance issues with it (as far as im aware), only performance issues i have with my system is that sometimes my fps drops from say 75 to 40ish.

However, today, my GPU seemed to take time to "Wake up" I was getting around 30fps ina game I usualy get around 70 for, and when I checked afterburner, the CPU usage was only about 40%, when its usually about 80% for this specific game. Is this normal? (Slightly off-topic sorry)

My price limit is about £200.00

Thanks in advance :)
 
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It might be your GPU is throttling because of high temps and therefore not reaching 100% usage.

As for the upgrade, I'd say save more money. For that money you can get a GTX 760, which is just a rebadged version of your current GPU. The rest of your system seems fine, so no need for upgrades there.
It might be your GPU is throttling because of high temps and therefore not reaching 100% usage.

As for the upgrade, I'd say save more money. For that money you can get a GTX 760, which is just a rebadged version of your current GPU. The rest of your system seems fine, so no need for upgrades there.
 
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