Hi, I recently acquired an old Dell XPS PC for about $50, but I am willing to spend a bit on meaningfull upgrades. It is for playing games, and the most taxing games I play currently are Civ5, Elite: Dangerous and the upcoming Beyond Earth. I never play shooters. For comparison I currently play these games on my 2011 MacBook Pro, and to me they run acceptably, but not great, on the lowest quality settings. While I enjoy high fidelity graphics, frame rate is more important to me.
The computer has these specs:
CPU: Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz, no hyperthreading)
Memory: 6GB DDR2 667MHz RAM
PSU: Dell 750W, it has 2x 6-pin connectors for a graphics card
Graphics Card: Asus GeForce 8800 GTX, 768MB RAM
For the upgrade, I am considering purchasing a Radeon R7 250X, R7 265, R9 270X or equivalent. Naturally I don't wan't to pay too much upgrading such an old computer. Are any of these GPU's overkill for the matching CPU? The price of the R9 270X is about as much as I am willing to spend in total.
Should I be considering other upgrades instead?
Thanks!
The computer has these specs:
CPU: Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz, no hyperthreading)
Memory: 6GB DDR2 667MHz RAM
PSU: Dell 750W, it has 2x 6-pin connectors for a graphics card
Graphics Card: Asus GeForce 8800 GTX, 768MB RAM
For the upgrade, I am considering purchasing a Radeon R7 250X, R7 265, R9 270X or equivalent. Naturally I don't wan't to pay too much upgrading such an old computer. Are any of these GPU's overkill for the matching CPU? The price of the R9 270X is about as much as I am willing to spend in total.
Should I be considering other upgrades instead?
Thanks!
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