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Q9550 paired with GTX 970/980?

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October 13, 2014 7:11:03 PM

I know my rig is old now but I believe it still has some power to run the most demanding games today so I'm planning to upgrade my GPU for now because I don't have the money to upgrade to 1150/2011 platform cause I'm still studying. so can my Q9550 handle a GTX 970 or even a GTX 980?

System Specs:
Intel Core2Quad Q9550 OC'ed to 4.0ghz
8GB Team Xtreem Dark 1066 ddr2
Asus P5Q SE Plus
1.0TB Western Digital Caviar Blue
Thermaltake 600w True Rated PSU
Cooler Master Hyper 212X
Antec 300 Chassis

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October 14, 2014 12:26:37 PM

Buy the GTX 970, your CPU at that freq should handle it well. There will be some bottlenecks, but nothing bad. When you start to rise the settings (not necessarily the resolution) is when you could experience CPU bottlenecks. In some games more than others.

With that you will play at least at 1080p mid settings.
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