is it worth upgrading my current rig?

lucky jack · Nov 9, 2014

Hello there. I have been lurking around for a while, but I thought I would register and ask my question. I have a gaming rig. Here are the specs:

i7 3770K
Gigabyte UD4H mobo
Gigabyte Windforce GTX 780 GHz Edition
8GB 1866 RAM
Corsair 850 watt modular PSU

I have the upgrade itch, but do I really "need" to upgrade at this point?

I play games at 1080p @60, on a 24" monitor. I don't plan on gaming at a higher revolutionary time soon. I do, however, want to play games (Total War games, Far Cry series, Battlefield, The Witcher series... all types of games, really) on the max settings with the highest FPS as possible.

Is it really worth upgrading to Haskell, a 980 and more RAM, or is my setup good enough for the next few years?

Thanks in advance for you responses.

MeteorsRaining · Nov 9, 2014

1. You have absolutely no need to upgrade, not only will it be a waste of money, it currently won't fetch you anything significantly better.

2. I'd wait till AMD releases R9 300 series with 20nm chips, and Nvidia is rumoured to unveil Titan X and GTX 980 Ti soon, so upgrading from a high end card like 780 to 970/ 980 is not a great idea IMO.

3. You have enough RAM currently, so you can keep that aside for a year or so.

4. Upgrading to Haswell will not yield you ANY meaningful increase in performance.

5. Wait until next summer, than see what the GPU section has in the market (and yes, only GPUs, you've everything else needed for an enthusiast level build).

lullemannen90 · Nov 9, 2014

I would say that it's good enough, you shouldn't have any problems with those games.

lucky jack · Nov 9, 2014

Great to hear! I guess the next time I decide to do any upgrading is to go SLI, right? Are there still issues with dual card setups?

lullemannen90 · Nov 9, 2014

Since you're only using a single monitor I don't think you need SLI. SLI is better for dual monitors and higher resolution.

MeteorsRaining · Nov 9, 2014

Unless you have 6GB edition of 780, I'd upgrade the GPU. 3GB VRAM is fine right now but SoM and Evil Withing for eg ask for whatever you have, so for SLI, you'll need more VRAM for meaningful increase in performance.

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