up grade help

John Davies · Apr 14, 2015

hi iam thinking off up gradeing my pc hi i have 960t3ghz Asus M5A78L-M LX mother baord 8 gig ddr 3 ram a radeon 6870 1gb gpu iam a use my pc for gamineing thnaks by upgrading the gpu would i get a good jump thnak you

3003003 · Apr 14, 2015

It depends on what your CPU is. If you have low end CPU, it could bottleneck your next GPU.

John Davies · Apr 14, 2015

hi iam runing a amd phonom 2 x4 960t 3ghz

3003003 · Apr 14, 2015

Not too bad of a CPU, it could handle quite a bit of things. So, yes, upgrading the GPU is a good start.

John Davies · Apr 14, 2015

coo lwot would be a good jump from wot i got nw thanks

3003003 · Apr 14, 2015

If you're on a budget, a GTX 750 Ti or an R7 260X is a good choice. If you want more power, however, go with an R9 280X.

John Davies · Apr 14, 2015

would a r9 280x botel neck it thnaks

LucoTF · Apr 14, 2015

Whats your country and budget mate?

3003003 · Apr 14, 2015

It might bottleneck it a little bit, but I'd be more worried about your PSU having enough power for the R9 280X.
If your PSU has low wattage, go with a 750 Ti. It has a low power consumption.

Derza10 · Apr 14, 2015

3003003 :

The GTX 750 Ti and r7 260x are only very slightly faster than the 6870, don't waste your money on an "upgrade" to one of these.

The GTX 750 Ti being the faster of the three and only about 10-20% better in games - hardly worth the upgrade cost.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1336?vs=1130

John Davies · Apr 14, 2015

i ment would the r9 290x botel neck the chip i live in the uk at push aabout 6oo if got to do new rebiuld but if i can get away with out a rebiuld and get a good boost for a year or two thanks mate

TNT27 · Apr 14, 2015

Upgrade to a gtx960/r9 280, or higher performing card to get a noticable difference. Gtx 960 if you are Nvidia Biased, or have low wattage psu. R9 280 for slightly more potential performance than a gtx 960, but does draw more power.

TNT27 · Apr 14, 2015

r9 280x/290 or gtx 970 would both be good matches for your cpu.
Still doesnt hurt to get the best gpu you can afford though.

3003003 · Apr 14, 2015

Don't go with a GTX 960, bad GPU. It is the same price as the R9 280, and the R9 280 destroys it.

Keep in mind that the GTX 960 is brand new and is a 128 bit GPU, which means it can't even utilize more than 1GB of its VRAM.

TNT27 · Apr 14, 2015

3003003 :

Though I do agree it is an overpriced pos. It does however perform in the same league as r9 280 (actually beating it in some games), despite the 128bit limit, and it definitely can use all of its 2gb vram effectively.

LucoTF · Apr 14, 2015

John Davies :

A rebuild isn't totally necessary, your cpu is still ok. Maybe just get an r9 280 for now, you can find them for under £140 and it should be a decent upgrade for you

John Davies · Apr 14, 2015

i have a 650 wot psu would gwting 4 gb verison be beter then the 2 gb would over clocking my cpu make mutch difrents

Derza10 · Apr 14, 2015

Get a GTX 970, and in a year or two upgrade the rest of your system:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£272.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £272.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-14 16:58 BST+0100

TNT27 · Apr 14, 2015

John Davies :

Depends on the quality (Brand) of your psu

But yes you should definitely oc that cpu! It was built for it!
4gb version gtx 960? it is not worth it, unless you are wanting to sli

I personally would get a r9 280/280x/290 over the gtx 960,
only time ill start considering Nvidia is gtx 970/980 range (even then id probably pick 290x just for the price), or if I have crap psu, and dont want my system failing in a year from too much power draw

John Davies · Apr 14, 2015

make off psu is cit 600ub in eny gpu how could i oveclock i have tryed and it jsut crashes the compter

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