Shall I upgrade or build a new gaming PC?

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I was wondering & looking for advice.

Shall i upgrade my current build or completely do a new build? I want a faster, better performance PC & of course, run games on very high-ultra settings if possible.

This is my build;

OS: Windows 8.1
CPU: AMD A8-5600K Series. (3.6 GHz., not overclocked as I don't like OC'ing)
MOTHERBOARD:
Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-HD2
RAM: 8GB (2x 4GB) Kingston HyperX DDR3. (7.98 usable).
GPU: ASUS Nvidia GeForce GTX750 - PHOC - 1GD5 (1GB).
HD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB.
PSU: Corsair CXM 750W Modular 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX/EPS PSU.

CASE: Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus Mid Tower.

Any help is very appreciated! Thank you :)
 
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The GTX 970 comes with only 4GB VRAM.

I would recommend against the GTX 970 though. The R9 290X is loads better any day. Why? Read below please:


  • Just do a search on google or tomshardware here for "3.5GB VRAM issue GTX 970." You see, long story short: the GTX 970 has 4GB VRAM divided into a 3.5GB + 0.5GB. The 3.5GB is high speed vram @224GB/sec. Whereas, the other 512MB vram is low-speed 32gb/sec. So when games exceed the 3.5GB and start using the ultra low-speed extra 0.5GB, obviously the FPS drops.

    the GTX970. Its advertised to have 4GB vram when in reality it has 3.5GB fast vram + 0.5GB super-slow vram. What that means is that if any game needs more than 3.5GB vram, and when it tries to access the 0.5GB...
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The GTX 970 comes with only 4GB VRAM.

I would recommend against the GTX 970 though. The R9 290X is loads better any day. Why? Read below please:


  • Just do a search on google or tomshardware here for "3.5GB VRAM issue GTX 970." You see, long story short: the GTX 970 has 4GB VRAM divided into a 3.5GB + 0.5GB. The 3.5GB is high speed vram @224GB/sec. Whereas, the other 512MB vram is low-speed 32gb/sec. So when games exceed the 3.5GB and start using the ultra low-speed extra 0.5GB, obviously the FPS drops.

    the GTX970. Its advertised to have 4GB vram when in reality it has 3.5GB fast vram + 0.5GB super-slow vram. What that means is that if any game needs more than 3.5GB vram, and when it tries to access the 0.5GB super-slow vram... your frame rates will drop like boulders downhill.

Many ppl say games rarely use even the 3.5GB. But when you use fancy settings like TXAA, MSAA, Physics you can easily max out the VRAM
 
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