Need help upgrading my NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460.

FlamingoRich · Jun 5, 2015

I finally have the money to upgrade my graphics card and I was looking for advice? I currently have an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 installed and I'm looking for an upgrade that will work with my PC. My specs are:

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz 2.83GHz
RAM: 8.00 GB
System type: 64-bit Operating System, x64-based processor
Operating System: Windows 8

de4dd0g · Jun 5, 2015

What power supply and motherboard do you have?

FlamingoRich · Jun 5, 2015

How do I check my motherboard and power supply?

de4dd0g · Jun 5, 2015

Go download Speccy

http://www.piriform.com/speccy/download/standard

It will show you all you're current hardware beside the power supply. You'll have to open it up and find the wattage of the power supply or the model number of the power supply and post it back on here. When you run speccy post what your motherboard is along with the power supply information.

FlamingoRich · Jun 5, 2015

Motherboard: PEGATRON CORPORATION Burbank (CPU 1)
Power: DPS-460DB-1 A (460 watts)

de4dd0g · Jun 5, 2015

Do you have a price range for the upgrade?

FlamingoRich · Jun 5, 2015

I'd like to stay under $400.

RaidHobbit · Jun 5, 2015

FlamingoRich :

GTX 970 - $380 (probably a little lower as you have less tax in the US)

I just upgraded from a 460 to that and it arrived today. Its a lot better than what you've been used too with the 460!

FlamingoRich · Jun 5, 2015

How does the GTX 970 compare to the GTX 960? They both seem similar to me, but there's a $200 price difference?

RaidHobbit · Jun 5, 2015

FlamingoRich :

960 will max out most current games in 1080p with more than 30fps. It wont max out GTA V. You'll need a 970 for that with its 4GB. The 970 will do you more than the 1080p too. It makes GTA V look better than PS4 version. Visiongasmic!

In two weeks AMD releases its Rx 300 series. If you are concerned about the cost of the 970 you could buy one then. The prices will probably come down a little as a result. There is the Rx 290 as well which has 4GB and that's about $80 more than the 960.

de4dd0g · Jun 5, 2015

You could go GTX 970 but you would need a new power supply. (At least 500)

970GTX
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-256bit-Graphics-04G-P4-2972-KR/dp/B00NVODXME/ref=sr_1_8?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1433513470&sr=1-8&keywords=geforce+gtx+970

600W PS
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EON40CS/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

If you don't want to upgrade power supply then you can go 960GTX (4gb VERSION)

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-128bit-Graphics-04G-P4-3966-KR/dp/B00UOYQ5LA/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1433513833&sr=1-1&keywords=gtx+960+4gb

RaidHobbit · Jun 5, 2015

de4dd0g :

Just to add to that the Rx 290 is even more energy demanding so if no new PSU the 960 is best.

FlamingoRich · Jun 5, 2015

I think I'll be going with the GTX 960 - but is there a huge difference between the 2gb and 4gb versions? I keep getting differing reviews regarding them...

de4dd0g · Jun 5, 2015

Yes, the amount of physical memory storage for the card. Higher is better and on more graphics entense games it does matter. I would go with the 4gb without a doubt. Having half the VRAM you might highly regret a few years down the road.

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