Can I upgrade my graphics card anymore?

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Nathan753951

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I have a kinda old pc and I put a graphics card in it for the first time little over a year ago, I put the Sapphire R9 x270 in it and it improved my computer a lotttt, and I could actually play a lot of pc games like dayZ and stuff, but as games comes out it gets harder on my pc so I wanna know if there's any better graphics card I can put in it. Here's my PC incase you need to see that
http://www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-p6310y/specs/
And my specs are :
Processor : AMD Athlon II X4 630 Processor
RAM : 6.0 GB
64-Bit operating system
Please let me know if there's any better graphics cards then the sapphire r9 that I can use on my pc and will improve it a lot.
 
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Unfortunately, your CPU is probably the bottleneck here. Your only real chance at more performance would be an overclock of your CPU, but even that would be minimal at best.
 
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How much would it cost to get a new CPU?
 
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I think your at your limit gpu wise with that cpu. The 270x is still a great card and not that old either. I'm pretty sure in certain games your cpu actually bottlenecks your card but probably not super bad, but that AMD card has Mantle support so if you play a game that supports Mantle instead of DX11 (ex. battlefield 4, dragon age inquisition, etc) it is probably pretty good at low-mid settings depending on game. If I were you I would start saving up for a new build but I would keep that 270x because with a new cpu like an i5 or fx 8350 and 8gb ram will be able to use that cards full potential and might be powerful enough for your needs for a little longer plus it will save you the price of a gpu for you build. Than upgrade your gpu down the road when you really need to. If you need help with a build idea let me know. Hope this helps!
 
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