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ok my current specs are Amd fx-4300 quad core 3.8ghz have overclocked to 4.3
1x8gb stick of ddr3 memory
1tb hdd at 7200rpm
256gb 850 evo ssd
Motherboard-ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0
amd radeon r7 260x
350W Corsair VS350 PSU
and 3 120mm fans 1 90
My cpu cooler is the evo 212
So my question iswhat graphics card should i upgrade to a i am thinking of getting the nvidia gtx 970 and aking out my current sone as i cant run crossfire as i dont have the power plus it is pointless with low end graphics cards
so should i get the r9 290x gtx 970 or is it worth getting a better psu my budget is around 200 but if it makes a huge diffrence i can stretch higher
 
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I presume you mean $200. There isn't much point in upgrading your GPU, because any relatively high end GPU will be severely bottlenecked by that CPU. You will also need a new PSU for GPUs like a 290x or 970. Perhaps an upgrade to an FX 6300 or 8320 and a new PSU and then waiting a bit to buy a new GPU might be a better idea.
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I presume you mean $200. There isn't much point in upgrading your GPU, because any relatively high end GPU will be severely bottlenecked by that CPU. You will also need a new PSU for GPUs like a 290x or 970. Perhaps an upgrade to an FX 6300 or 8320 and a new PSU and then waiting a bit to buy a new GPU might be a better idea.
 
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A GTX 970 is going to require at least a 500w power supply.
A R9 290X is going to require at least a 600w power supply.

That poor Corsair unit is not going to cut it with those video cards. Get yourself a high quality power supply. The amount of power these video cards can draw when gaming is no joke.

On the following tomshardware power supply listing, we recommend only buying a tier 1 or tier 2 power supply.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

The GTX 970 is the stronger card between those 2.

 
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so would the gtx give me anyperfomance booost considering i rarely get the cpu above 50 percent in game or is it the cache wich is the problem
 
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refardless of the cpu
 
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regardless of the cpu?
 
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I don't think I would say that. But with a very low quality power supply, getting a powerful video card like the GTX 970 or R9 290X without an new higher quality power supply is a given.

Even if you were not getting a new video card though, I would still recommend that you get a better quality power supply.
 
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