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AlmightyJoygasm

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Im currently playing in 1080p, but looking forward to VR next year.

Ive been thinking of upgrading my MOBO, CPU and RAM to X99/DDR4, but wonder if I might be better off with a straight upgrade of my GPU to a GTX 980 ti.

Ive been looking at the EVGA SC ASX 2.0, which is the cheapest available that I can find
http://www.nigelohara.com/evga-6gb-gef-gtx-980-ti-sc-acx-2006gp44993kr-pid237281.html?gclid=CNCy6Or1-MYCFXTMtAodGccN0w

Price wise the GPU update will be the cheapest, especially if I can sell my R9 290 for £100 ish.

With windows 10 coming up, where will the biggest compound benefit be? With CPU etc or GPU?

EDIT: Aim aiming for a build that will comfortably run Star Citizen in VR.

Interested in opinions.

Current specs are:

CURRENT SPECS
MSI R9 290
750w PSU EVGA NexusB
Intel Core i7-2600 3.4GHz
Corsair H100i
8GB RAM (brand unkown )
ASRock P67 Extereme4 Motherboard
250GB kingston hyper x SSD for O/S and other programs
500GB EVO for games.
Phanteks Enthoo Luxe case
3x Acer S240HLbid 24'' Full HD widescreen LCD monitor with LED Backlight

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yes, a gtx 980 ti is perfect, its one of the best cards out there, I wish I had one but its pretty expensive, anyway here is a link that will show what is recommended by the website for a vr build : http://www.octopusrift.com/building-the-rift-pc/

or u can look here this what they recommend:-


Processor – Intel Core i5-4590K – Haswell processor from Intel, will offer excellent performance for the cost. Also consider the Intel Core i5-4690K which slightly exceeds the recommended spec. Note that this includes its own cooler and fan, nothing else is required here!

Graphics Card – PNY NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 – Good performance for the price, PNY makes a great card. It’s great to have a set standard for the Rift, just keep in mind that one day this may need to get replaced.

Motherboard – MSI ATX DDR3 2400 LGA 1150 – supports Z97, modern and inexpensive. (2) USB 3.0 ports for the Rift. This is a great foundation for a new PC and will support upgrades over the life of the PC. Great BIOS screen for easy setup.

Memory – Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB 1600MHz 240-pin DDR3 – A single stick of 8GB will leave room for expansion. I would recommend two sticks right off the bat for 16GB but this is an easy upgrade in the future.

Storage – Samsung SSD 840 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5-Inch SATA III – Solid state drive for the OS. Also consider a 3.5 SATA disk for game storage. I’ve had bad experience in the past with SSDs so I prefer to stick with a brand name.

Case – Corsair Carbide Series 200R – Nice clean case that is solid and inexpensive. Beautiful with plenty of quiet cooling.

Power Supply – Rosewill 80 PLUS BRONZE 550 – Decent power supply to support future upgrades

OS - Windows 7 64-bit OEM – The old standard here, I prefer it over Windows 8


by the looks of it you will surpass the recommended with that gtx 980 ti :) BTW if money is an issue you can keep your r9 290 and crossfire it withe r9 390x (yes it is possible) since their practically the same cards with a rebrand and some tweaks and 4 more gbs and you would get a bit more performance, although if you can afford for a gtx 980 ti go for it all the way!! :)

BTW im intrested in the r9 290 i would definitely buy it for 150 $

and lastly have a great build :)
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Cheers for the reply.

So is an Intel Core i7-2600 3.4GHz roughly equivalent to a Intel i5-4590? Not sure how to compare that? My i7's gotta be getting on a bit now...

Think i'd prefer one GPU over two in crossfire, I imagine the power draw on one 980 Ti at 1080p would be less than 2 others.

Seems like i'm edging ever closer to the GPU upgrade.

Forgot a few things on my current spec list:

250GB kingston hyper x SSD for O/S and other programs
500GB EVO for games.

Best regards
AJ
 
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IF you're playing on two or more screens then the GTX980Ti upgrade makes sense (your original post is unclear as to how many of those 3 screens you game on) otherwise, unless you're having issues with the R9 290, I'd hold off on the upgrades until more information about Star Citizen VR requirements and its release dates are known:
That old i7 is still a seriously strong part, the motherboard has the USB 3.0 connections Rift requires and with Skylake on the horizon I'd wait until it's released and the benchmark figures are in before making any CPU/RAM/MB upgrade decisions.
Prices fluctuate but they don't go up often, usually down, so if you can delay the GPU upgrade you'll not only (probably) pay less but have more time to save for it-why hammer the credit card when you can save up and not pay the interest?

Of course, if you are playing on one 1080 screen you could always get the '980Ti and go dual screen while you're waiting for Star Citizen. ;)
 
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The standard i5 4590 (not k) is slightly better than the i7 2600 so I would imagine the recommended unlocked i5 4590K is a (bit?) better cpu, but I wouldn't stress about THAT much, so a cpu upgrade would be great, but not That important..
cheers :)
BTW if you want the best gtx 980 ti out there (optional) get the gigabyte one :http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZJP9DMC/ref=psdc_284822_t2_B00YDAYOK0

otherwise get the msi one: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0106QZE62/ref=psdc_284822_t2_B00ZJP9DMC

hope I helped :)

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