- Nov 4, 2015
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I have a Studio XPS 9000/435T, from 2010, with an Intel i7-930 processor running at 2.8 (x58 chipset motherboard, 24Gb of 1066 ram (For my After Effects rendering), an upgraded boot hard drive to 1Tb Intel SSD running Windows 7 (probably upgrade to 10 soon), ATI Radeon HD 5870 video card driving a 23" 1920x1080 monitor. Stock Power supply currently (I know I'll need to upgrade the PSU as well)
I would like to upgrade my video card.
Currently my main reason for upgrading is to run current gen games at 1080 with full settings (Fallout 4, etc.) But I am trying to be forward thinking for 1440 or even 4k gaming down the road if possible with this rig. Would potentially like to get into Oculus Rift as well once it drops.
I am concerned #1 with if my CPU will be a bottleneck therefore wasting money on a higher end card. If so I'll probably just wait and buy a whole new PC in the next couple of years.
#2 if the rig is fine for upgrading I am thinking of going one of 2 ways.
A. Cheaper card just to get by until I buy a new full rig in the next couple of years anyway. Allowing me to get to 1080 gaming with no problems on full graphics settings. Thinking maybe the Radeon R9 380.
B. Buy a higher end card like the GTX 980ti that would allow me to game at higher resolutions and potentially be my card for VR, Oculus, etc.
Thoughts, recommendations, bottlenecks?
I would like to upgrade my video card.
Currently my main reason for upgrading is to run current gen games at 1080 with full settings (Fallout 4, etc.) But I am trying to be forward thinking for 1440 or even 4k gaming down the road if possible with this rig. Would potentially like to get into Oculus Rift as well once it drops.
I am concerned #1 with if my CPU will be a bottleneck therefore wasting money on a higher end card. If so I'll probably just wait and buy a whole new PC in the next couple of years.
#2 if the rig is fine for upgrading I am thinking of going one of 2 ways.
A. Cheaper card just to get by until I buy a new full rig in the next couple of years anyway. Allowing me to get to 1080 gaming with no problems on full graphics settings. Thinking maybe the Radeon R9 380.
B. Buy a higher end card like the GTX 980ti that would allow me to game at higher resolutions and potentially be my card for VR, Oculus, etc.
Thoughts, recommendations, bottlenecks?
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