Need advice: Upgrading from gtx 470 / 750

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jin410

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Hey all,

I'm in the market for a new video card. I have a couple of gift cards coming in for bestbuy (i know, best buy sucks but that was the best of all the sh*tty options) and wanted to get some advice before purchasing anything from there.

Currently I have a gtx 750 i recently switched from a gtx 470 (a friend gave me his old card) but I haven't seen any improvement over the 470.
My computer is a few years old:

Motherboard: Asus P6x58-e
CPU: i7 950 (Bloomfield) @ 3.07ghz
RAM: 24GB DDR3 triple channel 1600
Running windows 10
2x 1080p monitors.

I don't see myself getting a new monitor in the next 2 years or upgrading my PC.
I would love to play some new games, Fallout4, Witcher, Battle Front.

Please let me know what you all think.
Thanks in advance!





 
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13thmonkey
general rule of thumb, for each increase in the first digit a decrease in the second digit will give the same power (roughly and up to a point), I wouldn't go below the N50's with this though.

So a 470 = 560, a 560 = 650 (ish), so if you want a bump above your 750ti, this is roughly a 940 (this is where it breaks down), so a 960 or better should be a decent increase.

Alternative look at toms GPU hierarchy and pick something 2-3 levels above a 750ti. Or check your budget and see how many levels you can climb, if the answer is 1, don't bother, if its 2 think about it or wait for a while as you'll see limited benefit, if it is 3 then it's a safe decision as you'll see a benefit.

I went from a 470 to a 580 and saw some improvement, and...
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general rule of thumb, for each increase in the first digit a decrease in the second digit will give the same power (roughly and up to a point), I wouldn't go below the N50's with this though.

So a 470 = 560, a 560 = 650 (ish), so if you want a bump above your 750ti, this is roughly a 940 (this is where it breaks down), so a 960 or better should be a decent increase.

Alternative look at toms GPU hierarchy and pick something 2-3 levels above a 750ti. Or check your budget and see how many levels you can climb, if the answer is 1, don't bother, if its 2 think about it or wait for a while as you'll see limited benefit, if it is 3 then it's a safe decision as you'll see a benefit.

I went from a 470 to a 580 and saw some improvement, and a 580 to 970 and saw loads of improvement.
 
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jin410

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Thanks for the reply

I looked up the chart and a gtx 970 is definitely doable in my budget.

Which would you recommend though?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=gtx+970&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17071&type=page&sc=Global&cp=1&nrp=&sp=&qp=&list=n&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960&keys=keys

I read a post on Reddit saying not to get the 04G-P4-3979-KB , do you think that the new 04G-P4-3979-KF would have the same issues?
I was also look at the GTX970GAMING4G.

I'd like to get something that's not crazy loud like my old 470.
 
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