Upgrading GPU...Can my CPU & PS handle it?

Shell_Shocker · Apr 11, 2016

New forum user here...

Little bit of background on my current rig setup:

ASUS GTX-770 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5
Intel i5-4670k Haswell Quad-Core 3.4 GHz
Corsair HX series 850W
ASUS Sabertooth Z87 motherboard
16 GB RAM
Standard cooling

So my thought is to upgrade the graphics card so I can run newer games like Tomb Raider, TC Division, Need for Speed as well as GTA5. Instead of going the route of buying a new expensive card, I'd rather do an SLI setup until it's time for another full build.

If I ran another GTX-770 in SLI, would I need to upgrade any other components of my rig?

Apologies if this has already been answered or there's a sticky somewhere that answers questions like these!

Thanks

Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163 · Apr 11, 2016

The newest Tomb Raider don't support SLI at all (maybe?). I advise getting a single strong GPU than two weaker ones. I'm surprised a GTX 770 isn't giving you playable results in those games. Have you tried playing any of them?

Shell_Shocker · Apr 11, 2016

Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163 :

I guess I should have been a little more specific about the games. The only ones I currently play are GTA 5 and Witcher 3. The ones I mentioned above are games I plan on getting eventually.

Snipergod87 · Apr 11, 2016

His problem is that the GTX770 is only the 2GB variant instead of 4GB. This will cause stuttering as 2GB isn't enough frame buffer for 1920x1080 at high detail settings (honestly it wasn't really enough at launch).

Your PC can handle an upgrade just fine.

Hlsgsz · Apr 11, 2016

Shell_Shocker :

If your 770 had more than 2gb of vram an SLI setup might be viable, but in your care it would be a really bad investment. Games are already pushing past 2gb of vram. Hold on to the card for a coulpe of months until the next generation of cards come out from both NV and AMD and see what's what then.

Shell_Shocker · Aug 14, 2016

Hlsgsz :

So another question to follow...seeing the recent release of the GTX 1080, would my current setup (as noted in the first post) limit the potential of a GTX 1080? I would think 1440 gaming would be no problem but would 4k settings give me some issues until I upgraded my CPU/RAM?

Hlsgsz · Aug 14, 2016

No, your setup would not limit a 1080 in any way as the i5 is a very capable CPU. Also, resolution doesn't really affect CPU usage is is almost entirely dependent on the GPU.

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