Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 in an aging PC

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Would putting an Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 in my system give it a noticeable boost?

Here are my specs:
Asus M4A78LT-M LE Motherboard
AMD Athlon II X4 645, 3.10 GHz
Mushkin 8 GB PC3 Blackline RAM (2 x 4 GB)
500 GB Hard Disk
Nvidia GeForce GT 240

I play games such as first-person shooters and action RPGs. Not the latest ones, but usually ones that have been out for a few years, or have low requirements.

I'm just wondering if a 750 would give me better frame rates in the games I currently play, and possibly let me play a few new ones. Or if my processor is aging too much that it would just bottleneck it.

Thanks in advance!
 
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750/750TI should be ok. but honestly i would just get the cheapest 1 i could find regardless of the advertised gpu speed.
truth is mate that cpu is gonna bottleneck the 750ti by a small margin from the get go, so adding an oc or buying an oc'd version will just increase the chances of the bottleneck making your games unplayable.

as for the 950 that would be even more of an issue...


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Thank you, that is good to know.

What I'm also wondering is, is this GPU the best it's going to get for my current system? I'd like to keep this machine running for the next three to four years, and I hear the 900 series would just be completely bottlenecked by my processor.

Is there any reason to set my sights higher for a newer GPU, or is the 700 series basically the ceiling for my current system?
 
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750/750TI should be ok. but honestly i would just get the cheapest 1 i could find regardless of the advertised gpu speed.
truth is mate that cpu is gonna bottleneck the 750ti by a small margin from the get go, so adding an oc or buying an oc'd version will just increase the chances of the bottleneck making your games unplayable.

as for the 950 that would be even more of an issue...


 
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sunnybubblegum

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Thanks so much for your helpfulness!

I'm seeing the 750 Ti for as low as $150, sometimes with a limited-time $20 mail-in-rebate. Do you think they'll come down to $100?
 
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Really appreciate all of your helpful experience. I'll consider my options over the next few days. Thanks and take care!
 
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