i want lots of options, opinions and best way to continue to use this PC unless that the bad idea.

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i spent a lot on my own PC build but that was 3 years and well in tech that ancient history maybe. i built my own PC its great but is it enough for today standard maybe still or with a few upgrades we see. i want to play Xbox cross play along with vr and well push it to limits before i have to build a new and maybe not have to buy Scorpio Xbox one. money both not a issue and is a issue as im looking for what to do with any budget.i want lots of options, opinions and best way to continue to use this PC unless that the bad idea.
i have a
CORSAIR 600t silver case
ASUS P8Z77-V PRO motherboard LGA 1155
i7-3770k cpu
CORSAIR Vengeance (2X8GB)16GB DDR3 RAM
MSI GeForce GTX 680 PM2D2GD5 Graphics card
SeaSonic X Series X-850 POWERSUPPY
CORSAIR Hydro Series H100i
WINDOWS 10 PRO 64 BIT

Wanted to see what graphic card works best and if a 970 or 1070 would bottleneck and any other improvements aka new cpu please both high budget and low budget suggestions

 
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Mr Kagouris
You're good on all fronts except maybe for the graphics card. The 680 is still a good GPU but a bit dated. You could upgrade to a GTX 1080 (700$) and not have to worry about it for another 2-3 years.

If you want to spend less money you can always get a GTX 1070 (400$) and still get a huge improvement.

If you want to spend even less, you can upgrade to AMD's upcoming Rx 480 (200$).

All of these cards will allow you to comfortably use a VR headset, and will be capable of running any modern game.

If you wait for the GTX 1080 Ti (should come out some time in winter or early spring, in line with previous Nvidia release schedules) and get one of those, you will also be able to game at 4K.
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You're good on all fronts except maybe for the graphics card. The 680 is still a good GPU but a bit dated. You could upgrade to a GTX 1080 (700$) and not have to worry about it for another 2-3 years.

If you want to spend less money you can always get a GTX 1070 (400$) and still get a huge improvement.

If you want to spend even less, you can upgrade to AMD's upcoming Rx 480 (200$).

All of these cards will allow you to comfortably use a VR headset, and will be capable of running any modern game.

If you wait for the GTX 1080 Ti (should come out some time in winter or early spring, in line with previous Nvidia release schedules) and get one of those, you will also be able to game at 4K.
 
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Sorry, not much up for discussion. Upgrade the video card to one of the new ones that just came out, and that will be a BIG improvement over your 680. 1080Ti is scheduled for Q4 2016, so still a wait on that, if your computer is performing all right for right now, no need to upgrade yet. I've got a 980Ti and am patiently awaiting the 1080Ti, but my parents are getting a 480 ordered for them on launch day if I can find one. They don't even game, but I game on their computer when I'm there for the weekend or whatnot.
 
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Great suggestions thank you. Would I run in to a bottle neck issue from the 2/3 year old cpu,motherboard,even the ram being DDR3 and power suppy still in range any cards required more or less power then 680 on any of those cards? I was wondering if I run into a issue of the pin on pci ports. Is amd cards up the the 1080ti yet or 1080ti preforms best in your opinion. I all ways went nvidia but is amd making ground? Thank again
 
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Nope, no bottlenecks whatsoever. In fact, your PSU is pretty overkill for any modern card (this is a good thing as it won't have to ramp up the fan as much).

We don't yet know how the 1080 Ti will perform. AMD's new Polaris cards are also on the "affordable" end of the market, they intentionally didn't try to compete with the new Nvidia cards. They will be releasing their new "Vega" cards in October-November though, and those will be their new high end cards.

Right now (well, in about a month or so not exactly right now), your best choices are GTX 1080 > GTX 1070 > Rx 480.
 
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