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Hi, new to posting but been reading for ages - thanks for all the info over the years guys!
Right, my question - and I know you get like 20 a day of these but...... - what GPU should I buy?!
I am upgrading my 5yo PC with a bunch of new bling but I can not decide on GPU. Spec below:
I5-6600k that I will overclock quite a bit
ASRock motherboard
SSD drive
700w quad rail power (from my existing case / power set-up)
16gb DDR4 ram - I was planning to auto-overclock these
For Monitors I currently use 2 x BenQ E2220HD which are 1080p with 5ms response.
I can let you have details of anything else if needed but these are the main bits. I play a mix of strategy games like total war and FPS like doom, titanfall etc. I don't do a lot of multiplayer games but sometimes a bit of battlefront, dawn of war, titanfall.
So at the moment I have a GTX 460 with an I5 760 overclocked. I have literally upgraded nothing but drivers over last 5 years and have been so impressed with GTX460 and nvidia generally.
So first thought was thought was a GTX970 to stick with my NVidia love. But then I got reading and started to warm up to an R9 390x - currently available with free TW: warhammer which will save me £40. Then I got excited about the new 480x and perhaps starting with one of these and then looking at 2x in crossfire down the road if I upgrade my monitors to 4k (only a matter of time........).
But now I'm reading the2x 480x crossfire probably wont be as good as a single GTX1070....so Im really not sure what to do! I'm starting to edge back towards my original plan of R9 390x. I'm not bothered about power or case cooling - never been an issue in the past and I think the 700w power should be fine. But would a 1070 be better future proofed for 4k? or would the 2x 480x make more sense for that.
Thoughts?!
Thanks Matt
Right, my question - and I know you get like 20 a day of these but...... - what GPU should I buy?!
I am upgrading my 5yo PC with a bunch of new bling but I can not decide on GPU. Spec below:
I5-6600k that I will overclock quite a bit
ASRock motherboard
SSD drive
700w quad rail power (from my existing case / power set-up)
16gb DDR4 ram - I was planning to auto-overclock these
For Monitors I currently use 2 x BenQ E2220HD which are 1080p with 5ms response.
I can let you have details of anything else if needed but these are the main bits. I play a mix of strategy games like total war and FPS like doom, titanfall etc. I don't do a lot of multiplayer games but sometimes a bit of battlefront, dawn of war, titanfall.
So at the moment I have a GTX 460 with an I5 760 overclocked. I have literally upgraded nothing but drivers over last 5 years and have been so impressed with GTX460 and nvidia generally.
So first thought was thought was a GTX970 to stick with my NVidia love. But then I got reading and started to warm up to an R9 390x - currently available with free TW: warhammer which will save me £40. Then I got excited about the new 480x and perhaps starting with one of these and then looking at 2x in crossfire down the road if I upgrade my monitors to 4k (only a matter of time........).
But now I'm reading the2x 480x crossfire probably wont be as good as a single GTX1070....so Im really not sure what to do! I'm starting to edge back towards my original plan of R9 390x. I'm not bothered about power or case cooling - never been an issue in the past and I think the 700w power should be fine. But would a 1070 be better future proofed for 4k? or would the 2x 480x make more sense for that.
Thoughts?!
Thanks Matt
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