Upgrading GPU on 4.5 year old computer

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dsnelson23

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Budget Range: $100 - $300
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming

Parts to Upgrade: GPU

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg Preferred Website

Parts Preferences: NVidia Preferred

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920 X 1080

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Cant run new games

Current System:

Monitor: 23.5" Curved LED Monitor

Motherboard: Intel BOXDZ68BC LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

CPU: Intel Core i7-2600 Sandy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W BX80623I72600 Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000

Hard Drive: Western Digital Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL7Q-16GBXH

Power Supply: Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold - 800W Power Supply with 80 PLUS Gold Certification and Semi-Modular Cables

GPU to replace: EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

SSD recently purchased and not yet installed: SSD 850 EVO 2.5" SATA III 500GB


I am just looking to get myself by for the next couple of years until I have the resources to completely rebuild with the new NVidia pascal tech. I don't need to play on Ultra settings, just good enough to play most current games. Plan was to just upgrade GPU and need to know if that will get me to the point where I need to be or if something else in my rig is too outdated. Any tips are appreciated and thank you all in advance for the advice.

 
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We've already gone longer with inflated prices than we've seen for a long time, I'd hope it'll settle soon, but I don't claim any real insight here. A few weeks I'd hope.

RE the monitor, it could be the card, the cable or the monitor itself. Only way is to try a different one of each. Can you swap the cables on your monitors? See if the problem switches with the GPU output and cable, or stays with the monitor. You need to isolate the problem component.
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There's really only two choices, a GTX1060 or RX-480 (8GB model).

For both you want non-founders/non-reference models. Something like an EVGA or Asus 8-pin with two fans.

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Availability is a problem. You'll need to wait. Prices are way too high for the small amount that are currently shipping. Wait several weeks until RX-480 8GB and GTX1060 are closer to $250ish (GTX1060 may end up closer to $300USD).

Both have pros and cons. I'd personally get the GTX1060.
 
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rhysiam

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The RX 470 is launching on August 2 as well. I know you said you prefer Nvidia, but it's a significantly cheaper card and probably a better fit for your 1080P monitor.

Perhaps availability will be crazy as well... who knows! For sure though today is a terrible time to buy a GPU in your budget range. It's either old tech or wildly inflated prices on new tech. Can you wait a few weeks until prices (hopefully!) settle?

Nvidia has a 3GB partially disabled 1060 (might be labelled 1050, we don't know) in the works too. I don't believe we have any official launch dates but it should be coming soon. Again, cheaper and a better fit for your 1080P screen.
 
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dsnelson23

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I absolutely can wait a few weeks or months. I am mostly a Dota player so my current rig is more than capable of playing that. However, with games like Titanfall 2 coming out this year, I would like to be able to play it in some capacity. I found out that my computer can no longer play the most recent releases after trying to play the Doom demo. I think the 1060 will be my choice in a few months. How long until you think the prices will settle?

I also have a question regarding my current machine. I am running a dual monitor setup, with my Samsung as my main display and a ViewSonic X Series VX2035WM as my second. All was fine for quite some time but now the second monitor acts like its not getting a signal to it for a period of time, then it comes back for a bit. It has been slowly becoming a more frequent occurrence and now has been off for quite awhile. Any ideas on that? Once again, thank you all for the help.
 
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rhysiam

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We've already gone longer with inflated prices than we've seen for a long time, I'd hope it'll settle soon, but I don't claim any real insight here. A few weeks I'd hope.

RE the monitor, it could be the card, the cable or the monitor itself. Only way is to try a different one of each. Can you swap the cables on your monitors? See if the problem switches with the GPU output and cable, or stays with the monitor. You need to isolate the problem component.
 
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