Gpu upgrade, how far is worth it considering my current kit

Kornoth

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Hi all, I'm considering an upgrade to either a gtx 970 or 1060 or of the like.However my pic is starting to age and am wondering if it's worth it as these cards might be wasted on it.
My specs
phenom 2 x4 840
Asus M4A88T-I delux, has pcie x16 2.0
Crosshair ddr3 1600mhz ram
Evga gtx 480

Oh ho, I have been playing No Mans Sky and I just tried hwmonitor and the 4 cores of my processor fluctuate around 50~60% but the gpu is around 90%. So the question is how good of a gpu should I get before I might as well buy a new pc?
 
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I would not even worry about that. The newer dx12 and Vulkan games use a lot less cpu amd focus more on the gpu so you will be doing good with the 8gb rx480.

Naevulle

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I would not even worry about that. The newer dx12 and Vulkan games use a lot less cpu amd focus more on the gpu so you will be doing good with the 8gb rx480.
 
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