- Jan 8, 2014
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Hi,
I have a quite old PC which I've already upgraded once, 2 years ago. Now it look like this:
Mobo: Asus M3N78
CPU: Phenom II X4 955
GPU: Sapphire R7 260x
RAM: 8GB DDR2 Hyperx Fury
PSU: HKC USP 7630 (630W)
I am very well aware that what it really needs is to land in the bin, but I can't afford a full replacement. I dream of having a Ryzen and a Vega but prices skyrocketed in the past couple years, back in late 2011 I bought my config for 350 USD (local prices, Hungary) and for the same gaming performance I would now need at least 800 USD (local prices, Hungary) which is just too much.
So the question: can I put an rx480 (which only needs a 6pin from PSU) without killing my whole config? Will my CPU prevent the rx480 to provide a significant leap in performance? Or is the DDR2 RAM an achilles heel in the config?
Up until now I didn't have problems running most games on High settings at 1080p (I don't mind playing at 20-30 FPS) but Warhammer Total War or Witcher 2 is just too much for the old lad and recently Diablo 3 started lagging too, not to say it can't handle a 30man raid in WoW either if I don't lower settings to high-medium either.
Scenario A is I buy an RX480 which I will transfer to my new config somewhere next year, or I suck it up and keep waiting until prices drop to an affordable level (I don't really know if Ryzen and Vega will finally push prices down from the unbelievable levels which Nvidia and Intel set due to market monopoly). It depends on if the rx480 would boost the config significantly.
Thank you very much for the help!
P.s.: Please don't recommend Nvidia or Intel components, I will never be able to afford the +20% price margin compared to AMD.
I have a quite old PC which I've already upgraded once, 2 years ago. Now it look like this:
Mobo: Asus M3N78
CPU: Phenom II X4 955
GPU: Sapphire R7 260x
RAM: 8GB DDR2 Hyperx Fury
PSU: HKC USP 7630 (630W)
I am very well aware that what it really needs is to land in the bin, but I can't afford a full replacement. I dream of having a Ryzen and a Vega but prices skyrocketed in the past couple years, back in late 2011 I bought my config for 350 USD (local prices, Hungary) and for the same gaming performance I would now need at least 800 USD (local prices, Hungary) which is just too much.
So the question: can I put an rx480 (which only needs a 6pin from PSU) without killing my whole config? Will my CPU prevent the rx480 to provide a significant leap in performance? Or is the DDR2 RAM an achilles heel in the config?
Up until now I didn't have problems running most games on High settings at 1080p (I don't mind playing at 20-30 FPS) but Warhammer Total War or Witcher 2 is just too much for the old lad and recently Diablo 3 started lagging too, not to say it can't handle a 30man raid in WoW either if I don't lower settings to high-medium either.
Scenario A is I buy an RX480 which I will transfer to my new config somewhere next year, or I suck it up and keep waiting until prices drop to an affordable level (I don't really know if Ryzen and Vega will finally push prices down from the unbelievable levels which Nvidia and Intel set due to market monopoly). It depends on if the rx480 would boost the config significantly.
Thank you very much for the help!
P.s.: Please don't recommend Nvidia or Intel components, I will never be able to afford the +20% price margin compared to AMD.
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