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SlayerTime11

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Hello. i am looking to upgrade my computer that i purchased prebuilt off cyberpowerpc (will list parts list below) a year ago.
At the time i bought 2gb of vram card for amd
Now i wish to upgrade to 8 gb of vram and am wondering if A) anyone can give me info on which would be wise to purchase and
B) if i can use 2 graphics cards.
C) if there is anything besides graphics card limiting my build
My ultimate goal is for a 2 monitor set up (using a tv as a monitor but will buy a monitor soon)
Current parts list off the invoice from cyberpower pc.

Motherboard: gigabyte ga-970 gaming sli w/intel gblan crossfire am 3+ usb 3.1
Processor: oem amd fx-8320 3.5ghz eight core 125W
Harddrive: 3TB HDD 3.5 SATAIII 7200rpm 6.0GB/s 64MB Cashe (It was on sale from a 1 tb hd)
Ram: adata 8gb ddr3-2133 xpg v3 (16gb total as i have 2 sticks)
Graphics card: amd radeon r7 360 2gb 16x gddr5 pci-e 3.0
Power supply: Atng 600 watt 80 plus power supply
Tower Case: phanteks enthoo pro m atx/usb 3.0 side window mid tower gaming case
 
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Your CPU is getting older and might start being held back in some games as i often see FX 8350's which are similar cause people bottlenecks in newer CPU intensive games. I would upgrade the GPU first and your best option would be an RX 480 8GB since you want 8GB VRAM and i suppose you would be familiar with the AMD cards. It's also an excellent price/performance card and a great choice for 1080p gaming. Then after this perhaps save for a new CPU/MOBO/RAM upgrade maybe wait a month or two when Ryzen 5 comes out which should have a good lineup and at least bring Intel prices down at the same time. Hope this helps :)

*Edit* Also, Yes the RX 480 can run in CrossFire to have 2 cards later if you wish. Unlike it's Nvidia competitor the GTX...
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Your CPU is getting older and might start being held back in some games as i often see FX 8350's which are similar cause people bottlenecks in newer CPU intensive games. I would upgrade the GPU first and your best option would be an RX 480 8GB since you want 8GB VRAM and i suppose you would be familiar with the AMD cards. It's also an excellent price/performance card and a great choice for 1080p gaming. Then after this perhaps save for a new CPU/MOBO/RAM upgrade maybe wait a month or two when Ryzen 5 comes out which should have a good lineup and at least bring Intel prices down at the same time. Hope this helps :)

*Edit* Also, Yes the RX 480 can run in CrossFire to have 2 cards later if you wish. Unlike it's Nvidia competitor the GTX 1060 which cannot.
 
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in my opinion that gpu is still capable but if you want more go with the rx480 8gb edition and crossfire it or get something higher from nvidia, maybe a gtx 1070
for the cpu, get amd's ryzen or the intel i7 7700k for more performance boost and preventing bottleneck (which means you need a new motherboard too)
 
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As for limitations, that totally depends on what you're doing with your computer. If all you want to do is run LoL or DOTA 2 then you should be able to do that fine right now. You want an 8gb videocard, is there some reason why? Or did you just pick that number out of the air? Depending on your needs, a 4gb 470 might be all you need.

You just bought this computer 1 year ago. What changed so drastically that you think you need such an upgrade?
 
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SlayerTime11

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sorry forgot to look back at this for a while (busy as all hell at work). basically i wanna run 4k and am planning on slowly upgrading my rig as i go.
ill stick with amd stuff for now, if i get a new rig i plan to go intel and nividia.
what changed is my desire to run multiple monitors, and a desire to run extreme graphics.
 
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I admit I'm a bit puzzled here. On your current system you can upgrade your videocard, but that's about it in terms of the important components. There is no CPU upgrade path with you already having an FX 8320. A new CPU means a new motherboard and new system ram(DDR4). In essence, a new computer.

That motherboard is crossfire compatible right? That means AMD, but you say you want to game at 4k, and that means you need to go with Nvidia since they are the most reasonable 4k solution right now. I suppose you could buy a couple of powerful AMD cards and crossfire them, but when you factor in the cost of the cards, the cost of the power supply to power them, and the sometimes shaky support crossfire gets in games, is it worth it?

What I'd do in your situation is: Not buy anything for 4k until I have a 4k monitor. Meanwhile I'd live with this system as is. Once you get your monitors and are ready to move on 4k gaming, then look around at your options. Depending how long it takes you to get the monitor, you might have more cards to choose from by then, or at least the current ones will be cheaper. Right now you're lucky in that 4k gaming is limited by the GPU, not the CPU. So if you add the right videocard then you'll be able to find playable settings. Gaming at 4k is still a tough challenge, even if you had an Intel CPU the challenge is no less.
 
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SlayerTime11

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im not technologically inclined if you cannot tell so i doubt to get to 4k for a long while. eventually i probably will save up for a new rig. Currently i am gaming on a TV so would like to get an actual gaming monitor for gaming and plan to run my internet browser on the tv.
Do you know if i can use my old GPU with a new graphics card (use them both at once, my old 2gb GPU and a new 8gb GPU? or if that would be a drag on the system?
my current goal is to do the best i can without reworking the system and hopefully be able to dual monitor and get high graphics and 60 fps (minimum). 4k is a pipe dream and probably not realistic i understand that.



 
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