a new video card with more than 2GB of storage and one that can be overclocked?

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My specs are listed below: What would be the best value as of right now the cost is not a factor. Who ever response I ask a favor: Can you list the strengths and weakness of your suggestions?

Computer Specs: (NEWEST)

i7-2700K 3.5 GHz Turbo-EVO OVERCLOCKED to 4.4GHz (game mode only, otherwise 1.6GHz) MOBO – ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 CoolMaster HYPER 212 PLUS (w/2 fans) RAM – CORSAIR VENGEANCE 24GB(1600MHz DDR3) – SSD(s) Drive – (1) 2.5” OCZ VERTEX 3 120GB (OS)/(1) 2.5” SANDISK 240GB (FS9)/(1) 2.5” SANDISK 480GB (FSX)/HDD-WD CAVIAR BLACK 1TB - (Storage) RADEON HD 6970 Video Card (2GB/DDR5) CORSAIR TX-850TXV2 PSU within a CoolMaster HAF X case – Windows 7 Home Premium x64-bit – FS2004/FSX ‘Gold Edition’ – ASUS VE258 HDMI LCD color monitor.
 
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Due to all the crypto mining you either buy a cheap 1050ti or rx560. This or buy a 1080 which the price is about $20 higher than average. Everthing that was in between has went up in price or out of stock. You could wait a month or 2 for the AMD VEGA thats as fast as the 1080~1080ti. I suggest this 1080 as its powerful and not majorly over priced.
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Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Turbo OC Video Card ($514.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $514.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-09 19:42 EDT-0400
 
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1080p monitor

your cpu is overclocked a bit


a gtx 1060 is good, and about max unless you also upgrade the monitor

but due to the mining craze might not find it at a good price


a gtx 1050 ti is also a good upgrade
 
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Maxalge and elbert are on the right track, but the Pascal cards tend to not behave well when given the massive overclock treatment, and not because of thermals. In theory, they should be able to clock in much higher than stock, but the drivers and reference designs limit it's power intake to around 120 watts in the case of the GTX 1060. Because the of the power envelope, it's not feasible or sensible to clock it any higher because GPU Boost 3.0 will usually push the card to the limits of power consumption that Nvidia has set for it under proper load. If you want to overclock for fun rather than a significant performance difference, I highly recommend AMD's Radeons. They overclock well under proper cooling and can usually be had for a hefty sum cheaper than equivalent Geforce cards (though Nvidia's current offerings are definitely superior in terms of power and heat efficiency).

Note: If you chose Nvidia, don't get the "Founders Edition" (fancy reference card). Their thermal solution doesn't leave much room for high clock speeds than stock, especially on the Geforce GTX 1080. My friend made the mistake of getting it for the aesthetics and not the functionality.

As of writing, a 1060 6GB can be had for near MSRP here: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16814487280

Gosh, they're hard to find.
 
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A new monitor would be a good idea and a possible buy...would the gtx option provide the necessary power if I do decide to upgrade the monitor? Thanks for the feedback!!!!!

Richard Rice

 
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