Need a new CPU or is GPU-Upgrade to 1060GTX enough?

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raphael771

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Hey guys!

My current system:
550W Power Supply
Intel i5-2400 @ 3,1GHZ
Asus P8P67
12GB RAM DDR3
Geforce GTX 460 Zotac AMP!
250GB SSD Samsung Evo 850

Now as I´m unable to play new games with a reasonable FPS Rate, I´d love to upgrade my PC. I thought of buying a ASUS ROG GTX 1060 OC 6GB Card, and hope for the best. My question: I wanna play games like PUBG or BF1 on 1080P. Do you think with the rest of my system I can play these games with 50-60fps, or do you think I need a CPU Upgrade (and therefore Mainboard and DDR4 Ram) as well?

Thanks for your help!
 
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Yes you can OC the non-Oc'd card. Not all chips overclock well. ASUS gets a pile of chips and then sorts them into ones that run well at high speeds and ones that don't. They sell the ones that OC well for a higher price and ship them as factory overclocked. You are likely to get a lower OC with a lower price card, but you can do things...
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raphael771

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So the bottleneck will not be that much as that i cant play CPU hungry games like Battlefield 1 or PUBG at 55+ fps? This would be really great news as upgrading the rest would be like 600 bucks+ more...
 
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tsnor

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look on youtube for videos of the games you play with a GTX460. If they are getting much better frame rates then you are CPU limited.

Most likely you need video, but it is a bad time to be buying a video card. The current bitcoin craze has made prices higher than launch. They will come down. The 1060 would be a HUGE upgrade over the 460 you have now: http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-460-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060-6GB/2167vs3639 but the price is high becuase gtx 1060s are very efficient miners.

https://camelcamelcamel.com/GeForce-STRIX-Ready-Graphic-STRIX-GTX1060-O6G-GAMING/product/B01IPVSN1S?context=search

Consider a used card with similar performance to the 1060 as a stopgap until prices fall. Here is a list of video cards, look in the tiers one above and one below the 1060 as well as the 1060 tier. example: GTX used 780 for $100 on ebay (or swoop down and catch a GTX 1060 at a reasonable price when supply does trickle in).
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html
 
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raphael771

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Ok thanks for your help! I have the opportunity to get the ASUS ROG GTX 1060 6GB for a reasonable price, but it is not the Overclocked one. The overclocked one would be 80€ more at the moment.
Isnt it possible to overclock the normal ASUS ROG 1060 to the same mhz as the OC version by just using MSI Afterburner? Or am I missing something and it is not that easy?
Again - thx for helping me guys!
 
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Yes you can OC the non-Oc'd card. Not all chips overclock well. ASUS gets a pile of chips and then sorts them into ones that run well at high speeds and ones that don't. They sell the ones that OC well for a higher price and ship them as factory overclocked. You are likely to get a lower OC with a lower price card, but you can do things like run it in a cooler case with more airflow to get a better OC.

 
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