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Hi. A couple of days ago my GPU died. I saw some wierd pixels across the screen when browsing, then it froze for a few seconds and gave me the good old BSOD.

After trying to reboot it, I had a message in the bottom right corner over the taskbar saying that Windows couldnt find the graphics card. Then I had no choice but to enter safemode. I tried deleting nvidia drivers and installing new ones, but that didn't work.

Now the screen is covered with lots of white stripes even in safemode, so I'm pretty sure the card is dead.

So yeah, I'm looking for a new GPU. I want to be able to run PUBG and other relatively new titles such as BF1 too. My system is old, from 2011 to be exact. I know I wont be able to run games at 60-70 fps on high settings, but a bit eyecandy would be great.

I'm no guru on this stuff, so I posted a link showing what's inside the box.

Any tips to what card I should look at will be greatly appreciated! :) I'm from Norway so the prices will vary, just hit me up with some cards I can check out and I'll look at the prices.

And btw, Im guessing the info on my monitor is bogus because I was in safemode when running that Speccy test. My monitor is a BenQ GL2450HM, and I think my PSU is a 500W, can open up and double check if need be.

http://speccy.piriform.com/results/ZHwjPDm0lxuQAzIBAIjn1Gf

Any advice would be great! :)
 
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For PUBG, which being early access and thus poorly optimized means it will be your most demanding game, you'll want a 6gb 1060 for eye candy and rock solid fps at 1080p.

I don't think a CPU upgrade is in order. If you did do a CPU upgrade, I'd focus on quad core with the highest possible clock speed rather than a quad core with hyperthreading(ie an i7). I don't think you'll gain enough in gaming performance just by adding hyperthreading to make it worth the cost. About the best you could do is get an unlocked CPU and overclock the hell out of it if your current CPU isn't enough.

Adding more memory is also something I'd think twice about. That's because upgrading a videocard is one thing, once we start talking CPU upgrade and memory...
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The speccy log shows "Intel Core @ 3.30GHz". So you either have an i3 or i5 2500. If you're wanting to play BF1 better I'd highly recommend 16GB of ram. Considering how old your CPU is, 1050Ti, or 1060 max.
 
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you are in luck, that motherboard supports the i7 3770k after a bios update

that paired with a gtx 1060 will make newer games very playable at 1080p, EASILY meeting your settings/fps goals

but first things first you are indeed going to need to open the case and post back make and model of the power supply because you might also need to upgrade this depending on its quality



 
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Oh yeah, my CPU is a i5. I'll check out the price on a i7 :)

Copy that, I will post back regarding the PSU later today after work.

Thanks for your help so far, guys!
 
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For PUBG, which being early access and thus poorly optimized means it will be your most demanding game, you'll want a 6gb 1060 for eye candy and rock solid fps at 1080p.

I don't think a CPU upgrade is in order. If you did do a CPU upgrade, I'd focus on quad core with the highest possible clock speed rather than a quad core with hyperthreading(ie an i7). I don't think you'll gain enough in gaming performance just by adding hyperthreading to make it worth the cost. About the best you could do is get an unlocked CPU and overclock the hell out of it if your current CPU isn't enough.

Adding more memory is also something I'd think twice about. That's because upgrading a videocard is one thing, once we start talking CPU upgrade and memory upgrade as well, now you're sinking more money into something old rather than simply upgrading one component.

edit: I wrote this as you added your last post, lol. I think you made a good choice.
 
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