need you advice about Core i7 2600

chouiyekh

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hi guys, i have a workstation z210 (using it for gaming), core i7 2600, Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti 4GB, RAM 8GB DDR3, 256 GB SSD + 2 Tera HDD, alimentation 450 watt. need your advice if i'm able to run all games on high 1080, like GTA 5, FIFA 18, Witcher 3 ... and the latest games.... ect ? is this cpu enough,is 2600 still a top tier CPU ? please give me any advice will help me.
 
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It's not what I call top tier but it'll still hold it's own in plenty of titles. You'll definitely be at 60+ FPS unless you go crazy with graphics settings or something.

sebastianpalm7

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It's not top tier, but it's still solid as long as your mainboard is still good. My 2600K at stock (which is only slightly faster than your 2600) runs anything I've thrown at it, on an older GPU than yours (I'm running a GTX 760 at the moment). The 1050Ti is probably the weakest link, you really want a card ending in "60" or better for gaming, as they're actually designed for that. The 1050Ti is more of a multimedia/general desktop card with a facelift and a bit higher clock, if I recall correctly.

Basically, even if the GPU is newer than the rest, that's still what I'd replace first, unless your mainboard is acting up, like mine....
 

AHHH! Nonono!

The "Gaming" oriented cards are the GeForce GTX line. A 1050 holds up pretty well in most games on FHD medium or high. 1050Ti has more resources on the gpu and more vram, allowing it to push higher FPS or run higher settings and keep the FPS about the same. Now, undoubtedly a 1060 is better, but you don't need to shell out 200+ on a card to get decent performance. It's definitely the weakest link in the build but it is by no means a bad card.