What is the best graphics card possible (without being bottlenecked) for a Core 2 Quad q9550

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alshaikhlimustafa1998

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I have a pc with these specs :
- Core 2 Quad q9550 2.83GHz
(overclockable)
- Gigabyte MB 1333hz
- 8 GB of RAM
- DDR3 Nvidia GT 730 2GB

I saw a couple of videos of people having a pc with the same specs but with a higher graphics card (GTX 750ti) running modern games such as ( The Witcher III/ Far Cry 4 / Dark Souls 3) on High/ultra graphics and 1366x768 reseloution. And I've been willing to upgrade my GPU for a while now, So I decided to do it. What do u think the best GPU would be to perform without being held back? Maybe a GTX 960 ti?
 
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velocityg4
Take a look at the GPU hierarchy published by Toms. I'd get one of the cards in the GTX 770, GTX 1050 Ti or GTX 1050 tiers. Either AMD or nVidia. I think those would be the highest range I'd go with that CPU. There are a lot of options in that range. As long as your PSU is good enough there are a lot of used options.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html

Although I'd avoid some of the really old models. They may have the raw power but lack modern features and can have relatively bad performance in current games.
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Take a look at the GPU hierarchy published by Toms. I'd get one of the cards in the GTX 770, GTX 1050 Ti or GTX 1050 tiers. Either AMD or nVidia. I think those would be the highest range I'd go with that CPU. There are a lot of options in that range. As long as your PSU is good enough there are a lot of used options.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html

Although I'd avoid some of the really old models. They may have the raw power but lack modern features and can have relatively bad performance in current games.
 
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zyh1987

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1050 or 1050ti, is probably the higest card that i would go. anything more expensive, i would suggest to upgrade the cpu,mobo,ram (i3 8100/8gb/h310 or b360 mobo)

i have tried putting a rx 580 with a q9550, and compare it to a 6600k.

in pubg, i was getting 40-50 fps on low with q9550 @ 90~100%. with 6600k, i get 120 fps on high, same graphics card.

 
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