Thinking About Upgrade

[b0b95]

I am planning to upgrade my current rig with hopefully only a new gpu and an additional hardrive. Currently run MSI P55-GD65 with a core i7 870 and a 5870. What would you recommend for a gpu? Gtx 670? Will the cpu serve as a bottleneck or will it be okay?

 

[groundrat]

PCIe 3.0 cards will work on PCIe 2.0 boards. Your i7 should not bottleneck. As long as you have enough headroom on your PS you should be fine.

 

[manofchalk]

As long as your PSU is sufficient, you can throw any card you like on that rig.
Get the best card you can afford.

 

[b0b95]

Power supply is 750w. What would you guys recommend personally?

 

[manofchalk]

If its a good quality supply, thats more than enough for what your after.

 

[b0b95]

since the difference between a 670 and a 680 is small, would you reccomend it or would the 7970 be the card of choice?

 

[manofchalk]

Would go with the 7970, it offers better performance provided you playing at 1080p or better (and performs a lot better the higher resolution you go compared to 670/680)
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/Catalyst_12.11_Performance/23.html