Hello,
I made the step from console to PC gaming last October (best decision ever), and now that I'm more familiar with parts, overclocking, and performance, I am looking to make an upgrade or two in the near future. Since the next gen consoles are coming out this year, and my setup runs into some trouble with very high settings in games like Far Cry 3, I thought maybe a GPU upgrade is the way to go.
My current setup:
CPU: i5-3570k (4.3 ghz)
MOBO: Gigabyte z77-DS3H
GPU: EVGA GTX 570 HD (2.5gb vram)
MEMORY: ADATA DDR3 @ gb @ 1333mhz
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1tb
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS-I
PSU: Ultra 650W Bronze
I'm not rolling in the dough, obviously. In addition to a ram upgrade, would upgrading to a GTX 680 be "worth it?" Or is my system too slow overall to reap the full benefit of such? I want to be able to play whatever games come out later this year (which will likely be more demanding since the next gen consoles are coming out as well). And if I do get the GTX 680, do I need to get the 4gb vram since I only use one monitor @ 1920 x 1080? OR should I just upgrade other parts first, like maybe MOBO, processor, PSU, and wait for the 700 series to roll out later this year? Any advice is appreciated, thanks!
I made the step from console to PC gaming last October (best decision ever), and now that I'm more familiar with parts, overclocking, and performance, I am looking to make an upgrade or two in the near future. Since the next gen consoles are coming out this year, and my setup runs into some trouble with very high settings in games like Far Cry 3, I thought maybe a GPU upgrade is the way to go.
My current setup:
CPU: i5-3570k (4.3 ghz)
MOBO: Gigabyte z77-DS3H
GPU: EVGA GTX 570 HD (2.5gb vram)
MEMORY: ADATA DDR3 @ gb @ 1333mhz
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1tb
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS-I
PSU: Ultra 650W Bronze
I'm not rolling in the dough, obviously. In addition to a ram upgrade, would upgrading to a GTX 680 be "worth it?" Or is my system too slow overall to reap the full benefit of such? I want to be able to play whatever games come out later this year (which will likely be more demanding since the next gen consoles are coming out as well). And if I do get the GTX 680, do I need to get the 4gb vram since I only use one monitor @ 1920 x 1080? OR should I just upgrade other parts first, like maybe MOBO, processor, PSU, and wait for the 700 series to roll out later this year? Any advice is appreciated, thanks!