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want to upgrade my gaming PC for $200
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So I just built my new gaming PC and now I'm ready to upgrade again. I'm thinking that I should most likely upgrade my graphics card, but I'm not sure what to. My budget for this upgrade will be $200-$300.
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a b 4 Gaming
a c 78 U Graphics card
September 26, 2014 3:51:09 AM

William Railing said:
Usman Sajid said:
Core i5 4790k


That is .2 gigahertz slower when the a8's turbo core is enabled


Ghz /= performance.
a b 4 Gaming
a b U Graphics card
September 26, 2014 3:45:35 AM

Dont see GHZ, intel and amd have different architectures. See the hierarchy below for gaming cpus. If ur budget is limited dont get the K version, just get a simple i5 4430 and a $60 H81/H87 motherboard, it will not bottleneck any card.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-o...

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September 26, 2014 3:36:48 AM

William Railing said:
Usman Sajid said:
Core i5 4790k


That is .2 gigahertz slower when the a8's turbo core is enabled


Gigahertz means nothing. Its all about efficiency, IPC, architecture, and that i7 4790k mops the ground with the A8.
September 26, 2014 3:28:31 AM

Usman Sajid said:
Core i5 4790k


That is .2 gigahertz slower when the a8's turbo core is enabled
September 26, 2014 3:06:32 AM

Core i5 4790k
September 26, 2014 2:43:37 AM

what kind of CPU would I need
a c 283 4 Gaming
a c 250 U Graphics card
September 26, 2014 1:36:00 AM

Your CPU won't drive any sort of powerful graphics card. Just stick with the 560Ti.
September 26, 2014 12:56:20 AM

my setup:
AMD A8-6600k
16gig ram
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2GB GDDR5
ASRock ATX DDR3 1600 FM2 Motherboard

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