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Started by STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM | | 1 answers
Upgrading GPU, what else?
my system is roughly 3-4 years old now and i'm looking for a graphical upgrade for gaming.

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 840 3.20GHz
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTS 450
PSU: OKIA-550ATX
MBD: Foxconn a88gmv
RAM: 4GB DDR3

right now i am thinking of upgrading the GPU to the GTX 970. not planning on SLI anytime soon
will my PSU be able to handle that card?
will i still be significantly bottlenecked by the other components?
what should be my upgrade process if my budget only allows for upgrading one component at a time?

thank you in advance
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October 13, 2014 5:57:52 PM

The CPU will bottleneck you in the CPU intensive games such as BF4 64 person multiplayer. The card will do Ultra but you may get intermittent "stops" in the game. That is the CPU hitting 100%. Just turn down setting to Medium to take a little strain off of CPU.

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