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GPU upgrade
Posted on 7/6/16 at 10:16 pm
Posted on 7/6/16 at 10:16 pm
I currently have a Geforce 470.(go ahead and laugh) I have been holding out to upgrade for awhile because I am worried that once I bite the bullet and buy a new one, some new technology will come along and make me have buyers remorse soon after the purchase.
I don't think I can wait much longer. So with that said, assuming that I a, capped at 1,000, what would be the best choice? Latest and greatest? Last generation for cheaper? Off brand? Big name?
Suggestions would be awesome.
I don't think I can wait much longer. So with that said, assuming that I a, capped at 1,000, what would be the best choice? Latest and greatest? Last generation for cheaper? Off brand? Big name?
Suggestions would be awesome.
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Posted on 7/6/16 at 11:24 pm to Seeker
The new technologies are here now. For nVidia you have their new Pascal architecture which is allowing more powerful GPU's with a lot less power required and lower TDP's. So far they have rolled out their 2 top of the line GPU's; the 1080 and 1070.
AMD is going about things the exact opposite. They have released a lower end card first of their new architecture the RX 480.
I would probably wait until closer to the end of the year to buy a new GPU. By that time more of nVidia's lower end cards will be out and AMD's higher end Vega cards will be out. Also you will have an easier time finding cards in stock than right now.
AMD is going about things the exact opposite. They have released a lower end card first of their new architecture the RX 480.
I would probably wait until closer to the end of the year to buy a new GPU. By that time more of nVidia's lower end cards will be out and AMD's higher end Vega cards will be out. Also you will have an easier time finding cards in stock than right now.
Posted on 7/7/16 at 12:50 am to Seeker
No one should be recommending high-end GPUs to you without knowing what you're running in the rest of your system -- specifically, CPU. If you have $1,000 to spend, you're probably better off doing an overhaul than throwing in the latest and greatest GPU that will most likely be bottlenecked by a 6-year-old CPU (based on the age of the video card). But first, let me know what you're running.
Posted on 7/7/16 at 9:06 am to Seeker
Like someone else said, it all depends on what you are going to do with it. I have monster of a home PC, apart from the GPU which is just a single GTX970. But I use my PC mainly as a powerful virtual home lab. I recently got nostalgic and downloaded Warcraft 3 and played that, but other than that, the graphics card is way more than enough for my purposes.
Now if you are trying to run something like the witcher 3 across 3 4K screens, you will need more horsepower obviously.
Now if you are trying to run something like the witcher 3 across 3 4K screens, you will need more horsepower obviously.
Posted on 7/7/16 at 9:45 am to WavinWilly
quote:
it all depends on what you are going to do with it.
I'm assuming he's going to play new/recent AAA titles with it. My concern, however, is the rest of the system. While GPU is the most important component for a gaming PC, you can't just slap a $700+ video card in a system running a 6-year-old CPU. Well, you can, but it's likely to be a waste of money. CPUs are responsible for in-game physics calculations, as well as preparing/sending commands to the GPU. These tasks don't require massively expensive CPUs, but it's important the CPU be powerful enough that the GPU becomes the bottleneck, or else a likely significant percentage of your GPU's processing power will go unused.
Posted on 7/10/16 at 10:42 pm to Seeker
Sorry for the delay in responding. The week got busy quickly.
Let me know if this is the information you guys were looking for and/or if there is additional information needed.
Operating System Version:
Windows 10 (64 bit)
NTFS: Supported
Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
DirectX Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll
Driver Version: 10.18.13.6839
DirectX Driver Version: 10.18.13.6839
Driver Date: 2 June 2016
OpenGL Version: 4.5
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x6cd
Revision: 0xa3
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 20.51" x 11.54" (23.50" diag)
52.1cm x 29.3cm (59.7cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 1280 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x
Sound card:
Audio device: Speakers (VIA HD Audio)
Memory:
RAM: 8190 Mb
Let me know if this is the information you guys were looking for and/or if there is additional information needed.
Operating System Version:
Windows 10 (64 bit)
NTFS: Supported
Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
DirectX Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll
Driver Version: 10.18.13.6839
DirectX Driver Version: 10.18.13.6839
Driver Date: 2 June 2016
OpenGL Version: 4.5
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x6cd
Revision: 0xa3
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 20.51" x 11.54" (23.50" diag)
52.1cm x 29.3cm (59.7cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 1280 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x
Sound card:
Audio device: Speakers (VIA HD Audio)
Memory:
RAM: 8190 Mb
Posted on 7/10/16 at 10:54 pm to Seeker
You forgot your mouse and keyboard.
Posted on 7/10/16 at 11:20 pm to Seeker
CPU?
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:18 am to Seeker
quote:
Intel i7
There are lots of i7 CPUs. Can you be more specific?
Look in device manager under processors and see what the model is.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 6:11 pm to SG_Geaux
K 875 I think is what you are looking for.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 6:56 pm to Seeker
Not as bad as it could be, but not great. That's a first-gen i7, and it's going to be a bottleneck for all current mid-range to high-end cards. Lucky for you, you don't need much to handle 1080P gaming these days. If you don't intend to game at higher resolutions, I would not get anything better than an AMD RX-480. That's a $200+ card that will be about 3-4x faster than your current card at its full potential. Granted, it will be bottlenecked by that CPU in a lot of games, but it's a cheap enough card that getting anything less is not really prudent. Getting anything more would also be unwise.
EDIT: RX 480 is new and popular, so availability will be an issue for a while. You can track stock here: LINK /
EDIT: RX 480 is new and popular, so availability will be an issue for a while. You can track stock here: LINK /
This post was edited on 7/12/16 at 7:00 pm
Posted on 7/13/16 at 12:38 am to Seeker
I'm getting the gtx 1060 when it drops next week
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:37 am to MintBerry Crunch
The 1060 at 220 is amazing considering the performance , what is the min amd/Intel processor this should be paired with to eliminate PC bottleneck ?
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:52 am to LSU_postman
Ideally you would want an i5 made in the last 3 years. Something that has 4+ cores and high IPC, so no AMD CPUs. However, OP has an Intel CPU with per-core performance below that of an AMD CPU like the 8320, so if you already have one of those, the 1060/RX-480 would be OK in general. If you're buying a new mobo and processor anyway, might as well just get a Skylake i5.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 10:56 am to ILikeLSUToo
Would either of these work for my setup? The second looks like it is next gen, so at a similar price point, it seems like the better buy with better numbers. I understand that I might need to get a better processor, but I think that will be next years upgrade (I try to upgrade a part at a time).
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Posted on 7/13/16 at 11:47 am to Seeker
So you'd buy a GPU that you can't take full advantage of due to your processor, then wait to upgrade your processor at around the time newer, more efficient GPUs are released? All while still playing at 1080P?
Your money, so that's fine, and I've already explained the issues. With that card, you really ought to consider getting a 1440P monitor. You'll be wasting a great deal of the card's performance. At least don't get the 980 Ti, as it's last gen and performs slightly below the 1070 at stock, and that 1070 appears to be $80-100 overpriced due to availability issues.
Your money, so that's fine, and I've already explained the issues. With that card, you really ought to consider getting a 1440P monitor. You'll be wasting a great deal of the card's performance. At least don't get the 980 Ti, as it's last gen and performs slightly below the 1070 at stock, and that 1070 appears to be $80-100 overpriced due to availability issues.
This post was edited on 7/13/16 at 11:50 am
Posted on 7/13/16 at 1:19 pm to ILikeLSUToo
Thank you iLike..youre doing the lords work on this forum
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